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UT and OU Reaching Out to Join SEC

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by MadMax, Jul 21, 2021.

  1. Major

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    I think it depends on the goal. As someone who'd love to go to road games, I think one of these is way more appealing than the other two:

    Big12;
    Waco, Texas
    Ames, Iowa
    Lawrence, Kansas
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Norman, Oklahoma
    Stillwater, Oklahoma
    Fort Worth, Texas
    Austin, Texas
    Lubbock, Texas
    Morgantown, West Virginia

    SEC:

    Nashville, TN
    Lexington, KY
    Baton Rouge, LA
    Knoxville, TN
    Columbia, S.C.
    Gainesville, FL
    Athens, GA
    Columbia, Mo.
    College Station, TX
    Tuscaloosa, AL
    Fayetteville, AR
    Auburn, AL
    Starkville, MS
    Oxford, MS

    Pac-12:

    Tucson, Arizona
    Tempe, Arizona
    Berkeley, California
    Los Angeles, California
    Boulder, Colorado
    Eugene, Oregon
    Corvallis, Oregon
    Los Angeles, California
    Stanford, California
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    Seattle, Washington
    Pullman, Washington
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SEC has been in serious contact with Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, and Florida State. <br><br>Not clear if this will materialize, but they have their eyes on a true 20 team MEGA conference. <br><br>OU and Texas just the start. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ScoopCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#ScoopCity</a></p>&mdash; Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) <a href="">July 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
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  3. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost not wrong
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    Lol 20 teams is not a conference, that's an entire new sport/league.
     
  4. the shark

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    UT facts:

    They won the Big12 championship THREE times in TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. OU won it 14 out of 25 yrs (as well as the past six).

    John McClain said today that since 2010, UT has been in the top 10, a total of TWELVE weeks.

    Since 2010, UT has the 6th best winning percentage in the Big12.

    Is there a program in the country that underacheives as much as UT?

    They couldn't beat teams like Iowa St, TCU, Baylor etc (obviously OU) so now they're going to a tougher conference so this sure in the heck isn't about winning titles. It's ALL about $$.
     
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    cool bro.
     
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    Well that’s easily the most disgusting quality you have Bobby #GeauxTigers
     
  7. KingCheetah

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    You have too many.
     
  8. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost not wrong
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    Imagine being that bad and still being king big dick of the universe.
     
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    Entirely fair.

    Honestly the Bama fandom has faded since I was a kid and the hatred for Auburn is about all that remains.... who can honestly root for a team that wins that often?

    I have a ton of LSU fans that are like family to me and I end up going to at least one of their games every year.

    My true loyalty in college football is to UH and Army.
     
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  10. showa13

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    Nah I was just giving you a hard time, my wife’s family is from Alabama. And UH is firmly my number 2 school. But it will be fun watching UT and OU give up 50-60 against Bama, LSU, Florida, Georgia, etc.
     
  11. rhino17

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    UT leaving doesn't really change the quality of the conference in terms of competition.

    If the conference isn't just picked apart by everyone else, I imagine Houston is the first call. Then some combination of Colorado State, Cincy, and SMU
     
  12. gucci888

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    So we’ll fit right right in with the rest of the conference.
     
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    “How will the Big 12 stay open? Everything will be on the table. One source indicated it could go as large as 16 schools. Could a Western wing with San Diego State, BYU, Boise State and Colorado State be flanked by additions like Houston, Cincinnati, UCF and USF? Those are huge markets and promising programs. The Texas schools in the league – Texas Tech, Baylor and TCU – are expected to try and undercut Houston, but there aren’t many Group of Five programs that have its combination of local population and fertile recruiting ground.”

    https://sports.yahoo.com/with-ou-an...looming-over-college-athletics-001525168.html
     
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    No one does less with more than UT

    I don't feel sorry for the rest of the schools at all because this is what you get when you are in a conference with Texas.
     
  16. rhino17

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    Big 12 doesn't have the luxury of excluding Houston anymore. They need talent, name recognition, and quality programs asap.

    But I think a massive expansion like that only makes them appear less like a Power 5 conference. Add 2 or 4 quality schools. Adding all those programs just looks like a rehashed AAC
     
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  17. Major

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    Maybe the B12 can invite them in?
     
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    That's where it could go I fear. The SEC decides to just make its own league.
     
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    Nobody knows this better than us!
     
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