Tulsa serves pretty much the same purpose. They are the Rice of Oklahoma. And I don't like them either. I used to hope we could develop a rivalry with Tulsa, but they (like Rice) don't seem to be the least bit interested. SO, as far as I'm concerned, they can both go off to some other conference and be aloof and indifferent to them.
In 2 years has this staff addressed any of the concerns we've had since the beginning? This year's team was almost a carbon copy of last year's; fast offense and poor defense, vaunted offense sputters out at key times when defense does play well, poor game management by Morris, same undersized lines, same almost could have won that game scenarios, etc. Going into year 3 how do we know any of that will change? We don't, hence the uncertainty.
They are shopping their media rights around, expect them to make moves by summer as they need to have 8 full members to be a conference by 2026. I don't think they get there, but if they can get $12m-$15m per team expect them to make another run at Memphis/Tulane.
Loved the focused, fearless attitude of Wright. He played with a chip on his shoulder, and you could tell the Memphis game lit a fire under him. He needs to come out every game looking like that.
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