UT and OU to the SEC?

meangreen11 · July 23, 2021

1 hour ago, MCMLXXX said:

Lawmakers from remaining Big 12 Schools in Texas are now trying to exert influence.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/22/texas-football-big-12-sec-legislature/

Abbot himself is a UT. His only connection to the other schools is his 1L year at Tech before transferring to Vanderbilt.

Cry me a river. The private schools don’t have a damn thing to say. Tech will find a home somewhere but it won’t be near as good as where they are now. Let’s be honest all the leftover big 12 schools benefited greatly from UT and now they won’t.

meangreen11 · July 23, 2021

Looks like it is a done deal now wow!

Source: Texas and Oklahoma - the founding members of the Big 12 - are leaving the league

Texas and Oklahoma, the founding members of the Big 12, are leaving the league - and barring any unforeseen developments, will join the Southeastern Conference, a high-level source close to the situation told Horns247.

Texas and OU officials plan to inform the Big 12 on Monday that they won’t renew when the league’s grant of rights expire in 2025, a step that clears the path for the SEC to formally consider adding Texas and OU.

Again, barring unforeseen circumstances, an SEC vote on adding Texas and Oklahoma "could move quickly," the source told Horns247.

Link: https://247sports.com/college/texas/LongFormArticle/Texas-Longhorns-Oklahoma-Sooners-leave-Big-12-join-SEC-conference-realignment-Texas-OU-football-Texas-AM-168151146/?Notification.Success=Your LongFormArticle has been successfully created

meangreen11 · July 23, 2021

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Texas officials began conversations with Oklahoma brass a year ago - and six months ago those conversations culminated with intermediaries reaching out to officials in the Southeastern Conference about the possibility of Texas and OU joining the SEC, sources told Horns247.

Coach Andy Mac · July 23, 2021

Udomann · July 23, 2021

2 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

Not gonna lie

Being a UNT fan aside, that would be one hell of a fun conference to watch

Salsa_Verde · July 24, 2021

On 7/22/2021 at 9:25 AM, MeanGreenTexan said:

I didn't say football is the only thing. But it absolutely is the BIGGEST thing. We're not a basketball blueblood by any stretch.

2017 & 2018 we won 9 games. The past 2 years, only only 4 wins. I'm not saying this disqualifies us, but it's certainly not helping.
Honest question: Do you think NT would be in a better position to move up (in the eyes of the decision makers in those other conferences) if we not only had the standing 2X C-USA B-ball champ, but a football team that had 4 years of 9-win football? Or our current iteration? It's a no-brainer.

Again, I know our Olympic sports are doing well, but those don't help when talking about conference alignment. I know we have a new Indoor facility, and Apogee is great with the ability to expand. But all these great things are tertiary to conference alignment.

And honestly, I would be much more concerned that the remaining Big12 teams (which would only be 8 after losing UT/OU) will spread out to other existing conferences (Something like: Tech/OSU to PAC12, WVA to ACC, Kansas to B1G, and the remainder split between AAC/MWC) and NT is left holding the bag with Judy & C-USA.

That’s what I’m afraid of the most. Everyone seems to be making moves and we’ll be stuck on the outside looking in for yet another 20 years or whatever

Arkstfan · July 24, 2021

I have thought 20-24 makes a lot of sense for SEC and B1G. Cull the Wake Forest and Texas Tech’s to maximize money. Have top two rated teams play in league title game.

Let conference in consultation with TV set up 4-6 games for each member and then let the schools work out the rest of the schedule within conference.
Play a 9 or 10 game league schedule and value goes even higher.

Arkstfan · July 24, 2021

Remember USC saber rattled leaving Pac12. Imagine USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and either Colorado or Arizona State in B1G. 22 teams and not a lot of travel from Midwest to the West.