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It’s going to be so awesome when only Baylor and TCU are on the next call. ‘Let’s give a few more minutes for others to join…’50 points
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The most fucked up part of this, not surprisingly, is how much A&M stands to benefit from this deal: 1) they get their only rival back -- the one that 95% of their tradition and identity is built upon; 2) they stand to make 100's of millions of dollars in the near term; 3) they effectively cut off the other in-state schools (TCU, Tech, SMU, Baylor, Houston) at the knees who have historically been their main competition; 4) they get their yearly buttfucking at the hands of Bama removed off the schedule; 5) they have an even better pitch to in-state recruits now that more of their games are within driving distance; and 6) they get to crow about how Texas and OU followed them and that they are some sort of visionaries/trail blazers. But of course, they hate Texas more than they love themselves, so they will do everything in their power to cut off their nose to spite their face. It's the most aggy thing ever.48 points
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We have an assistant coach with an ex stripper girlfriend with a pet monkey and some of you think we are above the move to the SEC?38 points
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Cyclone fan living in Austin here. For me this is brutal, no Clones in Texas anymore. Was looking forward to watching them with my sons as they grew up. Now we will have Tulsa rolling into Ames, can't even watch it here. I don't blame Texas or OU, not their fault. (I do hate Nebraska and Aggy though.) It's really bad for ISU though (and the other orphans). We did everything we could with the stadium upgrades and increased donations and throwing money at coaches. The stadium is 65K now and probably was going to 70K, student undergrad is 30K now. Now our TV revenue probably goes from 40M to like AAC level or like 10M. (Current AAC is like 7m). So we can't pay the coach that got us to the top 10 (which is what OU and TX always said we had to do), can't pay the debt off, the enrollment will decline, the local economy gets devastated. Our best recruiting class ever will all decommit. Last time this happened it destroyed 2 classes. We finally got to the top of the heap and had our guy locked up for 5 more years, and now it is over. For us it can't be worse, this destroys Iowa State, and not just athletics, it destroys everything we struggled to do the last 25 years. Not blaming anyone here for not realizing this since maybe you don't realize the dynamics in the state, but we will never, ever be in the Big 10. It's not an option. It's AAC for us or something like that. I know you guys will do well in the SEC, will be rooting for the old Big 12 teams (except Aggy).34 points
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When the Beard to Texas decision was made, Tech’s big argument was that it was disrespectful for a fellow conference member to hire away their coach. This move solves that.29 points
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This is fun to read ..... From the SEC Rant https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/have-some-pride-aggie/97358729/29 points
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Let's all get something straight here, It wouldn't matter if Texas did everything right all the time they would still be the "bad guy" to all the fans of other teams in the conference so I don't give two fucks about what they think about Texas wanting to move.29 points
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How do I solve conference realignment? I break into Texas A&M at midnight. Do I go for the trophy case? Yes, I go for Jimbo's blank trophy. It's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's trophy case. She's Ross Bjork's daughter. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning, the corps of cadets come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Lubbock, but I go to Ames. I don't trust her. Besides, I like the cold. Thirty years later, I get a postcard. I have a son and he's the Commissioner of the SEC. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell Ross Bjork's daughter to meet me in Austin at the Posse East. She's been waiting for me all these years. She's never taken another lover. I don't care. I don't show up. I go to Eskimo Joe's. That's where I stashed the blank trophy.27 points
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Let's just say, Chip Brown just reported it won't happen until 2025.25 points
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Texas got a two day head-start on you, which is more than it needs. Texas has friends in every town and village from here to the Sonoran. It speaks a dozen languages and knows every local custom. Texas will blend in, disappear and you'll never see it again. With any luck Texas got the grail already.25 points
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Well shit...do I have to be the first one to say it? Fine. Not SEC good.25 points
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I think we can all agree we hope Baylor gets royally fucked over by all of this.24 points
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I have mixed feelings but am behind this move with the following caveats: 1. fuck the SEC, we’re Texas. I ain’t playing that conference awesomeness bullshit ever. Permabans must be the rule for anyone that does. SEC chant deserves a punch in the dick or tit or both for you moob having fucks. 2. fuck SEC message boards, not going, not visiting, what a cesspool. 3. fuck confederacy racist bullshit. I’m serious, I’m not interested in all that southern bullshit. 4. I want to play arky every year, yeah I said it. 5. bitch asses in charge on the 40 better fucking play to win. Saban’s days are numbered, there is a void to be filled soon, should be ours. 6. other than that bring on some kick ass match ups, let’s do this.23 points
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It's gonna be interesting how A&M fans juggle boyfriend(Bama) step daddy (LSU), real daddy(Texas), and step daddy #2 (Oklahoma) !23 points
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None of this shit would be happening if UNL, Mizzou, CU and aggy weren't total loser cunts.23 points
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So, via a few phone calls and texts I've tried to piece together a bit about how this has all come about. Here are the cliff notes. No idea if this is actually what happened, but it's what I've heard and there are a few interesting tidbits. The TV deals made it clear Big 12 was in trouble. The NIL was like pouring gasoline on the fire. Interestingly, OU was the key. They didn't want to go Pac 10 or Big 10, so the only option left was SEC, and they like money. They actually are the key decision makers on this, not Texas, but more on that in a moment. So, OU was intent on heading to the SEC. That put Texas in a tough spot. If they went Big 10 or independent, they would continue to fight the "best conference" problem in recruiting, only it would be even worse because now it would be OU too saying it. Plus, Big 10 and Pac 10 just weren't as attractive, money-wise, demographics-wise, etc. (Rust belt). Texas had nowhere else to go. Then, they realized they might as well walk into the best marketed conference and just slug it out for leadership. With the SEC tag, the recruiting would improve. There would be more dollars. It would hurt A&M, it would be neutral wrt OU. Why not just go ahead and try to be the top brand in the top conference? So if OU is the real force for this change, with Texas eventually realizing it made sense for Texas too, why is Texas getting tagged as the instigator and leader of this? Oklahoma State. OU has a tricky situation leaving behind OSU that is more difficult to manage than Texas leaving behind Tech. Is this a done deal? Don't know, but what I do know is we are about to learn how savvy CDC and Hartzell are or are not. To line up Texas legislature support for the move in the background before all of this became public is extremely difficult to do. If they have all of the Texas legislature votes that matter, that is a helluva job they've done. As far as the move itself? It's brilliant. The cheating of the SEC was the only real barrier to this move previously, and between NIL and a realization that the NCAA is toothless, Texas decided to just deal with it in favor of all of the benefits of SEC membership. If the move falls apart and doesn't happen? Oh shit.22 points
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What a wild 30 hours or so...keeping up with this thread is challenging while trying to get some work done but I'll chime in with a few thoughts: 1. This is a business decision, pure and simple...as almost everything is. What is great for UT at this time is that you have a chairman and University president aligned with the understanding that the business of college athletics is important and a school that thinks it is one of the best in the country should excel on both sides of that ledger. In addition, they seem to understand as it relates to football that culturally, football is very important to the state of Texas and the flagship school should be at the top of heap given the sport's cultural importance to the citizens it is supposed to cater to as a public institution. With the landscape changing quickly because of NIL and other factors, this is the right move at the right time and bringing our long time rival along to cement the deal makes it a no brainer for any conference. No way the SEC passes on this opportunity and they will tell A&M to go sit in timeout while the adults make the decisions. If A&M tries any chicanery, there will be hell to pay. 2. The eventual admission of UT and OU to the SEC will create a new football "country" in this land - The Football States of America (FSA), which will now wield more power than the Big 10 aligned NCAA will have. A new Mason-Dixon line of sorts in college athletics (closely paralleling the old one ironically). Its an absolute threat to the Big 10 which will now figure out how to align with and "bail out" the PAC-10. Won't be a merger, but there will be something done to counter the SEC's move. The ACC sits in an interesting spot, but I bet they begin to align more closely with the SEC as the football powers that be are squarely in or in close proximity to the new SEC footprint. 3. While I feel for the conference mates that get left behind, as the great Don Corleone said, its not personal, its business. This shit happens in the real world all the time..top people from companies always upgrade when they see an opportunity and it is usually because they economically benefit. Companies like to tout "culture, culture, culture" all the time, but the reality is the big players go where the dollars are 99+% of the time. This is no different. However, I do see landing spots for OSU, ISU, the Kansas schools, WVU, and even Tech. They all got big $ while the Big 12 was together, especially after the initial defections and almost all of them have done significant upgrades (well, except for maybe KU) to their facilities to get them in position for this point. Even if in the early round of this there aren't spots...there will be some opening up in short order. Watch the ACC...they have some smaller schools (looking at you BC, Duke, and Wake) who might not want to play in the new NIL sandbox which will drive the cost of competing in college athletics much higher. Yes, even Duke who has to wonder what will happen when Coach K retires. We are moving towards a 64 or 72 high level football league and if schools are willing to do what it takes to commit to it, there will be a spot in the big leagues. I think ISU, KSU, KU, WVU, OSU and Tech are willing. Baylor and TCU think they are...we will see. 4. A&M's schadenfreude is glorious to watch but at the end of the day it is their own fucking fault that they still don't have a brand identity separate and apart from Texas (which is what the whining is really about). They had a decade head start but because they tied their identity more to the conference than their own school, they fucked up. And if you push your Ag friends on this point, anyone with a half a brain would have to concede that point. John Sharp going around trying to cut deals with SEC schools like this is the 1980's Texas government...good luck with that. Legislature going to bail you out by threatening to cut UT's funding? State's population has almost doubled since the formation of the Big 12 and a state trying to promote STEM and tech companies moving here, etc,. etc., isn't going to cut the knees of its best public university and best state school system because Jethro from BFE East Texas, Carter from Levelland, or Josiah from the suburbs of Waco living in a Magnolia renovated house don't think its fair that Texas can just up and change conferences without their consent. This should be fun...21 points
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I've been back at work: >= 25 COVID+ patients on the general floor, not yet to the point of needing intubation but all requiring supplemental oxygen for long enough that they had to be admitted >=5 COVID+ patients requiring ICU-level care. I don't know the number of vents >= 1 COVID+ trauma with me Lots of come and go COVID traffic through the ED, which is why I imagine the above numbers are now higher. I don't have a number for how many are here with Delta, nor do I have vaccination rates. Scattered age range from early adulthood to Armybrat. Think twice about not wearing a mask before you go to that movie. Think twice about not wearing a mask before you go to that sort-of friend's party. I'm doing both of those things this weekend, but I'll be wearing a super comfortable and tbh kind of cute silicone face mask with an N-95 insert to minimize my exposure. And I'm doing that anytime I'm indoors with a group of more than five people, regardless of vaccination status. I really don't want to get this fucking virus after making it this far. If you haven't been vaccinated, please get vaccinated. The chances of you having a severe adverse reaction or event are incredibly slim, while the benefits are clear and literally life-saving. I hadn't had to take my respirator out of its bag since March, and I'd really really really like to put it back in my locker. Do you have any idea of what wearing that thing for hours on end does to the skin on your face? Nevermind your soul. If you need more convincing, I can write out a potential timeline for just how shitty the end of your life will be if you end up with a bad case of COVID—after I wake up.20 points
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