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  1. 2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    I mean he literally just posted three eras that don't have anything to do with Royal where Texas was one of the winningest programs in the nation.

    One such era in my lifetime. And I'm not meaning to diminish the Brown years, but only two conference titles? However I'll happily admit that 2005 UT was one of the better teams I've seen in my entire lifetime, and that title game was probably the best of my lifetime (hard to beat not only because of the game itself, but because of the season-long buildup when it was so clear who the top two teams were).

  2. 15 minutes ago, Satchel said:

    OU rode the wave of being more open to the black athlete and it has paid big dividends for them. Plus they were/are massive cheaters.

    Also, just to recognize that I wasn't overlooking this part of the sorry: fair. 

  3. Just now, statsman said:

    Stassen.com will tell you which programs were most successfull over certain spans. Here is the story of UT football-

    From 1893-1922, Texas was 183-50-8, the seventh best record in football. 
     
    from 1923-1938, Texas was 84-55-12, 67th best in the nation. 
     
    From 1939-1954, Texas was 119-40-4, fifth best. 
     
    From 1955-1956, Texas was 6-14, 112th. 
     
    From 1957-1985, Texas was 248-72-7, fourth in the nation. 
     
    From 1986-1997, Texas went 77-60-3, 39th. 
     
    From 1998-2009, Texas went 128-27, second best. 
     
    From 2010-2021, Texas went 83-67, 56th. 
     
    What’s the point? I guess, through the years, there have been several times when pissant conference mates thought they had the Texas problem solved. Fact is, Texas, when it gets its shit together, has one of the highest program ceilings there are. 

    Ya but that's kinda the issue, isn't it? Outside of the Royal years Texas is generally massively underperforming relative to its resources. No way Oklahoma should be so dramatically more successful than UT over the course of history. (Texas of course doesn't underperform as badly as Aggy, which absolutely takes the cake in that regard).

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  4. 5 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

    Yeah good point on K-State... but they do have a conference title.

    Two conference titles since UT's last. And Baylor has three in that span... tying UT's total number of Big XII titles. Which I find hilarious. 

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  5. 6 hours ago, Laxtonto said:

    they no longer look down the schedule and see which historically was an automatic 2 losses to Texas and OU 

    61 - 54

    2010 2–6

    2011  4–5

    2012 5–4

    2013 7–2

    2014 5–4

    2015 4–5

    2016 3–6

    2017 5–4

    2018 7–2

    2019 5–4

    2020 5–3

    2021 3–6

    2022 6–3

  6. 2 hours ago, Josef Pwag said:

    Yes, seriously.

    Any 9-3 team from the B1G or SEC deserves to be in the playoffs over any 2024 Big 12 team. 

    Lulz. Some longhorn fans going full aggy was definitely not on my realignment Bingo card. But it's hilarious to watch. 

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  7. 17 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I appreciate you and @LTbear expressing that sentiment.  But candidly--no, you won't.

    Horseshit. I literally do so almost every damn week of the season. I even watch local FCS games. Yes, I will watch a decent matchup between two teams in my region (Rocky Mountains) over some big-name matchup between teams a thousand miles away more often than not. If you'll always default to the bigger name, that's totally fine, but don't act like you have a clue what I'll watch for myself. 

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  8. 2 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    I think the MWC makes more sense than the AAC.  With the loss of the 3 best schools, I'm not sure the AAC is better than the MWC in it's current form.  And it's way more travel, for what will not be a significant raise.

    Oregon State and Wazzu in the MWC is a fairly entertaining league that I'll probably watch at midnight when I get home from the field.

    All of this. I enjoy the lesser-known late-night games, and as a longtime mountain time zone resident, I enjoy watching MWC teams play in a still regional league outside of the big-time limelight. I'd turn on a WSU vs Boise game anytime as the nightcap to a solid day.

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  9. 19 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Dellenger claims the TV payout in the AAC is $8 or 9 million and of course owned by ESPN. MWC payout is $5 or 6 million and owned by CBS Sports/Fox. 
     

    If ESPN wants the Cougars and Beavers in the AAC, they’ll be in the AAC. I hope it doesn’t happen. Another bizarre geographic fit and long flights for student athletes in non-revenue sports. 

    For the sake of argument, a good portion of that extra AAC money will be eaten up by the ridiculous travel (UW estimated an additional $10m per year for their B1G travel). 

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  10. 4 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

    Not much to think about.

    Do OSU and Wazzu have an offer from the MWC? If so, they'd better take it.

    They'll have offers from both the MWC and AAC; that's the decision. (I hope to god they take the MWC, but some sports personalities have already been suggesting they should take the AAC).

  11. 2 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

    C'mon man, you know that unless its Swimming, Water Polo, Rugby or Crew, Cal has no shot.  Even if they were in a League with UCSD, Panhandle State, Slippery Rock and Michigan Tech, they'd find a way to fuck it up

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    much more likely

    Look I don't need this negativity in my life, muchacho.

  12. 24 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

    ACC in 2031: Stanford, Cal, SMU, Wake, Duke, Syracuse, Boston College, Tufts, Brandeis, MIT, Boston U, and Emory

    Don't wanna get ahead of myself but... maybe I could see Cal when a conference title in my lifetime. 

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  13. 1 hour ago, statsman said:

     What could be driving donations?🤔

    Are you literally asking what else could drive up endowments of major universities? Even though I already told you the endowment increase of those two universities is nothing out of the norm for well managed university endowments? Do you understand university financials and all that goes into them at all? 

  14. 1 hour ago, statsman said:

    Before TCU joined the B12, their university endowments were roughly equal at $1B. Now, TCU’s is $2.4B 

    Suggesting this is correlated to the Big XII is stupid. Any decently run university will see their endowment grow at a good clip. In the same timeframe, Baylor's grew from 870 million to a little over 2 billion. Hell the AVERAGE growth among R1 schools just in fiscal 2021 was over 30%. 

  15. 22 minutes ago, John80 said:

    I don't know if Cal has an offer from the big12 but that seems to be where Cal could make the most money and their governing board should step in and make them take it like Arizona did with Crow.  

    As a Cal fan, I doubt Cal has (or would ever get) a Big XII offer.

  16. 14 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

    Rugby is self funded and actually makes a small profit.  But its a big Title IX issue.  Would think track, baseball, gymnastics (M&W), lacrosse and field hockey are the most likely candidates 

    Cal rugby is a powerhouse

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  17. 8 minutes ago, FartingDreamer said:

    Stanford can't help but turn up their bigoted noses at any university associated with religion. Then there is their elitism that makes swallowing their pride to affiliate with "truck stop" destination schools too much for them.  

    While I have no doubt this is true for some people I also think it's one of those things that gets overblown on the interwebs. In my 7 years at Stanford and Cal I never met anyone who didn't have great things to say about my undergrad (Baylor). 

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