I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I like opponents doing horns down. If we're playing the team or fans doing horns down, it should piss off our players and motivate them in the game. If some fans or players are doing horns down in a non-UT game or non-game setting, it shows we're in their minds constantly and they don't care about their current opponent or situation.
Pony up the money, give OU a loan so they can get out, and make OU post signs all over campus including Gaylord Stadium saying 'Texas loaned OU money to leave the Big 12' until the loan plus interest is paid off.
If we're still in the Big 12 next year, then we'll just beat BYU, UCF, UH, and Cincy in every sport!
No pesky auto-correct. It's Sports Illustrated.
"the two schools agreed in principal to play year non-conference matchups upon the Longhorns exit for the SEC."
https://www.si.com/college/texas/news/texas-and-texas-tech-agree-to-annual-non-conference-matchup-post-longhorns-sec-exit
Good catch. You can pass the correction on to Matt.
You guys may want to check what in principal means. Here, I'll help you - "as a general idea or plan, although the details are not yet established or clear"
I don't see how it goes to nine games. Like you say, OU probably wants to keep Bedlam going. USC, UGA, and UF have in-state rivalries going. Even UK and Louisville have played annually since 1994 (minus 2020). Texas and TTU have agreed in principal for an annual football game. With over a third of the league set up this way, it'd be a lot of bitching to overcome and for what benefit? The SEC is already viewed as the best conference. The other 10 schools don't need a ninth game. Hell, I'd tell Mizzou to start scheduling KU to join the club for fan desired match up. (Okay, maybe the UT-TTU one isn't fan desired on both sides.)
1. Longhorn football
2. Houston Astros
3. Longhorn baseball
4. Longhorn basketball
5. Houston Rockets
5. I guess Houston Texans but haven't really felt connected other than with JJ Watt.
Left off Oilers since they're gone.
Not a big fan of teams being in the same standings without having to play each other during the regular season, but I suppose this is a good thought from the ACC:
"moving to a 3-5-5 scheduling format: three permanent rivals for each team, and then rotating through the remaining 10 league teams -- five one year, five the next"
It's also terrible to be in the same conference but only play a fellow member once in a while so kinda torn which is better.
Then last, it's crappy for a few conferences to do it one way (no divisions) and the other conferences to do it another way (yes divisions).