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TKthunder2

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  1. If you give Tech and Houston PUF funds they’ll simply be another version of aggy. Establishing bullshit satellite campuses to show the higher education committee that they are expanding “for the people” and then simply funneling more money to their main campus. Giving Tech/UH PUF funds would be like giving a teenage girl a black card and dropping her off at a mall (back in 1999). They will spend money selfishly and for their own personal gain that only benefits the campuses in Lubbock and Houston with only a token item or two that they hold up as proof that they are responsible. aggy is aggy, let’s not duplicate that fucking mistake again. If Tech, Houston, UNT/others, wants PUF funds then they need to join UT/A&M’s system. Tech/UH > UT UNT/TXSt > aggy
  2. Which system in this state has raised the academic and research profile of a non flagship school over the last 2 decades? UT (6) UTD, UTA, UTSA, and UTEP are all Tier One Research institutions. UTRGV and UT Tyler are tier two. aggy (4) Tarleton, TAMUCC, TAMUK, PVA&M are all tier two TX St (1) SHSU is tier two (same as TX St) Tech, Houston, UNT, TWU (0)
  3. SO MUCH THIS. This is why you can’t cut everyone a blank fucking check. We need someone to direct and LEAD the higher education expansion in this state. The UT system can and HAS been doing this very effectively over the last 2 decades. The rest of the state…not so much. For them its all what have you done for me lately and how does this help the main campus. UT is the only one (outside of maybe Texas Women’s) who cares about the wider mission of educating our state and isn’t just interested in setting up little fiefdoms in their geographic pockets of influence.
  4. We spread out distribution to aggy and they fucked it up so much the state no longer lets them manage their own endowment. Why does this state need SEVEN 4 year university systems (UT, aggy, TT, UH, UNT, TX St, TWU)? It’s a shit ton of effort/energy duplication for no reason. Arlington College, State School of Mining and Metallurgy, Edinburg College, Texas Southmost College, and Tyler State College we’re all self governing institutions before joining UT. Why do you think other institutions can’t do the same? In your post you talk about football, and that is likely the ONLY stupid fucking reason (athletic pride) that Tech and UH aren’t already UT schools sharing in the endowment and PUF. The UC system is literally the best university system in the world, and UT is working towards the goal of bringing that same level of regional excellence to the state. Giving TT/UH and others funds that do not support that goal is counterintuitive to The System’s mission. If you rolled Tech/UH into UT and it would pay dividends on top of dividends immediately. TTHSC-El Paso could work hand in hand with UTEP on research and community care, and Houston/UTHSC-Houston could do the same. Both schools would be able to work on a long term vision for research and regional growth. UT’s best and brightest in energy (O&G and clean) research could help put TT on the map and UH would host UT space/aerodynamics programs at their Clear Lake campus while working closely with NASA, or host UT’s marine biology research out of Port A. Traveling professors doing research or consulting could would be able to stay in system and teach in Lubbock/Houston and raise those school’s academic profiles with higher quality staff. Initiatives like Tech’s vet school would have UT’s full support and funding and they would be able to override the aggy veto with ease. Their are many MANY reasons why this is a great idea and the only reason this hasn’t already happened is that PRIDE is fucking them up. The answer is amazingly simple for all but the simpleminded who accuse others of arrogance.
  5. 2 conferences of 24 would cover more than 75% 3 conferences of 20 would cover nearly 90% Dropping the bottom 8 from the P5/4 (think Oregon St, Wake Forest) would only drop by 1%.
  6. Yeah the sport really took a nose dive when they split FCS/FBS, and then half the SWC was left out, and then again when the Big East was left out. Its barely hanging on…coffin is almost closed. /s
  7. Texas: OU, aggy, Arkansas is pretty much guaranteed. After that most of it hinges on LSU. LSU fans want Alabama/Florida and Ole Miss but logistically it works out better for the conference as a whole and to better tie in the old SWC schools into the fold if they get Arkansas/aggy and Ole Miss. Without LSU involved, you end up with 5 teams only playing each other with only UK as the single outsider. Texas: OU, aggy, Arkansas OU: Texas, Mizzou, aggy aggy: Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma Arkansas: Texas, aggy, Mizzou Mizzou: OU, Arkansas, Kentucky With LSU involved, you end up with 6 teams playing each other with 4 outsiders rotating in which seems like a healthier setup for keeping the conference strong and connected. Something the old E/W N/S divisions didn’t really facilitate. Texas: OU, aggy, Arkansas OU: Texas, Mizzou, ?UF? aggy: Texas, Arkansas, LSU Arkansas: Texas, aggy, LSU Mizzou: OU, Kentucky, ?SC? LSU: Arkansas, aggy, Ole Miss
  8. 100% the same for both our schedules: Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas, Vanderbilt Below are the differences: Alabama: My schedule: Mississippi St (105), His schedule: LSU (86) Arkansas: My schedule: LSU (68), His schedule: Mizzou (13) Florida: My schedule: South Carolina (42)/Oklahoma (2), His schedule: LSU (68)/Tennessee (51) Kentucky: My schedule: Tennessee (117), His schedule: South Carolina (33) LSU: My schedule: Arkansas (67)/TAMU (60), His schedule: Alabama (86)/Florida (68) Mississippi St: My schedule: Alabama (106), His schedule: South Carolina (16) Mizzou: My schedule: South Carolina (12), His schedule: Arkansas (13) Oklahoma: My schedule: Florida (2), His schedule: TAMU (31) South Carolina: My schedule Florida (42)/Mizzou (12), His schedule: Kentucky (32), Mississippi St (16) Tennessee: My schedule: Kentucky (117), His schedule: Florida (51) Texas A&M: My schedule LSU (60), His schedule: Oklahoma (31) I think Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi St, South Carolina, and TAMU would prefer my schedule I think Florida, LSU, Mizzou, and Oklahoma would prefer his schedule Not sure about Alabama and Tennessee since they have a choice between a high profile games and a most played geographic rivalry they’ve played over 100 times. I think when you get down to logistics and Thanksgiving week comes up and you have everyone in the conference playing their in state rivals except Oklahoma, Mizzou, Arkansas, and LSU it far less messy for the league office to pair them up and just pencil in those games. My schedule takes that into account and his does not.
  9. Alabama: Auburn (86 games), Tennessee (103), Mississippi St (105). Notable miss: LSU (86) Arkansas: LSU (68), Texas (79), TAMU (78). Notable miss: Ole Miss (68) Auburn: Alabama (86), Georgia (126), Mississippi St (95). Notable miss: Florida (84) Florida: Georgia (99), South Carolina (42), Oklahoma (2). Notable miss: Auburn (84), Kentucky (72), LSU (68) Georgia: Florida (99), Auburn (126), South Carolina (74). Notable miss: Vanderbilt (81) Kentucky: Vandy (94), Tennessee (117), Mizzou (12). Notable miss: Georgia (75), Florida (72) LSU: Arkansas (67), TAMU (60), Ole Miss (110). Notable miss: Mississippi St (115), Alabama (86), Florida (68) Mississippi St: Ole Miss (116), Alabama (106), Auburn (95). Notable miss: LSU (115) Mizzou: Oklahoma (96), Kentucky (12), South Carolina (12). Notable miss: Texas (24) Oklahoma: Texas (117), Mizzou (96), Florida (2). Notable miss: TAMU (31), Arkansas (15) Ole Miss: Mississippi St (116), LSU (109), Vandy (94). Notable miss: Alabama (68), Arkansas (66), Tennessee (66) South Carolina: Florida (42), Georgia (74), Mizzou (12). Notable miss: Tennessee (40), Kentucky (32) Tennessee: Vandy (116), Alabama (103), Kentucky (117). Notable miss: Ole Miss (66) Texas: Oklahoma (117), TAMU (118), Arkansas (79). Notable miss: Mizzou (24) Texas A&M: Texas (118), LSU (60), Arkansas (78). Notable miss: Oklahoma (31) Vandy: Tennessee (116), Kentucky (94), Ole Miss (96). Notable miss: Alabama (84), Georgia (81) 50% of the SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas, TAMU, Vanderbilt all play their top 3 all time conference opponents in this model. 80% of the SEC: above plus Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi St, Oklahoma, South Carolina, will play 2 of their top 2 all time conference opponents. Only Florida, LSU, and Mizzou will not. Mizzou just doesn’t have a lot of history outside of OU (who they will play annually) so most won’t be concerned with them. Pairing Florida and LSU makes sense however it messes with the rest of the pairings and LSU has about as much history with regional former OOC foes Arkansas (67) and TAMU (60) as they do with in conference Florida (68). LSU’s issue is losing games against Mississippi St and big time games against Alabama and Florida but those lost games will be supplemented with games against Texas, OU, UGA, and Tennessee. Florida gets UGA and plays geographically close South Carolina but then doesn’t really have another historic rival outside of Auburn who already has their top 3. Penciling in Oklahoma gives them a make up game for losing LSU, plus even if it’s a force rivalry, it’s a made for TV game that will bring eyeballs.
  10. True, but then who do they all play on Thanksgiving weekend? Arkansas/LSU was their rivalry pairing. Everyone else will be taken with in state rivalries except LSU/Arkansas/Oklahoma/Mizzou, so either they get paired up or they have a late season bye/OOC game which would suck strategically. Arkansas would host and travel to one of their 4 closest geographic games Oklahoma, Mizzou, Vandy, and Ole Miss each year plus play their Thanksgiving boot rivalry with LSU and their two historic SWC foes. Mizzou is basically in the same boat. Rivalry with Oklahoma and Kentucky for historical/geographical reasons and have Arkansas/Vandy and the Texas schools (which is important to them) on rotation.
  11. Start with rivalry weekend and work backwards. Rivalry weekend Oklahoma/Mizzou (could sub in Okie St/Kansas if they can make that work) Texas/TAMU LSU/Arkansas OleMiss/MIssissippi St Alabama/Auburn Tennessee/Vandy Kentucky/Louisville South Carolina/Clemson Florida/Florida St Georgia/Georgia Tech Other important rivalries: Texas/Oklahoma Alabama/Tennessee Georgia/Florida Georgia/Auburn (note: people are wanting to re-establish Florida/Auburn but that was already broken up and Auburn’s rivalries would be ridiculous with Bama/UGA/UF. They’ll play every other year in this new configuration so that should be good enough) Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi St Arkansas: LSU, Texas, TAMU Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi St Florida: Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma Georgia: Florida, Auburn, South Carolina Kentucky: Vandy, Tennessee, Mizzou LSU: Arkansas, TAMU, Ole Miss Oklahoma: Texas, Mizzou, Florida Ole Miss: Mississippi St, LSU, Vandy Mizzou: Oklahoma, Kentucky, South Carolina Mississippi St: Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn South Carolina: Florida, Georgia, Mizzou Tennessee: Vandy, Alabama, Kentucky Texas: Oklahoma, TAMU, Arkansas Texas A&M: Texas, LSU, Arkansas Vandy: Tennessee, Kentucky, Ole Miss East team stay with the East teams, West teams with the West. Bullshit forced rivalries like South Carolina/aggy and Florida/LSU are replaced by new bullshit rivalries like Florida/Oklahoma and South Carolina/Mizzou but it won’t matter as much since they’ll play everyone more often.
  12. I think your view is a little too narrow. OU, Michigan, Texas, and Notre Dame draw even during down years. Michigan played Rutgers two years go as the Big Noon showcase for fuck’s sake, and Texas has played feckless Kansas on an ABC national broadcast. Ohio State has been good, but they have good games outside of just Michigan. They play Penn St and Michigan St annually and rotate Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota on their schedule regularly. The reason Texas and USC haven’t been ratings monsters is that they’ve underperformed for a decade plus, and their competition hasn’t helped. Swap UT’s big games of the year from Iowa St, Baylor, and Oklahoma State to Georgia, aggy, and LSU add our national appeal will increase.
  13. Non-SEC/B1G list (for reference) Again based on all time wins Tier 1: Blue bloods and almost blue bloods (1) Notre Dame Tier 2: Solid middle B12: (1) West Virginia ACC: (8) Clemson, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, North Carolina, Boston College, Virginia PAC: (5) Washington, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Cal Smart private schools: PAC: (1) Stanford ACC: (1) Duke Everyone else is Tier 3 (historically speaking) again some pretty big misses using this method (Florida St/Miami were late to the football game, and other ACC teams and WVU are overvalued from playing in previously small weak Big East and filling up schedules with small G5/FCS competition) but it still gives you an idea about the perception of the leagues when viewed from this lens.
  14. By all time wins: Tier 1: Blue bloods and almost blue bloods B1G: (5) Michigan, Ohio St, Nebraska, Penn St, USC SEC: (6) Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, LSU Tier 2: Solid middle B1G: (4) Wisconsin, Michigan St, Minnesota, Iowa SEC: (5) Auburn, aggy, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri Tier 3: hopefully they have stuff other than football… B1G: (6) Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue, UCLA, Illinois, Indiana SEC: (4) Ole Miss, Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi St Smart private schools: B1G: (1) Northwestern SEC: (1) Vanderbilt Not perfect, I’d probably drop Nebraska/Tennessee/Missouri down a level and bump Florida/OleMiss/UCLA up a level but for the most part it illustrates my point. The SEC has far better football and the “dregs” are far better than the Big Ten. If anyone disagrees please show your work, I’m curious on how anyone could justify otherwise.
  15. You are a dipshit. I hate both these schools and now I’m having to defend them. They are both top 25 in all time wins and top 20 in number of bowls bids. They are good middle of the road teams for the SEC, comparable to other middle of the road B1G teams like Iowa and Michigan State. Comparing them to Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, Maryland, and Illinois is just idiotic. Also anyone talking about Ole Miss as a bad conference member has clearly never been to The Grove.
  16. He has a house down there for when working with space X but when he’s in Austin apparently he stays in Lakeway…for the milfs
  17. Oklahoma-branded page goes live on ESPN+, with SoonerVision content Yeah the LHN will die or morph after we officially join. ESPN owns the third tier rights for the SEC they are not going to pay us more for them than the conference gets. They may pay more for those rights if the contract has an escalator clause, but the funds will be divided equally.
  18. Seriously we should have an age cap. IRS requires you take out retirement at 72.5 so back that up 4 years, you’d have to be younger than 68.5 by inauguration to be eligible to run. 35-68.5 seems like a reasonable age range.
  19. Its not final but reports say the SEC is considering 2 scheduling models when they grow to 16 (neither involve pods) 8 game conference schedule with a single rival, rotate the other 7 games every year. 9 game conference schedule with 3 rivals, rotate the other 6 games every year. aggy has said they prefer 9 games with Texas, LSU, Arkansas as long as they can keep their annual FCS body bag game (rumor they were discussing banning those).
  20. This is a thread about ERCOT, talking about private power producers is okay, Austin Energy not okay. Let’s not focus when the city we like does the same thing as the private power producers we don’t like (like not keep enough quick start capacity on hand because it’s expensive) because it doesn’t fit our narrative. If the narrative is more regulation and municipal owned/operated is better then why is our most local example such a shit show? I’d rather see community owned co-ops personally myself.
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