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  1. 3 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

     

    Getting out from under the LHN mess is a great benefit in going to the SEC

    For ESPN for sure. If it was a bad deal for both parties then one would think the agreement would be easy to back out of. Unless one party was partially using it to dictate terms to the other party, which is clearly what happened here. 

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  2. 8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Ummm . . . how does a move by Texas to the SEC, which is universally expected to improve in-state recruiting for the Longhorns, do anything but reduce the number of recruits "leaving the state in droves"?  You do realize that Austin is in Texas, right?

    Something tells me you aren't being entirely forthcoming with your concerns.

    The Texas recruits started leaving in droves when aTm joined the SEC. UT joining the SEC may help bump UT up a couple of spots in the recruiting hierarchy but overall does anyone think that this is going to keep more Texas recruits in state? I don't anyone thinks that. 

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  3. 8 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

    Here's my theory...  A few years back when the B12 had their big Dog & Pony show with all the schools coming in and making arguments for why they should be added to the conference, the current members sat and watched all those presentations.  Later, UT and OU were in the bar, crying into their beers...

    UT: Man, that was bleak.

    OU: No shit.  Do you want to invite USF with their 15 minutes of tradition or Houston with their 15 fans AND have to put up with that asshat Fertitta?

    UT: I think there is a better answer.  Two better answers, really.

    OU: Whatcha thinking there, Tex?

    UT: I think first we convince our B12 brethren that dividing the pie 10 ways is the best idea and not add any more weight to this sinking boat.

    OU: Makes sense.  It will also send the newsrags into a tizzy.  They hate when we waste their time. I like that!

    UT: Then we bide our time for a few years so that we aren't that obvious and start quietly making plans to head out for greener pastures.

    OU: Pardner, that sounds like a winner!

    UT: I figure we can go knock on the SEC's door.  They'll welcome us with open arms, make us lots of cash and we can put the Big 12 into our rearview.

    OU:  SEC?  You want to go play with the aggies again?

    UT: Can you imagine how much it will piss them off?

    OU:....  <thinking... almost pulls a muscle> Damn!  You're right!  Those cultists will blow a damn gasket!

    UT: AND we will piss off the Waco Baptists as well.  Win-win!

    OU:  Let's do it, Tex!

    Naw, ESPN, in cahoots with the SEC dictated what was to happen and everyone said yes sir. UT didn't have a say in the matter. Clearly there was no plan from any of the Big12 or Texas schools, just got played and then did what they were told.  

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  4. 11 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

    I'm not sure you can call yourself a CFB fan if you haven't read, heard, or seen anything good about The Grove at Ole Miss and its tailgates.

    You belong back in the MWC if you're looking forward to trips to Boise.

    Oh I'm not relating these places to football, just to life in general. But no I would generally not associate with folks from Mississippi nor am I impressed with their football history. Besides I brushed shoulders with enough Ole Miss fans at the Peach bowl to know those are not the types of folks I need to be around. Same goes for baseball and both Mississippi schools and Arkansas. Just not my crowd. 

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  5. 1 minute ago, bullet said:

    It would be nice if the powers were spread around.  When the Big 12 was formed, NU and CU were national powers.  OU and UT were down, but on the way back up.  KSU had Bill Snyder.  aggy, MU, Tech and OSU could give teams fits. Baylor was worse than Kansas.  Those were the days!

    Then NU and CU sunk and left.  aggy and MU left.  TCU doesn't make up for that.

    100% agree with this. This has been a slow burn and a long time coming from ESPN and the SEC. They have been plotting this for decades and played the Big12  and the state of Texas to obtain possession and control of one of it's most valuable assets, football.  I was a UT and Big12 fan before I went to TCU as I grew up in Austin. Original Big12 was where it was at and that should still be the premiere conference. The state of Texas got a second chance in the Big12 after seeing the SEC take Arkansas and blew it. ESPN got everything they wanted after destroying the Big East and now the Big 12. I never wanted TCU in the Big12, I wanted them in the Big East, ESPN destroyed both. 

    Everyone outside of the former confederacy just lost a bit of interest in college football, but hey congratulations to ESPN and Bama. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

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    Cool story bro!   Hope you enjoy your road trips to Boise State .

    I hear good things about Boise and have actually been curious to go check it out. Mississippi and Alabama not so much. 

     

    Oh man I love Eddie Murphy, Did you see Coming to America 2? Hilarious. 

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  7. 5 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

    I'd cry too if your school has been relegated back to the MWC or AAU. Enjoy having Fatterson as your coach you miserable bitch.

     

    I'm just stating what happened and calling it what it is.  Not sure why you are so salty towards TCU about it. 

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  8. What an embarrassment this whole thing is. The state of Texas got played like a fiddle by Bama and a northeastern sports broadcasting company.

    Power conference based in Texas? Nope

    Texas recruits leaving the state in droves? Yep

    Any control over what is happening? Nope

    Texas has been raped, pillaged and burned to the ground.  

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  9. A quick dose of post Big12 reality?

     

    There is only the SEC, Clemson and Ohio St now. College football is becoming more regionalized rapidly. TV #'s will be great in the south and Ohio, the rest of the country will tune out. College football is the new NASCAR. Fanbase of folks from Mississippi, Bama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio, Georgia and South Carolina. 

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  10. 4 hours ago, sportsbay said:

    Aside from the above conference stuff.  I think that the Pac 12/B12 deal is pretty much dead.  The P12 is actually looking to poach OU.  Pretty funny actually.

    Death throes.

     

     

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    2020 NFL Draft: States with the Most Drafted Players

    1: Texas 34

    2: California 24

    3: Georgia 21

    4: Florida 18

     

    #2020NFLDraft #NFLDraft

     
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    #TXHSFB

     

    https://twitter.com/CoachGWest/status/1254460208996376578?s=20

     

    The conference overall could do better producing NFL talent for sure. But just talking about UT, haven't you guys been recruiting highly? Is it possible there is a developmental issue? I don't know just spitballing, adding some Cali school would probably help. 

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    Washington Mailbag: Would UW jump without WSU if invited to another conference?

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    By Christian Caple  3h agocomment-icon@2x.png 3 
    SEATTLE — I don’t know how I found time for it, what with my social calendar bursting at the seams, but, by golly, we’ve got ourselves a mailbag.

    Would Jen Cohen value the relationships with Washington State/Oregon State enough to not go with Oregon/USC to the Big 12 if/when that happens? — Jason J.

    If conference realignment and/or expansion ever become that serious of a consideration, there will be many other decision-makers at the table besides the athletic director — like the president and Board of Regents, for example. The relationship between UW and WSU at the AD level has been a cordial one; Cohen got along well with ex-WSU athletic director Bill Moos and has a strong relationship with current AD Pat Chun. I’m not as sure what that relationship looks like among the campus heads. There was the spat a few years back involving the new medical school in Spokane, but it seems as if UW president Ana Mari Cauce and WSU president Kirk...
     
     
     

     

     

    Sorry paywall...

  13. 2 hours ago, Thiefery said:

    Can't we just have two divisions? Pac and the Big 8/BigStar division?

    Yes, divisions may end up being the preference and the scheduling model could be determined by schools #15 and #16, depending on who those may be.

    Some of the reasons pods may be preferable:

     

    • More central time zone kickoffs for West coast teams. Getting the West coast teams earlier kickoffs one way or another seems to be an important part of maximizing their value, same for any team really, they need good kickoff times. Pods allows the west coast teams to play 4 central teams a year as opposed to 2 w/divisions. That has the West coast teams playing 2 games in central times zones every year as opposed to just once a year in divisions.  
    • Pods allow every team to play each other every other year as opposed to once every 4 years.
    • Minimized travel/optimal travel.  Difference schools may have differing opinions here, but generally speaking each team would travel to each pod location once a year. Which seems optimal. UT for example would still have a large portion of the conference schedule in Texas, then also travel to the Southwest(LA/Phoenix) and Northwest(S.F./Seattle/Portland) once a year, as well as Kansahoma(perhaps every other year w/RRR).
    • Maximize championship game matchups. Allows for potential conference championship games between UT and OU or Oregon USC, while also providing the conference some flexibility in maximizing the matchup. 

     

    TLDR:  For UT pods would mean playing K-State, Kansas, Ok St less and the west coast schools more. 

     

     

     

     

    Perhaps a north and a south division? 

     

  14. 7 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

    Can't we bring back the old "Mideast" name for this? The NCAAs used to have a "Mideast" region, let's bring that back

     

     

    Nice recall, Mideast would be perfect considering UL and WVU. Unfortunately it would not let me edit. 

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