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Js1

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Posts posted by Js1

  1. 20 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    I'm the same way. I wanted the Pac 16 back in 2011 and was disappointed when it fell through. But the Pac 10 of 2011 is no more. They rate 4th or 5th in terms of conference strength and Texas + OU going in would be to prop up another fledgling conference and give them something while not giving Texas + OU a lot in return. The SEC move, in today's college football world, makes a lot more sense than it did back in 2011. Sure, things could change and the SEC could start slipping but I honestly don't see how. The SEC has been dominant since VY left for the NFL. Our future is east, not west. And frankly, I'm ready for Texas to just be a passenger that focuses on football. The program needs a reset and the SEC gives us that. It could fail spectacularly but it's a risk worth taking. I'm fully onboard now. I want us to move our future SEC OOC games to be against the Pac 12. 

    Oh I know.  Had the Pac-16 would have happened, it would have been a great conference.  Our future now is east, but it was west back then and I think Texas, OU and OSU would have really done a lot for the Pac-12.

    But alas, Larry Scott fucked it up and we wasted a decade in the Big 12 with 1 washed up coach, 1 incompetent coach and 1 arrogant POS coach. 

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    Edited by Js1

    6 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Trust an Oklahoman Mizzou fan to make this a story about big bad evil Texas:

     

    That article basically sums up why we are leaving.  All those programs in our conference doing better than us since 2009 = 0 playoff appearances.  And yet, we are the more attractive program for the SEC. 

    The Big 12 is a sack of shit conference that is not relevant nationally for title contention except for OU.  End of story.  This conference blows because none of our tagalongs stepped up in our absence to give us a 2nd contender.  They all got snubbed in various ways (OSU 2011, TCU/Baylor 2014, ISU 2020). 

  3. 12 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

    My suspicion is that the SEC stops for now unless the last big fish wants onboard (ND) , and lets the other 3 conferences figure it out knowing they will never catch up 

    ND ain't joining the SEC.  If ND spurns the ACC for the B1G at some point, the SEC could expand into ACC territory.  But no way would ND ever be an SEC team. 

  4. 8 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    I said OSU. Their fans are good natured and we both hate OU.

    Tech fans are a lot spikier online, though the girls are fun.

    I said ISU - I also like their fans.  But only as long as they have Campbell.  If they don't get that B1G or Pac invite, he won't stay.  And they won't be fun to play anymore. 

  5. 4 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Ill never forgive the conference for that 2015 OSU game

     

    Worst officiated sporting event ive ever seen in person

    We should just provide that tape when the media asks why we are leaving the conference.

  6. 2 minutes ago, WBT said:

    And Baylor just won basketball.  That doesn't have much to do with ability to draw money.

    I didn't include Baylor when discussing who we "subsidize" because at least they have 3 basketball titles in the past 10 years (2 WBB, 1 MBB).  

    In the totality of the program,  the 3 you mentioned are all better than Tech.  Baylor is better than Tech.  Tech is only beaten by KSU in terms of being a Big 12 nonfactor. 

  7. 2 minutes ago, WBT said:

    Counterpoint, I'd rather subsidize Tech, OSU, and ISU than Miss St, S Carolina, and Vanderbilt.

    All 3 of those schools have a national title in a Big 4 sports, recently. 

    2021 MSU Baseball
    2017 SC WBB
    2014, 2019 Vanderbilt baseball

    Tech's last Big 4 title was in 1993.  (They won T&F in 2019) 

  8.  

    56 minutes ago, TigernMiamiAU83 said:

    Agree. I don't see any way that TT is an annual OOC opponent. Those three of OC games will be like gold nuggets for each team and very carefully planned by everyone. Two total cupcakes that do not require a return trip to the cupcakes stadium plus a nationally prominent interesting opponent. Like LSU for TX in 2019 and PSU for AU this year, UGA for Clemson this year, etc.

    We can play Tech in the annual patsy game in November, since they'll be somewhere in the AAC. 

    42 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    So, when the SEC also adds Clemson and Florida St....

    The ACC seems pretty content.  They're more likely to make moves than get poached. 

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    Edited by Js1

    On 7/26/2021 at 7:57 AM, Huckleberry said:

    Articles like that are exactly why this is happening. Engel and others like him helped create this eventuality but they'll never realize that. They created, fostered, and amplified the environment where Tech and the other second tier schools never bothered to improve themselves and lift themselves into the first tier because it was UT's job to protect them. Meanwhile they constantly complained about UT and ripped the school and athletic department in the press at every opportunity. Which, of course, damaged UT's reputation (albeit slightly) at every step which meant that UT was weaker than it otherwise would have been and less able to protect Tech and the others.

    He is the exact kind of idiot who has been slowly killing Tech without knowing it.

    Why does Texas, the larger university, not just eat Texas Tech?

    But for real, why are WE responsible for saving/supporting/finding a landing spot for this school:

    Baseball: 4 regular season championships, 1 conference tournament championship
    Football: 0 conference titles
    Men's Basketball: 1 regular season championship, 0 conference tournament championships
    Women's Basketball: 3 regular season championships, 2 conference tournament championships

    A whopping 27 Big 12 titles (13 regular season and 14 conference tournaments) since 1996.  Pretty pathetic for a founding member of the conference - only KSU is worse (17).  

  10. 30 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Yeah, along with the things he’s posted in the pron forum, I’ve chosen to not neg him. He’s clearly not well. 

    Elaborate?

  11. 40 minutes ago, WBT said:

    Lulz, huge clusterfuck at the triathlon start.  A boat was still right by the dock blocking half of the field when they blew the starting horn.  The guys on the other end of the dock dove in and started and it took awhile for other boats to come cut them off and bring them back.

    Video:

     

  12. 1 minute ago, kopp0e said:

    A good landing spot for Oklahoma State & Texas Tech, as well as probably TCU...
    Here's the smoke from one of the OU guys with ears to the concrete I'd gather:

     

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    Tech academics are an issue for the PAC but they have interest in UH?

     

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