Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC

[JP4CY]

 

[KCyclone2010]

This just screams some reporter trying to make a splash, and will get squashed pretty quick

 

[Gunnerclone]

Minus the mason jars.

Minus the weird dudes in the painting outfits.

 

[JM4CY]

I miss the A&M fans. Great fans and good people.

They can be. But they are also some really odd ducks.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

You don't know how TV has changed since then?

The B1G also overstated the value in those TV markets. They aren't getting the premium the were hoping for when those teams joined the conference.

 

[deadeyededric]

I'm just going to assume ASU and the U of A would have no interest in joining the Big 12 if UT and OU weren't in it.

 

[Cyforce]

Obviously the real story is they are just looking for a way to avoid the juggernaut that is CMC.

 

[I@ST1]

Cancel the season. We are doomed.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I'm just going to assume ASU and the U of A would have no interest in joining the Big 12 if UT and OU weren't in it.

I’m ready to get out of this conference at any time. Probably not a bad time to bolt.

 

[NorthCyd]

I don't think it's out of the question the remaining Big 12 schools would merge with the Pac-12. What other choice would they have?

I still think we would take a fairly sizable financial hit in that scenario, but I could be wrong.

 

[Tornado man]

I miss the A&M fans. Great fans and good people.

Yes I agree. That was a big loss for the Big 12.

 

[Chitowncy]

I don't believe this for one moment, why would either OU or UT want to go a league that makes it harder for them to reach the playoff? For the money, both are in the top 10 in funding each year, with UT generally leading it.

If they want to go, then go enjoy going from leading the conference to now being one team in a conference where your opinion has less weight then those schools that have been their for decades.

I would say this is nothing more than both OU and UT trying to send a message to big 12 that it might be time to do away with our some what equal revenues and they want to be paid more for staying in the league.

I agree with your points and it seems to be it would be shortsighted and poor judgment of OU and UT to leave an arrangement where they are the "big fish in a small pond" for the SEC where they would be one of many big fishes in an albeit bigger pond.

BUT, if this report is true, which I doubt as well, to put myself in their shoes and try to understand their perspective, they may believe, like many who are competitive and have large egos, that they can go over to the SEC and be "the biggest fish" in the bigger pond. They believe in themselves. That's the only way I can make sense of if. They're tired of playing ISU and KU and BU in conference games and want to routinely challenge and beat bigger names year-in-and-year-out and feel that playing a conference schedule of Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Arkansas is going to lead to more revenue, be more prestigious, etc. There is perhaps also a cultural connection.

Crazy to hear this stuff come up again regardless. Good thing ISU is much better positioned now than the last time this happened.

 

[CarrollCyclone]

 

[Tornado man]

I don't think it's out of the question the remaining Big 12 schools would merge with the Pac-12. What other choice would they have?

Why would Pac 12 schools take on remaining Big 12 schools. What does it add to them.

 

[CYTUTT]

aTM won’t go for this.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Zona
ASU
CU
ISU
KU
KSU
OSU
TTU
Rayplor
Utah

I think that would be a cool conference.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

If this move happens, that move would put the SEC at 16 with Texas and Oklahoma

That means the Big Ten needs two, and then the ACC/B12/P12 have some shuffling depending upon who.

Initial thought:

Big Ten adds Kansas and Virginia
ACC adds Notre Dame, West Virginia, and one more. (That'd be the hope for ISU to still land P4)
Pac 12 adds four Big 12 schools (Tech, Bay, OSU, KSU probably -- maybe ISU over BU but probably not)

But I don't think the Pac 12 is going to allow that to happen without at least a pitch to Tex/Okla because they'd rather have Texas, Tech, Okla, OSU than the four I mentioned above.

The Big 12 will likely make a counter to Tex/Okla to raid at least the Arizona schools, Colorado and Utah, and maybe more from the P12. A P12/B12 lovechild could develop out of that too.

I just don't see Virginia leaving the ACC.

 

[deadeyededric]

I still think we would take a fairly sizable financial hit in that scenario, but I could be wrong.

I think we'd take a major hit. That scenario may lessen the blow a bit though.

 

[JP4CY]

 

[Cyforce]

What Union state school would hypothetically join the SEC?

You said they'd take Kansas.