The biggest realistic possibility without a doubt is KU to the Big 10
Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC
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The biggest realistic possibility without a doubt is KU to the Big 10
How so? They were winning in the SEC with players they recruited for the Big 12. Doesn't seem to me like they needed to change anything. They started losing when a new coach came in who wasn't nearly as good of a recruiter. If anything joining the SEC opened up more Southern states for them to recruit from.
And KU isn't going to the Big 10 without a #16. And that #16 won't be their academic weakling in-state school.
Seems that the Oklahoma legislature has more power in this than ESPN. And to an extent, the Texas legislature. But I'm not sure if Tech still has the influence they did a decade ago.
We may think we aren't the old Iowa State, but it doesn't matter what we think. Recruiting was awful when we weren't sure what conference we were going to be in. Campbell and staff are great recruiters, but don't think that **** won't hurt us. Not to mention that we have a coach that might not want to stay if we go down a conference.
Like I said before, there's no reason to panic over this. BUT there's also no reason to act like this wouldn't really **** us over if it happened.
I was just thinking about this after I remembered that the SEC and CBS parted ways.
I'd love to see us in the BIG, it would be a huge win for W & P to pull that off.
A&M AD may want this but I'm guessing the SEC would want two of the biggest brands in college athletics. Plus only takes 8 out of the other 13 schools from A&M to think differently.
Agree...but that doesn't mean Iowa State is the favorite to be #16! Like I stated early...Iowa State would have to bend over and take whatever the Big 10 would do to us if that were to come to fruition! Sure we would be in the Big 10...but it would likely be a worse offer than what Nebraska accepted to join the league.
Last December. CBS will have games through 2023, then the whole SEC will be under Mickey Mouse's umbrella starting in 2024.
Your entire argument is SEC. There has to be a substantive argument. Sticking with the NCAA the Big 12 is a significantly better option for both schools. They get to dominate athletically and politically. They make just as much money in the Big 12. They don’t lose bargaining power if stuff blows up.
We're the hole in their footprint that steals recruits because we offer another P5 option.
Last year? The ESPN deal
Is worth like 10X as much per year than the CBS deal. Don’t have to squint too hard to see ESPN/Disney wanting to maximize that deal. Plus UT already has a deal with ESPN going that they could possibly roll in to this.
I suspect that this report has only kernels of truth was leaked intentionally by the SEC during TV negotiations.