COLUMN: Good riddance, big brother

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Money in the future is going to play an important role in paying players I believe. If that happens, you will see a conference like the Big 12 fall further behind. And I would downplay how significant it’s going to be for our athletic department when they receive several million less dollars every year.

1.) Alignment is far from over. Once Texas and OU write their checks the rest of the domino's will fall.
2.) NIL is all pumped in from private money. Can that change? Maybe but for now I wouldn't get too excited.
3.) Whether it's 30 mil or 90 mil, schools are flat out BLOWING money to zero out their books every year. The Big 12 and Iowa State will be absolutely fine.

 

[Hoggins]

The money is going to surprise people. Adding Ohio, Florida, and a cult will bring in the cash. It’ll be less, but not $30 million less. And likely still more than the ACC

Add in that the playoff will absolutely expand to at least 8 with power 5 champs guaranteed spots and honestly not much has changed. Especially when the Alliance is committed to keeping the new Big 12 a power 5

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

The money is going to surprise people. Adding Ohio, Florida, and a cult will bring in the cash. It’ll be less, but not $30 million less. And likely still more than the ACC

Add in that the playoff will absolutely expand to at least 8 with power 5 champs guaranteed spots and honestly not much has changed. Especially when the Alliance is committed to keeping the new Big 12 a power 5

We shall see. Once OuuT occurs I think there will be a crazy period of poaching.

 

[CircumCYZ]

Great article! Kind of reminds me of when the little brother grows up and stands up to his big brother, only thing left to do is kick his a$$ one last time!

 

[CyBobby]

With all due respect to the bulletin board crowd, I would have written this column if Iowa State was a 20 point underdog. It has nothing to do with this game. It's about the last two decades. Iowa State can lose by 30 tomorrow night and everything I wrote will still remain true. And I can guarantee you that Steve freaking Sarkisian isn't concerned about a hack from Des Moines' feelings right now when he's getting in fights with players at practice and has assistant coaches' stripper girlfriends' monkeys assaulting children.

With All Due Respect Chris M Williams....YOU ARE THEE GREATEST...YOU ARE THEE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!
....and whatever you do keep up your great work!!
And remember GO CYCLONES .....

 

[CyBobby]

IMO this is a lot of 2000's talk. Most of the Big 12 schools have spent a ton of money over the last 15 years and have made huge upgrades. The whole arms race thing is overstated. What else do these schools need and does it lead to more wins? Everyone wants to talk about the money but what does that do for the bottom half of the B1G and SEC? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

From a conference SOS standpoint we have lost Oklahoma and that's it. In regards to Texas, Cinci is actually an upgrade on the field and in the long run I think Houston will be too. Top to bottom the new Big 12 is actually going top be a really competitive conference and still holds P5 status. Here's the deal, until the playoff moves to at least 8 teams current Big 12 or new Big 12 won't matter. This has always been an Oklahoma or bust playoff slot.

And I want you guys to remember that Houston being in the Big 12 is going to Hurt the Longhorns er Broken Horns recruiting in the state of Texas!
AND I LOVE IT!!!

 

[Remo Gaggi]

What's all this bro ****?

 

[clone4sure]

I'm old enough to remember an Iowa State team playing the mighty Texas team with QB Donnie Little, Ham Bam and Lamb Jones at running back . all you heard was Texas this and Texas that. ISU had just lost Earle Bruce and was under a new coach in Donnie Duncan. we also were playing them in Austin, TX. and were in a rebuilding year. they were ranked as a Top 5 team when we played them and ended up being ranked the #4 team in the nation at the end of the year. with all this being said, we had an opportunity to beat them and lost 17-9 that day. The media and fan base, even back then, was arrogant and how they looked down their noses at playing little ole Iowa State. so in closing, I have no sorrow in Texas moving on.

 

[cykadelic2]

My column on what I believe will be Texas' final game ever in Ames.

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Regarding "Since 1996, the Big 12 has been a group of schools that was trying to build a great future. One arrogant member, the Uncle Rico of college football, was constantly a pain in the ass."

A&M, OU and NU were all just as culpable as UT. All it took was for one of those 4 to vote for a B12 Network back in the 2005 timeframe and the conference likely would have stayed intact.

And there is no question if DeLoss Dodds and Bill Powers were still around for UT, there is no flipping way they would be going to the SEC.

 

[jctisu]

Sorry, but reality is Iowa State and the Big 12 just fall further in the arms race with the rest of college football. As long as the playoff stays at 4, all 12 Big 12 members have zero chance.

Again we’ve never been a playoff contending level program ever. So why are you so hooked on this?

Our supposed best team and chance to make it is currently 5-3. So talk to me when/if we ever go undefeated and get left out. I will probably be waiting a long time to see if it happens because I will play the history data and say I doubt we find out.

 

[Cloneon]

You ended by saying that Texas won’t be missed, which I technically agree with, but their money and influence definitely will be…. we can never deny that fact. TX and OU move the needle, no matter how much we might wish they didn’t.

The Big 12 will be much weaker without them. That’s a fact. Sucks, but still doesn’t change the facts.

College athletics is becoming more and more less attractive to me, and many others I know. We generally are caring less and less. And we can thank TX for that. If they want to ruin college athletics, so be it.

My father once told me to sell the stock that went down and keep the one that went up; objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Texas is a 'sell'. Iowa State is a 'buy'. That simple.

 

[MugNight]

Anyone, in our ISU circles or outside, stating something to the effect of, “Well without Texas, the Big 12 wouldn’t be… blah blah blah” is missing the point. We know they’ve brought muscle to the conference. We know that the future ahead is scary without their money. They’ve been immune from criticism for so long, it’s about time we take the gloves off. We can be fearful for the future and still give UT a deserving FU on the way out.

Everything Texas has done has been self serving. The Longhorn network has been an absolute dog in hindsight. The checks are nice, but they ran off 4 proud historic programs in the process in TAMU, CU, NU, and Mizzou. Go back in time, and I’d rather we had all those schools instead of Texas. The league might not have made as much money, but the equity and solidarity would’ve been better. Maybe one of those teams rises up as the next power player and challenges Oklahoma over the past decade. Who knows. Sure those teams could’ve saved the Big 12, but they bailed because Texas was in the equation.

Texas had every opportunity to become the top dog on the field since the Vince Young era. They’ve squandered the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country, missed on several coaches, and generally underperformed relative to their resources. Point blank: over the last decade, Texas failed in the Big 12. The problem is with Texas, not the rest of us. They’re big and they’re bad… and not in a good way.

Texas is the rich kid with the new Xbox and the big swimming pool. Lives in the biggest, nicest house in the neighborhood. Parents never tell him “No.” People hang out with him to use his stuff, not be with him. You go over to play, and he gets pissy and changes the rules when you start beating him. He throws the controller through the wall and you go home. Now he’s moving to a new neighborhood, and his house ain’t the biggest or the best anymore. The kids in the new neighborhood are cooler than him. Who wants to hang out with him now?

 

[NickTheGreat]

Texas is the "Peaked in High School Guy." A Legend in their own mind.

I hope they lose every game from now until eternity. Starting Saturday night.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Texas is the "Peaked in High School Guy." A Legend in their own mind.

I hope they lose every game from now until eternity. Starting Saturday night.

How ironic is it that Wooderson is the poster child of their program?

 

[MustardTiger]

If there's any way we could get a "POLE-UH-SAS-SIN, CLAP CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP" chant going tomorrow that'd be great thanks.

 

[JM4CY]

Texas is the rich kid with the new Xbox and the big swimming pool. Lives in the biggest, nicest house in the neighborhood. Parents never tell him “No.” People hang out with him to use his stuff, not be with him. You go over to play, and he gets pissy and changes the rules when you start beating him. He throws the controller through the wall and you go home. Now he’s moving to a new neighborhood, and his house ain’t the biggest or the best anymore. The kids in the new neighborhood are cooler than him. Who wants to hang out with him now?

Amen.

 

[Brandon]

Winning this game would make me feel a lot better about the season

 

[Remo Gaggi]

How ironic is it that Wooderson is the poster child of their program?

LIVIN

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Again we’ve never been a playoff contending level program ever. So why are you so hooked on this?

Our supposed best team and chance to make it is currently 5-3. So talk to me when/if we ever go undefeated and get left out. I will probably be waiting a long time to see if it happens because I will play the history data and say I doubt we find out.

I think our best days are still ahead of us. We'll look back on this period and say, "That's when we finally got the ball rolling."

 

[jcyclonee]

Anyone, in our ISU circles or outside, stating something to the effect of, “Well without Texas, the Big 12 wouldn’t be… blah blah blah” is missing the point. We know they’ve brought muscle to the conference. We know that the future ahead is scary without their money. They’ve been immune from criticism for so long, it’s about time we take the gloves off. We can be fearful for the future and still give UT a deserving FU on the way out.

Everything Texas has done has been self serving. The Longhorn network has been an absolute dog in hindsight. The checks are nice, but they ran off 4 proud historic programs in the process in TAMU, CU, NU, and Mizzou. Go back in time, and I’d rather we had all those schools instead of Texas. The league might not have made as much money, but the equity and solidarity would’ve been better. Maybe one of those teams rises up as the next power player and challenges Oklahoma over the past decade. Who knows. Sure those teams could’ve saved the Big 12, but they bailed because Texas was in the equation.

Texas had every opportunity to become the top dog on the field since the Vince Young era. They’ve squandered the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country, missed on several coaches, and generally underperformed relative to their resources. Point blank: over the last decade, Texas failed in the Big 12. The problem is with Texas, not the rest of us. They’re big and they’re bad… and not in a good way.

Texas is the rich kid with the new Xbox and the big swimming pool. Lives in the biggest, nicest house in the neighborhood. Parents never tell him “No.” People hang out with him to use his stuff, not be with him. You go over to play, and he gets pissy and changes the rules when you start beating him. He throws the controller through the wall and you go home. Now he’s moving to a new neighborhood, and his house ain’t the biggest or the best anymore. The kids in the new neighborhood are cooler than him. Who wants to hang out with him now?

Just a slight clarification. His house is still probably the biggest and the best but it isn't much bigger and bester than the kids' houses in the new neighborhood. It still doesn't excuse his arrogant and petulant behavior. These new neighbor kids are strong enough that they will not put up with that behavior. Can you imagine what the LSU fan-mob will do to Texas the first time Texas tries to pull some kind of "we're better than you" shenanigans.