I will say that I appreciated that when Texas came in, they put an end to the partial qualifiers and other Tom Osborne BS.
COLUMN: Good riddance, big brother
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Texas can eat the corn, apple skins and peanuts out of my dung.
Texas leaving the Big12 was inevitable. The were always going to sell themselves to the highest bidder. It's critical to their ego that they be the highest revenue AD in America.
But OU fooled me. I thought their history in the Big 8 would count for something and they might want to lead the Big12 into the future. Afterall the SEC would have found another school to pair with Texas in adding two teams this summer.
But OU fooled me. I thought their history in the Big 8 would count for something and they might want to lead the Big12 into the future. Afterall the SEC would have found another school to pair with Texas in adding two teams this summer.
Interesting piece. One thing I would quibble with is Oklahoma as a pawn in this game. Absolutely not. They have always pushed the envelope.
Oklahoma teamed up with Georgia to take down the NCAA cartel (somewhat) in 1985, which helped open up the world of television. Other blue bloods were eagerly watching. For instance, while other schools opposed it, it was said the powers in Nebraska and Texas supported the controversial lawsuit, although they were not on it officially.
College football has always had breathtaking corruption at its core. But is it really corruption if every school has done "it" at some point in their history. I mean, athletic scholarships were a horrifying concept for decades, but it was the SEC that said, screw it, and became the first conference to openly start athletic scholarships in 1935. BUT many schools had been doing stuff under the table already, including a certain school in 1923.
People who say they cannot support football now due to the greed are simply not in alignment with history. The goalposts simply keep getting moved due to what is accepted by the public as a whole.
Oklahoma teamed up with Georgia to take down the NCAA cartel (somewhat) in 1985, which helped open up the world of television. Other blue bloods were eagerly watching. For instance, while other schools opposed it, it was said the powers in Nebraska and Texas supported the controversial lawsuit, although they were not on it officially.
College football has always had breathtaking corruption at its core. But is it really corruption if every school has done "it" at some point in their history. I mean, athletic scholarships were a horrifying concept for decades, but it was the SEC that said, screw it, and became the first conference to openly start athletic scholarships in 1935. BUT many schools had been doing stuff under the table already, including a certain school in 1923.
People who say they cannot support football now due to the greed are simply not in alignment with history. The goalposts simply keep getting moved due to what is accepted by the public as a whole.
OU is no surprise either, and neither are they a "pawn". During the 2010 Big 12 crisis, there were stories published indicating that Boren was talking to the PAC at least six months before the PAC-12 offered the Big 12 schools. "The mouth of the SEC" Finebaum said in a podcast after the UT/OU announcement earlier this summer that he has direct knowledge that Boren had been talking to the SEC for several years. I'm guessing Finebaum blurted that out as a counterpoint to Bowlsby's claim that the other Big 12 schools knew nothing about what was going on, but that fact would seem to help the Big 12 in any future lawsuits.
Texas is not anyone's Big Brother.
They are the Cousin Eddie of College Football.
They wreck whichever conference they are members of.
Looking forward to seeing what they do to the Someone Else's Championship conference.
They are the Cousin Eddie of College Football.
They wreck whichever conference they are members of.
Looking forward to seeing what they do to the Someone Else's Championship conference.
Oh I don’t doubt that and I agree. Just saying for an Iowa State to get in regardless we are likely going to have to be undefeated whether it’s this current Big 12 or the new one. That is going to be hard to do no matter how good we get. Some years maybe 12-1 or 11-1 we could get in with enough chaos. If this thing expands to 12 teams I think we actually may have a better path honestly by winning the league because I think this new Big 12 will be good enough to justify that in a 12-team playoff.
And this thing is going to expand to at least 8.
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.
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I remember that game, 1979 I believe. I remember it was a night game and I listened to it on the radio. There was also another Jones on that team, AJ "Jam" Jones.
I'm not there yet but I'll be leaving CFB if ISU ends up in a relegated league...and relegation is a byproduct of greed. It's pretty simple math, if FB program in Conference X is making $100MM/year and FB program in conference Y is making $50MM/year, they can ostensibly have equal footing regarding the playoff but in practice that poorer conference team is simply in a hidden poorer league and will never achieve what the richer conference teams will. That can only have an adverse effect on the Conference Y teams in the long term...a decaying orbit, if you will.
Think UI/B1G and ISU/Big 12
Also, historically is it not true that ISU has always been in a power conference? The Missouri Valley was a power league in those days, correct? If the goalposts move in such a way that ISU's relationship with CFB is more like U of Wyoming's and less like U of Iowa's then you'll see support for ISU football regress. Significantly, IMO.
My column on what I believe will be Texas' final game ever in Ames.
WILLIAMS: Good riddance, big brother - Cyclone Fanatic
We all can look back on our lives and recall somebody we idolized during our childhood. This person, in your not-yet mature mind, was larger than life. They looked cool when they walked. They exuded confidence, smiled with a swagger and captured the attention of all upon walking into a room...cyclonefanatic.com
What? You couldn't put "Goodbye Jackasses" for the title?In my view, Texas will end up being the Nebraska of the SEC.My column on what I believe will be Texas' final game ever in Ames.
WILLIAMS: Good riddance, big brother - Cyclone Fanatic
We all can look back on our lives and recall somebody we idolized during our childhood. This person, in your not-yet mature mind, was larger than life. They looked cool when they walked. They exuded confidence, smiled with a swagger and captured the attention of all upon walking into a room...
Horns down forever. And OU is next on the hit parade. OU is far from TexASS' pawn in all this. We will likely have to wait for BB season to give the Goomers our collective finger.
Win or lose tomorrow, TeaASS will leave Ames a loser. They will also lose this game. I hope. GO CYCLONES!
Good riddance They made their bed. Now they will get to sleep in it. Let them enjoy their booty and new neighborhood.