He should but he’s probably calling Syracuse right now.
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OU and Texas reach out to SEC
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I don’t have one, but I remember when the Big 12 fell apart there was talk of that around here. I recall a tv interview on the local news with some state person. I just remember him saying they wouldn’t allow it. Sorry I don’t have more.
Heads may explode here as well but I would love to have Texas and or Oklahoma in the B1G.
He's not. He is too busy licking windows.
This balances out my Kade Warner breakout prediction!And THAT is why we pay you the big bucks, my friend.
The only thing ever said was David Borden saying we would drag little brother with us. Sadly for them Borden is gone and they’re on their own.
If I'm the Pac-12, I'm looking for 4 really good teams, ASAP.
Damn the agnostic high ground, I think they offer BYU and some, combination of Big XII leftovers. Texas Tech and TCU seem like good footholds into Texas recruiting, along with maybe Oklahoma State or Baylor.
The challenge is that none of those teams (except BYU) really command a national fanbase that plays into the NIL stuff.
If the Pac-12 wanted to really stake a claim, they'd offer Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska and BYU. It'll never happen, but that's their only power play given the geography.
If their commissioner is stupid (likely), they'll wind up with some B-list combo of Hawaii, Nevada, Fresno, etc.
Damn the agnostic high ground, I think they offer BYU and some, combination of Big XII leftovers. Texas Tech and TCU seem like good footholds into Texas recruiting, along with maybe Oklahoma State or Baylor.
The challenge is that none of those teams (except BYU) really command a national fanbase that plays into the NIL stuff.
If the Pac-12 wanted to really stake a claim, they'd offer Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska and BYU. It'll never happen, but that's their only power play given the geography.
If their commissioner is stupid (likely), they'll wind up with some B-list combo of Hawaii, Nevada, Fresno, etc.
The PAC needs teams in the Central Time Zone that would draw some national attention. Texas is ideal, but even finding a 2nd team that fits their criteria will be tough. Kansas would help with basketball, and they're an AAU member. They're NOT going to want to take schools that are private, and they will especially not want to take any schools with a religious affiliation. Houston would probably be a better candidate for them than TCU or Baylor. Iowa State with a rising program and AAU status maybe is a Hail Mary. If you want academic and in Texas, besides Texas and A&M the only other option is Rice, which actually would fit in with Stanford and Cal.
If the PAC doesn't do something, it's not crazy to think that somebody like Stanford or Cal will go the Ivy League route of playing D1 sports in everything except football, which would be non-scholarship. It's not that they can't afford it--Stanford has endowments growing in its ears--but the academic administration side of things is not going to want to see the kinds of money being spent to be competitive. When NIL dries up a bunch of sources of donations from boosters for athletic department projects, something will have to give.
Cal system already referred to as the "Public Ivies" as you already know. Well it was when I went there. So yeah I agree a 100% with you
ND is the best natural fit for the BIG for many valid reasons. Don't really understand why ND seems to shy away from the BIG unless they are afraid of competing against them? ND brings a truly national TV audience probably more then almost any team in the country imo. Having said that I'm not any ND fan which is putting it mildly.
As for Texaas and the Swooners joining the BIG I only have this to say.....
As for Texaas and the Swooners joining the BIG I only have this to say.....
It was more than that. I wish I could find it. I looked for it. I just remember them being tied together. State funding was even in question should they split. 11 years ago, hard to find.
Perhaps this article will shed some light on the claim they are hooked together. According to this article that's simply not true. Goes on to explain how the system works in Oklahoma for both schools.
Are Oklahoma and Oklahoma State REALLY A Package Deal?
Are Oklahoma and Oklahoma State REALLY A Package Deal?
www.crimsonandcreammachine.com
I have never seen anything that ties them together.
Oh God. Letting Texas into the old Big 8 was perhaps the biggest mistake in sports history. The Big 8 was the greatest college football conference the world had ever seen, but the Longhorns ruined it with their totally insatiable demands. I hated to see Nebraska leave the Big 12, but Texas had turned it into a total nightmare. If the SEC has any sense, it will kill this deal as quickly as possible.
