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The Texas honeymoon in the SEC has officially ended

WestTexasHusker

WestTexasHusker

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I'm so glad to be done with them in the Big 12.

"Texas joining the Southeastern Conference was an exciting time for the realm of college football, but there was one problem with all of the hype: nobody actually examined Texas’ schedule and realized how easy it was.

The Longhorns didn’t see their first SEC road game of the campaign until their most recent one when they played Vanderbilt in Nashville. Yes, a whopping nine weeks into the season, the eighth contest on their schedule. On top of that, Texas has already had its first bye week, which adds a little bit more irritation towards Texas’ opps in the SEC.

According to a report from USA Today’s Matt Hayes, the Longhorns have “more than a handful” of them, as a load of athletic directors in the conference are “furious” at their soft schedule. And it’s not just AD’s, coaches are “livid” too, per Hayes.

“If you think the league’s athletic directors aren’t happy about the gift road to the SEC championship game, the conference coaches are livid,” wrote Hayes."

More here.

 
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WestTexasHusker said:
I'm so glad to be done with them in the Big 12.

"Texas joining the Southeastern Conference was an exciting time for the realm of college football, but there was one problem with all of the hype: nobody actually examined Texas’ schedule and realized how easy it was.

The Longhorns didn’t see their first SEC road game of the campaign until their most recent one when they played Vanderbilt in Nashville. Yes, a whopping nine weeks into the season, the eighth contest on their schedule. On top of that, Texas has already had its first bye week, which adds a little bit more irritation towards Texas’ opps in the SEC.

According to a report from USA Today’s Matt Hayes, the Longhorns have “more than a handful” of them, as a load of athletic directors in the conference are “furious” at their soft schedule. And it’s not just AD’s, coaches are “livid” too, per Hayes.

“If you think the league’s athletic directors aren’t happy about the gift road to the SEC championship game, the conference coaches are livid,” wrote Hayes."

More here.

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Their remaining conference games are Florida, Arkansas and Kentucky before the game with A&M. A&M and Georgia (and maybe Vandy) are going to be the only ranked conference teams they end up facing as they missed Alabama, Tennessee, LSU and Ole Miss. By contrast, OU got Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss, Alabama and LSU. There was plenty of evidence that OU and Florida would be down this year, so that's not really an excuse for the Texas schedule.

On the other hand, it's not like there was a lack of pre-existing evidence that Texas is a toxic presence in a conference. I'm guessing the odds of a course correction are much higher in the SEC than existed in the SWC or Big 12, though.
 
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NU_Alum said:
They knew what they were getting and still took them. Uterus should be left out of all conferences and no one scheduling them. They've burned 2 conferences down already. I doubt they'll take over the SEC like they did the prior 2, but they'll certainly try.
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Lots of hype about how the Big 12 was small potatoes for Texas, but the facts don't bear that out. Texas was a very middling program overall in the Big 12 in all sports except volleyball. Very few football and basketball championships over the years.

Everyone presumes the top two programs in the Big 12 in football were OU and Texas, but it was really OU and oSu when it comes to conference winning percentages - Texas was in the middle of the pack. Texas got smacked around by much of the conference in football.

The conference is in a much healthier place without Texas, even though it probably cost every school $15 million a year in lost media revenue. Sometimes the extra juice isn't worth the squeeze.
 
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NU_Alum said:
They knew what they were getting and still took them. Uterus should be left out of all conferences and no one scheduling them. They've burned 2 conferences down already. I doubt they'll take over the SEC like they did the prior 2, but they'll certainly try.
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On the other hand, it's not like there was a lack of pre-existing evidence that Texas is a toxic presence in a conference. I'm guessing the odds of a course correction are much higher in the SEC than existed in the SWC or Big 12, though.
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Has there ever been any reporting on if UT considered going Independent like Notre Dame before/during its days in the Big 12 or before its decision to move to the SEC? I would think they couldn't make as much money as the ND contract with NBC Sports, but is there enough revenue from the Longhorn Network for it to ever be financially viable for them to not be in a conference?
 
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WestTexasHusker said:
I'm so glad to be done with them in the Big 12.

"Texas joining the Southeastern Conference was an exciting time for the realm of college football, but there was one problem with all of the hype: nobody actually examined Texas’ schedule and realized how easy it was.

The Longhorns didn’t see their first SEC road game of the campaign until their most recent one when they played Vanderbilt in Nashville. Yes, a whopping nine weeks into the season, the eighth contest on their schedule. On top of that, Texas has already had its first bye week, which adds a little bit more irritation towards Texas’ opps in the SEC.

According to a report from USA Today’s Matt Hayes, the Longhorns have “more than a handful” of them, as a load of athletic directors in the conference are “furious” at their soft schedule. And it’s not just AD’s, coaches are “livid” too, per Hayes.

“If you think the league’s athletic directors aren’t happy about the gift road to the SEC championship game, the conference coaches are livid,” wrote Hayes."

More here.

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As much as I don't like UT, this complaint just seems like sour grapes from SEC coaches.

Non-conference schedules are set years in advance. For example, Nebraska's already got a thee game non-conference slate (Arizona, SDSU and UTEP) set for the 2028 season, and two games (Tennessee and NIU) already set for the 2027 season. This year's UT non-conference schedule doesn't look that bad on paper. Nobody could have predicted Michigan's QB situation would be so bad they might as well consider running the Wing T. They should have gotten a portal QB. ULL is 5-3 and UTSA is 4-5.

As for the SEC schedule, that's the SEC office and Greg Sankey's fault. What did they want UT's AD and Steve Sarkisian to do, say "No, this schedule is too easy. Please give us one that's harder and has fewer bye weeks"? The OU matchup is a rivalry game. Nobody, (especially the SEC's TV network partners) wants that to end regardless how bad OU or UT is in a given year, and UF's demise is Napier's fault.
 
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NU_Alum said:
They knew what they were getting and still took them. Uterus should be left out of all conferences and no one scheduling them. They've burned 2 conferences down already. I doubt they'll take over the SEC like they did the prior 2, but they'll certainly try.
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They might try, but they won't succeed.

Texas AD L. Theo Bellmont was the guy who contacted schools and chaired the summer meeting in Dallas that ultimately resulted in the formation of the SWC in December 1914. The conference was built on UT running it from day one.

The Big 12 was a shotgun marriage from day one. OU and Nebraska didn't like the fact they couldn't run a conference anymore like they did the Big 8, and UT was upset they couldn't run a conference anymore like they did the SWC. OU, Nebraska, UT and A&M were all upset they didn't get "credit" for "saving" each other. From OU, Nebraska and the old Big 8 teams perspective, they "saved" UT, A&M and the other SWC schools. It might have been a warped perspective, but UT and A&M seemed to always believe they "saved" the Big 8 teams.

This time, IMO the other SEC schools know they didn't really financially need OU and UT.
 
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SWVAHusker said:
From OU, Nebraska and the old Big 8 teams perspective, they "saved" UT, A&M and the other SWC schools. It might have been a warped perspective, but UT and A&M seemed to always believe they "saved" the Big 8 teams.
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Not saying you're wrong, but I've never heard this perspective before. Texas and corruption imploded the SWC. I don't remember the impetus for forming the Big 12, but it was the billed as the first "super conference." I don't remember the details but my guess is that Big 8 teams were blinded by TV money and were (except DONU) willing to reduce themselves to Texas sycophants.
How did the remnants of a busted conference think they were saving the Big 8?
 
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As much as I don't like UT, this complaint just seems like sour grapes from SEC coaches.

Non-conference schedules are set years in advance. For example, Nebraska's already got a thee game non-conference slate (Arizona, SDSU and UTEP) set for the 2028 season, and two games (Tennessee and NIU) already set for the 2027 season. This year's UT non-conference schedule doesn't look that bad on paper. Nobody could have predicted Michigan's QB situation would be so bad they might as well consider running the Wing T. They should have gotten a portal QB. ULL is 5-3 and UTSA is 4-5.

As for the SEC schedule, that's the SEC office and Greg Sankey's fault. What did they want UT's AD and Steve Sarkisian to do, say "No, this schedule is too easy. Please give us one that's harder and has fewer bye weeks"? The OU matchup is a rivalry game. Nobody, (especially the SEC's TV network partners) wants that to end regardless how bad OU or UT is in a given year, and UF's demise is Napier's fault.
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Correct, and that's the point. Other programs in the SEC are nervous that the SEC is already cozying up to Texas.
 

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