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Would Texas be willing to give up the Longhorn Network to join? Also it doesn't sound like A&M would be for this just judging by Bdork's comments.
Well....it SURE wouldn't be good for us!!
Texas, Oklahoma, & the Big12, would all be "done", IMO...
Doesn't pass the smell test to me
I'm assuming they would join the West and Bama and Auburn would move to the East? We might move to the East to even it out. Or we would just have one Division with 16 teams and play 15 games in a regular season.
DO NOT WANT UT at all!!! They would attempt to run everything to only their benefit and consider everyone else as peons. This would be a disaster, they are the reason that the Big 12 is failing and a large part of the reason that the SWC failed. TOO much EGO, think Bama steroid overdose.
Geographically they would probably put them in the West, move Missouri to the West, and Alabama and Auburn to the East.
There would then be no pressing need for permanent opponents, so we'd probably have a 7/2 rotational model.
Or we could just have 3 permanent and 6 rotating opponents in 1 table
If you add Oklahoma and Texas to the west and take Alabama and Auburn out, you would still only have 7 teams in the west. To balance, I could see Missouri switching to the west in your scenario.
Or the SEC could go to four 4 team divisions. I think that has been discussed before.
MHO is Texas will not give up the longhorn tv deal, period.
No way they would come to the SEC where they would be losing 2 - 3 games a year.
Based on what I'm seeing, I think TX and OK have indeed reached out and are talking to us.
I'm all for adding the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Central Oklahoma to the SEC West.
I want the SEC West easier, not harder.
Two of the worst fan bases in all of sports - this would ruin it for me
I have to put up with these people on the daily and could not stand to hear about them in our conference
If Texas joins,can our players do horns down or will the SEC cave like the Big 12 and make that illegal?
Never gonna happen... Oklahoma state Legislature would never sign off on it ... it state law there that U of Oklahoma and Okie State MUST play in the same conference
Bringing in two college football blue bloods to the same division as us would be a disaster for us.
There is zero good for our program if this happens. Lots of folks will be like hey great more money for us. Well who cares about that when all the folks around us who already have more money than us also get more money.
I think this would effectively end any reasonable chance we would have at every hoping to be competitive in the division for football.
At this point, them coming does little for them and little for the league. Tv market isn't branched much. Viewers, yes, market no. And they have a way easier path in the league they are in or other leagues. They missed shot before A&M joined IMO. We shall see. Plus Texas is greedy as hell
They are just trying to flex for leverage on the other B12 schools to be even harsher slum lords - via fake news Hoax
If the SEC added Duke and UNC, that's cool
How many more wins do you think? Because over the next decade we will go winless against Oklahoma. And I don't see us hanging around 50% against Texas like we have against Auburn.
And once you bring those two in, that allows them into our geographical recruiting area. And given what we would do from a division standpoint, we very well could end up playing Bama and/or Auburn in a year if we went to 9 conference games which is what probably happens.
It would be a disaster.
Texas, TTU, OU and Ok state would be a better fit for the PAC12 and then the SEC could add WVU and Kansas State. Those football fanbases and schools would be good fits in the SEC. Then the big 10 can add Iowa State and Kansas. Maybe put Baylor and TCU in the ACC? Not sure where to place them.
With 16 teams, they won't have divisions. The only feasible way to build a schedule will be a "pod" system where you have 3 permanent opponents, then rotate thru the rest of the conference via your other 5 games.
Pod 1 - Mizzou, Oklahoma, Texas, A&M; Pod 2: LSU, OM, MSU, Arky; Pod 3: Auburn, Alabama, UT, Vandy; Pod 4: UGa, UF, USC, UK
There are bad ideas and then there's this. I hope this is a bunch of nothing.
Yeah OU and Texas would probably make us regret taking them as they'd like to be pampered and not have things be "fair".
broadcast contracts can almost certainly be considered the driving forces. Oklahoma's contract with Fox/Bally Sports expires in July 2022, and ESPN's Longhorn Network has never been particularly lucrative. A significant development therein came back in March, when the Sooners' long-anticipated nonconference matchup with former Big Eight rival Nebraska was scheduled for an 11 a.m. kickoff. Castiglione chastised his program's television partners for the undesirable time slot, saying that he and the university were "bitterly disappointed" that the renewal of the Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry did not receive a prime-time nod. 11 a.m. kickoffs have been a recurrent thorn in the Sooners' side in recent years, as both fans and university personnel have decried OU's regular slew of morning kicks each season. Even Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby acknowledged that "11 a.m. is an inconvenience for some fans," but reiterated that "we all signed the TV contract. We're going to live by the stipulations of our television agreements
Texas and Alabama in the same conference?
What kind of fresh hell would that be?!
Can't y'all see Bama being conveniently moved to the East while Texas stays in the West? The East side brethren would all stroke out over that. And A&M would get to play Texas again.
I thought the NIL was going to shit on us pretty bad but this would be even worse.
17 both of them. If we expand, should be VPI & NCSU. If one declines, then WVU. Move Mizzou to the West or go the 4x4 option. I've rhough of that for years. It can be quite balanced.
VPI, Tenn, Ky, Vandy
Bama, Auburn, MSU, TSUN
Fla, UGa, SC, NCSU
LSU, TAMU, UPig, Mizzou
North is weaker than the others, but you might switch Vandy and NCSU.
It would continue to raise the overall national profile of the school. I think it would offer MSU a better chance at recruiting nationally. Especially with the transfer portal.
It would also bring in better games & bigger atmosphere to Starkville, which will only help Starkville grow & eventually into a destination college town.
We should also just be thankful that we are a part of this rather than being left out