Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC

How long?

  • Year 1

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • Within the first 3-5 seasons

    Votes: 9 39.1%

  • At LEAST 10 years

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • Texas BBQ style potato salad

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • Total voters
    23
  • Poll closed .
Kburjr said:
Remember when Penn St and Nebraska joined the Big Ten and were supposed to dominate the league? Penn St became Iowa and Nebraska became Illinois.
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As long as Saban is coaching, Alabama is the only team that’s gonna dominate the conference. Best anyone else can hope for is to rise up on a “down year” for Bama
 
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Kburjr said:
Remember when Penn St and Nebraska joined the Big Ten and were supposed to dominate the league? Penn St became Iowa and Nebraska became Illinois.
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Penn State has had some good years but the B1G caught them in the twilight of Paterno's career when they were in decline. Nebraska hasn't done shit. Honestly, Wisconsin looks more like the Nebraska of the 1990s than Nebraska does. Wisconsin is a great program, too bad they are overshadowed in their state by the Green Bay Packers. That keeps them from being a real contender because they just don't have the fan support that a program like Ohio State carries. Even with its poor performance, Nebraska still has a greater fan following than Wisconsin.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
As long as Saban is coaching, Alabama is the only team that’s gonna dominate the conference. Best anyone else can hope for is to rise up on a “down year” for Bama
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Yeah, you need a Joe Borrow player to compete with them. Oklahoma tends to get those kind of players. If their defense lives up to hype, they could compete with Alabama. Georgia has the talent to compete with Alabama but they just always seem to choke. Their offense can be a major letdown in big games. Kirby Smart really needs to bring in a great offensive coordinator to fix things. (UGA really messed up too by letting Justin Fields get away).
 
Volbound1700 said:
Yeah, you need a Joe Borrow player to compete with them. Oklahoma tends to get those kind of players. If their defense lives up to hype, they could compete with Alabama. Georgia has the talent to compete with Alabama but they just always seem to choke. Their offense can be a major letdown in big games. Kirby Smart really needs to bring in a great offensive coordinator to fix things. (UGA really messed up too by letting Justin Fields get away).
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We hired Todd Monken and the offense, especially the pass game really took off after they finally let JT Daniels play. Really, this is probably UGA’s best chance at a natty for the next few years at least. A loaded front 7, and tons of weapons for a difference maker at QB. But we’ll never beat Bama
 
Codaxx said:
Big 12 has always been on life support. People have always missed the real reason. It’s Texas and a bunch of fly over states. It has the smallest population footprint of any P5 conference. That is the reason it was never going to make it. That and it has second/third tier assets. THe other stuff is just rhetoric
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If the original Big 12 had stayed with the same members it had at the beginning with aTm, Nebraska, Missouri and Colorado still in the league then you are healthy and thriving.

The LHN created an unfair advantage for Texas and it cost you the conference.

I said it the day the deal was signed (which you well know) and this is just the last step in the end.

Oklahoma is going to weather this fine but there is going to be bad blood against Texas for years to come particularly within your state. You’ve screwed hundreds of thousands of fans from other programs and everyone of them will not forget it.
 
But I also get the feeling that with 9 conference games and having to play GT every year along with two future OOC opponents now joining the conference, some of those big time planned OOC opponents for UGA are probably gonna have to go
 
Volbound1700 said:
Penn State has had some good years but the B1G caught them in the twilight of Paterno's career when they were in decline. Nebraska hasn't done shit. Honestly, Wisconsin looks more like the Nebraska of the 1990s than Nebraska does. Wisconsin is a great program, too bad they are overshadowed in their state by the Green Bay Packers. That keeps them from being a real contender because they just don't have the fan support that a program like Ohio State carries. Even with its poor performance, Nebraska still has a greater fan following than Wisconsin.
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That's not totally true. Maybe casual fans, but Wisconsin has always had a reputation as a team that travels well, but I do give the nod to the Nebraska fan base.
 
Volbound1700 said:
I think you are in a rude awakening. It is different to play in a Bowl Game versus regular season, weekly matchup. What the Big12 didn't have that is in the SEC is crowded stadiums of 80k to 90k fans. No one in the Big12 except OU and Texas could claim that. Even Aggie is probably better than you remember. Sure, there are bad SEC teams (Tennessee is one of them lately) but there are true road environments and when it comes to depth in talent, the SEC has a lot more of it. Look at the recruiting rankings. The SEC "Middle" (which likely includes Auburn and LSU right now) is far stronger from a recruiting perspective than the Big12 "Middle".
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SEC has already seen how the spread game affects it's schools week in week out. You had Bama fans wanting Goulding out for Muschamp or Pruitt this offseason. Now you bring in Lincoln and Sark? Get ready and good luck preparing 3 days before matching up vs them next season.

Big difference in having a month to prepare for an elite spread offense than there is going week in week out.. Defense never travels anymore, it's offenses that do.
 
Kburjr said:
That's not totally true. Maybe casual fans, but Wisconsin has always had a reputation as a team that travels well, but I do give the nod to the Nebraska fan base.
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I can see that. Wisconsin has a decent fanbase, however, it does seem like the Packers dominate that region. I respect Wisconsin a lot because they are like the old Nebraska teams, physical and tough. They take 2-3 stars and make them play like 4 stars. You guys a typically the team to beat in the B1G West. Yet, it seems like Wisconsin never gets that national reputation that they deserve for some reason. My assumption is that they are overshadowed by Packers as Wisconsin is NFL country. A great example is that I talk to people in Ohio and it is all about Ohio State. I talk to people in Wisconsin and it is about the Packers. Rarely do they talk about the Badgers.
 
Volbound1700 said:
I can see that. Wisconsin has a decent fanbase, however, it does seem like the Packers dominate that region. I respect Wisconsin a lot because they are like the old Nebraska teams, physical and tough. They take 2-3 stars and make them play like 4 stars. You guys a typically the team to beat in the B1G West. Yet, it seems like Wisconsin never gets that national reputation that they deserve for some reason. My assumption is that they are overshadowed by Packers as Wisconsin is NFL country. A great example is that I talk to people in Ohio and it is all about Ohio State. I talk to people in Wisconsin and it is about the Packers. Rarely do they talk about the Badgers.
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Let's see. Do I follow Ohio State or the Browns and the Bengals?
 
Kburjr said:
Let's see. Do I follow Ohio State or the Browns and the Bengals?
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Hey, there is logic behind it. Packers are one of the top NFL franchises. The Titans have been killing it lately here while Tennessee is in the toilet. Still, there just is this lack of respect for Wisconsin on a National Scale. Yeah they are considered good but never in the same line of conversation as Ohio State. You guys have potential to be there. My thought is that a HUGE part of the lack of respect is the focus of the state on the Packers vs. the Badgers.
 
Kburjr said:
Let's see. Do I follow Ohio State or the Browns and the Bengals?
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UGA games take priority over everything. NFL doesn’t really become a priority at all until the NASCAR season is over
 
Volbound1700 said:
Hey, there is logic behind it. Packers are one of the top NFL franchises. The Titans have been killing it lately here while Tennessee is in the toilet. Still, there just is this lack of respect for Wisconsin on a National Scale. Yeah they are considered good but never in the same line of conversation as Ohio State. You guys have potential to be there. My thought is that a HUGE part of the lack of respect is the focus of the state on the Packers vs. the Badgers.
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Everyone respects Wisconsin as a good program, but there’s only a few teams in the entire country that can be in the same line of conversation as Ohio State. Really, probably just Bama and Clemson
 
batchaps4me said:
Something to think about:
This move might not happen without expanding the playoffs, NIL reform and NCAA President Mark Emmert's stance that the NCAA was backing off and letting leagues/institutions more regulatory authority. I do not view it as Texas and Oklahoma bolting the Big12 just because of money but rather as a reaction to the vision of the NCAA's future model.
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So, does the SECCCG stay in Atlanta, move to Dallas, rotate between the two or move to a more central location like Nashville or New Orleans?
 
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