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Shag going off on their whole "you don't wear a jersey if you're older than 14 rant again." Now, I don't own one, but I accept that it's a Midwestern thing. Hell, half the city of Chicago wears Blackhawks jerseys during the playoffs. What is going to be really funny is when they head up to play their schoolgirl crush in AA in a few years and half the stadium is wearing jerseys how that will compute with their whole UM is UT is UM mantra.
 
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Woody1968 said:
Nah, Texas needs OU to make themselves feel legitimate. If OU were to leave the Big 12, Texas fans might have to deal with Oklahoma being successful without UT, and that would hurt shAggy's fee fees.
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I think Boren wants away from Texas badly. He's wishing on a falling star for a B10 invite that's never going to come, but I would not be shocked if it's announced next January that they're headed to the SEC!. Several articles that have been linked recently have detailed the deterioration of the UT-OU relationship that was always the cornerstone of the B12.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
I think Boren wants away from Texas badly. He's wishing on a falling star for a B10 invite that's never going to come, but I would not be shocked if it's announced next January that they're headed to the SEC!. Several articles that have been linked recently have detailed the deterioration of the UT-OU relationship that was always the cornerstone of the B12.
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Yeah, I think with A&M going to the SEC, that really opened the door for Oklahoma. They need that Texas recruiting base, and that has kept them holding their noses to stay with UT. A&M in the SEC means that Oklahoma will still be able to recruit the same athletes they are recruiting now, if they decide to make the jump too.

You'd think Texas would be aware that they may sell a lot of merchandise, but no one actually wants to play for them anymore....
 
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Woody1968 said:
Yeah, I think with A&M going to the SEC, that really opened the door for Oklahoma. They need that Texas recruiting base, and that has kept them holding their noses to stay with UT. A&M in the SEC means that Oklahoma will still be able to recruit the same athletes they are recruiting now, if they decide to make the jump too.

You'd think Texas would be aware that they may sell a lot of merchandise, but no one actually wants to play for them anymore....
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one of their highly touted recruits already asked for their transfer papers.

Father: Texas LB Cecil Cherry has asked for transfer paperwork
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
I think Boren wants away from Texas badly. He's wishing on a falling star for a B10 invite that's never going to come, but I would not be shocked if it's announced next January that they're headed to the SEC!. Several articles that have been linked recently have detailed the deterioration of the UT-OU relationship that was always the cornerstone of the B12.
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Just for amusement. The Big8 circa my formative years...

- Oklahoma SEC
- Nebraska B1G
- CU PAC
- Missouri SEC
- Oklahoma State (does OU take them to the SEC?)
- Kansas (another SEC possibility)
- Kansas State New Big8
- Iowa State in deep shit
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
You think this guy is kidding but he's not. They are going to combine the best of the ACC and B12, take back whomever they want from the BIG and SEC. Oh, and UT gets to keep the LHN and the Domers get to keep their NBC contract.
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From that thread.

Don't think of it so much as "coming back", but "moving forward". We have some sort of mindset that the Big 10 and SEC are these impregnable monoliths that nobody in their right mind would leave. I think that is false. If a better deal comes along, why wouldn't Nebraska or Penn State or Missouri jump on it? Why couldn't we offer a CIC type of deal like the Big 10? Why couldn't we put together a package that wouldn't require a Grant of Rights in order to chain people together during media deals? Why can't we do all the things that make the SEC and Big 10 so great? Why can't we be better than the SEC or Big 10?

Thinking small is what has killed the Big 12. From turning down a conference network a decade ago, not understanding the importance of OU-Nebraska and healthy rivalries to keeping the conference whole, to bull$#@! bickering over where the conference headquarters and championship games would be, to letting Nebraska and Colorado jump ship without any fight, to where we are today pondering Cincinnati and Houston and Boy Wouldn't Boise Be Great. We keep thinking small, we keep getting worse.

I don't like the idea of being inferior to the other leagues. "But, but, competition on the field..." I don't care. Boren is right. We are psychologically disadvantaged. Not just by the other conferences, but by ourselves. The $#@! can't we make and be a part of the best conference in America? Texas is the richest school by a mile and half. OU has the best historical football program in the country since WWII, peered only with Alabama, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. Why the hell can't we do something great, instead of running people off to better deals?
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Why the hell can't we do something great, instead of running people off to better deals?
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ORD_Buckeye said:
You think this guy is kidding but he's not. They are going to combine the best of the ACC and B12, take back whomever they want from the BIG and SEC. Oh, and UT gets to keep the LHN and the Domers get to keep their NBC contract.
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That thread is a gift that keeps on giving. I like stirring the pot in there occasionally, particularly safe area to rip apart BYU and ISU fans. The first is desperate to get in, the second is slowly realizing they're going to get plungered at this rate.

Edit -- I would gladly give them PSU. If Nebraska is what it costs to make that happen, I'm sorry Huskers... (though I can't imagine a situation where Nebraska would voluntarily go back to that mess)
 
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