Houston Chronicle: Texas & OU reach out to SEC to join conference

[Chrishaune]

Georgia beat yall ass for it not too long ago

The power has been in the West? The power has been at one spot breh. Lol

You remember we beat them that year and our starting running back was injured before the rematch right?

And how many years before that did an East team win?

 

[Silkk]

You remember we beat them that year and our starting running back was injured before the rematch right?

And how many years before that did an East team win?

I remember yall beating them at home that year, Yes

And Idk, When was the last time yall won it?

 

[#1 pick]

Watch me prediction what happens:

SEC: Remains the same + Texas and OU

ACC - No changes

PAC 12 - Adds Ok State + TT. They will consider KU but ultimately pass.

B1G - This is a tough one, I felt they would add KU over ISU but based on my contacts, ISU runs a cleaner program and they benefit from Iowa who will argue on their behalf. This is political. ISU will get in, KU won't.

Texas - Baylor, and TCUSU, WVU, Kansas/KSU schools. They will initially offer BYU, Boise, Col State, Houston, SMU, Cincy, Memphis, UCF, and USF. All will either decline or sit on the offer and want a merger which the remaining 5 Big XII will not like it. They see the writing on the wall and rather stay as they are. They will get creative: They will add:

Texas - Rice

Louisiana - Tulane

Mississippi - Jackson State (HBCU) - Great for marketing

Alabama - UAB

Georgia - Georgia State

Florida - Florida International University

South Carolina - Coastal Carolina

North Carolina - App State

Virginia - Old Dominion

This goes with:

Kansas - Kansas and KSU

Texas - Baylor and TCU

West Virginia - WVU

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Finally, in the end, Cincy and Memphis accept the offer at the end seeing how they liked how the conference was built. If they decline: Army and Navy would be offered. This would include every Southern state but Kentucky and Arkansas. Ohio is a massive gain if they can get them.

As for the Sun Belt, they will operate with 10 teams for now till they add more from the FCS. CUSA will add schools from the FCS to replace ODU, FIU, Rice, and UAB. The AAC will look to replace Cincy and Memphis.

The New Big XII:

North:

Memphis

Kansas

Cincy

ODU

App State

Coastal Carolina

Kansas St.

West Virginia

South:

Baylor

TCU

GA State

FIU

Jackson State

Tulane

UAB

Rice

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Watch me predict what happens:less while the remaining 5 get the bulk of the money. The league will help with marketing and promotion as they are still P5 till they lose their autonomous status.

shyt unlikely but it would be dope if it happened

 

[Chrishaune]

I remember yall beating them at home that year, Yes

And Idk, When was the last time yall won it?

You don't answer questions with questions. I'll help you out, Florida last won the SEC championship in 2008 before Georgia in 2017.
Auburn has won twice in that time span (been 3 times in total). LSU has won twice in that timespan. alabama won the rest.

 

[Silkk]

You don't answer questions with questions. I'll help you out, Florida last won the SEC championship in 2008 before Georgia in 2017.
Auburn has won twice in that time span (been 3 times in total). LSU has won twice in that timespan. alabama won the rest.

And that means what to me…?

 

[FakeNews]

Per the Athletic


In speaking with Pac-12 coaches, ADs and league officials here Tuesday, there was consensus agreement that it is unlikely to covet any of the eight remaining Big 12 schools, given they’d be unlikely to drive added value to the next TV deal. Neither BYU or Boise State have garnered interest from the league in the past, and that doesn’t figure to change this time around.

Given all that, and given Kliavkoff, formerly president of entertainment and sports for MGM Resorts, came to the job with no preexisting loyalty to college sports’ traditional structure, multiple sources expect him to think boldly and outside the box.

The question is, will it ultimately be his call?

The ACC, far more than the Big Ten or Pac-12, is suddenly facing urgency to do something drastic. Former commissioner John Swofford locked the conference into a potentially disastrous long-term deal with ESPN through 2036. Not only will it soon be lapped by the other conferences financially, but ESPN is clearly putting all its eggs in the even-more-loaded SEC. ESPN takes over the current SEC on CBS package in 2024. Besides Clemson, most ACC programs will soon find themselves perpetually buried on ESPN2 due to the logjam of Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas and so on.

Most likely the only way new ACC commissioner Jim Phillips can renegotiate that ESPN deal early is to add new members. And no, Notre Dame will not be ditching independence soon.

Multiple Pac-12 sources wondered aloud whether the ACC will consider becoming the Atlantic and Pacific Coast Conference, teaming up with the Pac-12’s top brands (USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington) to become essentially a third superconference alongside the SEC and Big Ten.

Realistically, neither the ACC or Pac-12 can catch up to those two on their own.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

 

[QuintessentialBM]

Per the Athletic


In speaking with Pac-12 coaches, ADs and league officials here Tuesday, there was consensus agreement that it is unlikely to covet any of the eight remaining Big 12 schools, given they’d be unlikely to drive added value to the next TV deal. Neither BYU or Boise State have garnered interest from the league in the past, and that doesn’t figure to change this time around.

Given all that, and given Kliavkoff, formerly president of entertainment and sports for MGM Resorts, came to the job with no preexisting loyalty to college sports’ traditional structure, multiple sources expect him to think boldly and outside the box.

The question is, will it ultimately be his call?

The ACC, far more than the Big Ten or Pac-12, is suddenly facing urgency to do something drastic. Former commissioner John Swofford locked the conference into a potentially disastrous long-term deal with ESPN through 2036. Not only will it soon be lapped by the other conferences financially, but ESPN is clearly putting all its eggs in the even-more-loaded SEC. ESPN takes over the current SEC on CBS package in 2024. Besides Clemson, most ACC programs will soon find themselves perpetually buried on ESPN2 due to the logjam of Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas and so on.

Most likely the only way new ACC commissioner Jim Phillips can renegotiate that ESPN deal early is to add new members. And no, Notre Dame will not be ditching independence soon.

Multiple Pac-12 sources wondered aloud whether the ACC will consider becoming the Atlantic and Pacific Coast Conference, teaming up with the Pac-12’s top brands (USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington) to become essentially a third superconference alongside the SEC and Big Ten.

Realistically, neither the ACC or Pac-12 can catch up to those two on their own.

Nobody else is gonna add the value that OU & Texas besides Notre Dame. There are universities in the Big XII that can enrich via education & athletics these conferences over a long period of time if these conferences are willing to make the investment.

The PAC, Big Ten and, to a lesser extent, the ACC need to get over themselves! The Cali schools & Oregon ain't going nowhere and Clemson & FSU are unlikely to leave the ACC.

 

[revan]

Interesting but I don't know why ND would go to the ACC.

This sort of realignment may lead to some interesting culture clashes ie Baylor and the PAC12.

 

[The_Sheff]

That ACC South pod is such bullshyt. So is the SEC North and East.

 

[Rekkapryde]

SEC West

SEC South

ACC South


(edit: Wait, we in the ACC South

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@daemonova @The_Sheff @iamstr8fire @Mr Hate Coffee @xCivicx @DSGB

 

[Rekkapryde]

Interesting but I don't know why ND would go to the ACC.
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they've been pseudo ACC for the last 7 years. Played a full ACC schedule last year.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

Nobody else is gonna add the value that OU & Texas besides Notre Dame. There are universities that can enrich via education & athletics these conference over a long period of time if these conferences are willing to make the investment.

The PAC, Big Ten and, to a lesser extent, the ACC need to get over themselves!

Don’t try to ditch those schools on us . If they were desirable, they would have got taken from the Big 12 a long time ago. They bring nothing of value to the conference and we don’t need the Iowa or Kansas markets. If the Big 10 could, they would kick Nebraska out for being underwhelming and losing their AAU status.

 

[Rekkapryde]

That ACC South pod is such bullshyt. So is the SEC North and East.

@No Sleep the Cocks would eat in this SEC East Pod

 

[Rekkapryde]

Don’t try to ditch those schools on us . If they were desirable, they would have got taken from the Big 12 a long time ago. They bring nothing of value to the conference and we don’t need the Iowa and Kansas market. If the Big 10 could, they would kick Nebraska out for being underwhelming and losing their AAU status.

Tell em fam. We'll gladly take Nebraska's place.