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Why are people saying that OU and UT are a package?
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:53 pm
What do they have to do with each other? Personally, I would love to have AM and OU. frick Texas. Let them go break up another conference. Anyways, why is OU dependent upon UT? Anyone care to explain?
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Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:55 pm to Duckie
When Texas bolts, what are the choices for OU? SEC or B10? I am not sure they have an offer to either. NU may have something to say about OU to the B10.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:55 pm to Duckie
Oklahoma will follow whatever Texas does. Their recruiting in Texas is huge and depends on it. They've made a living recruiting in Texas for a long long time.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:55 pm to Duckie
They might not be, but it is unlikely they would leave UT and State. If the PAC takes all three that makes more sense than following TAM to the SEC.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:55 pm to tiger perry
So they couldn't still do that if they came to the SEC?
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:56 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I am not sure they have an offer to either
SEC has legit interest in OU
This post was edited on 6/12/10 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:57 pm to tiger perry
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Their recruiting in Texas is huge and depends on it.
What does that have to do with where Texas plays? The state of Texas produces a bumper crop of recruits year in and year out and only 25 can sign with Texas.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:57 pm to Duckie
1) Oklahoma recruits Texas heavy and wants to play there and matter in Texas.
2) They want the Red River Rivalry to be relevant every year. Therefore they need to be in the same conference and this game be the turning point of each teams season.
3) Lots of Oklahoma alumni in Texas and Texas Alumni in Oklahoma City. 4) It just makes a lot of sense to them. Oklahoma would not be relevant if not for Texas.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:58 pm to rds dc
screw if they all go to diff conferences! Makes for some strong OCC games every year....SEC vs Pac 10....Pac 10 vs. Big 10 etc...
Posted on 6/12/10 at 5:59 pm to ItTakesAThief
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Oklahoma would not be relevant if not for Texas.
false
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:01 pm to angryslugs
Their roster is full of Texas players. '
The Red River Rivalry with Texas and the exposure they have gotten over the years have been the launching pad for everything that is Oklahoma football.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:01 pm to ItTakesAThief
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1) Oklahoma recruits Texas heavy and wants to play there and matter in Texas.
2) They want the Red River Rivalry to be relevant every year. Therefore they need to be in the same conference and this game be the turning point of each teams season.
3) Lots of Oklahoma alumni in Texas and Texas Alumni in Oklahoma City. 4) It just makes a lot of sense to them. Oklahoma would not be relevant if not for Texas.
Prior to 1996 OU only played in Texas once a year, vs. Texas in Dallas. They still got the recruits because they were good.
Again, prior to 1996 they were not in the same conference and the Red River Rivalry was VERY relevant.
Saying OU would not be relevant if not for Texas is patently wrong. They'd be relevant in Conference USA.
You could not be more wrong.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:03 pm to Duckie
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Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione told the Tulsa World that the Sooners' position is that it's going to stick with Texas wherever the Longhorns go because of the long history between the two schools.
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In an e-mail to University of Texas system regent Robert L. Stillwell last week, OSU athletic director Mike Holder wrote: "We just want to be with Texas when the dust settles!"
They know who butters the bread....
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:03 pm to ItTakesAThief
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The Red River Rivalry with Texas and the exposure they have gotten over the years have been the launching pad for everything that is Oklahoma football.
And you know this from living in BR and watching SEC games? Spare me.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:04 pm to ItTakesAThief
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1) Oklahoma recruits Texas heavy and wants to play there and matter in Texas.
2) They want the Red River Rivalry to be relevant every year. Therefore they need to be in the same conference and this game be the turning point of each teams season.
3) Lots of Oklahoma alumni in Texas and Texas Alumni in Oklahoma City. 4) It just makes a lot of sense to them. Oklahoma would not be relevant if not for Texas.
Was just in Dallas/Fort Worth last weekend. Tons of OU stuff everywhere I turned. Outside of UT, Oklahoma dominates north Texas. It is comparable to the way LSU dominates the Houston market.
This post was edited on 6/12/10 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:06 pm to arrakis
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Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione told the Tulsa World that the Sooners' position is that it's going to stick with Texas wherever the Longhorns go because of the long history between the two schools.
But they have only been in the B12 conference together for the last 15 years. Being in a different conference didn't seem to bother them before. OU is going where the money is, Texas has something brewing financially
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:08 pm to ItTakesAThief
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Their roster is full of Texas players. ' The Red River Rivalry with Texas and the exposure they have gotten over the years have been the launching pad for everything that is Oklahoma football.
they started playing in 1900 when oklahoma was still a territory. that game was the foundation for oklahoma football? give me a break dude.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:11 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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OU is going where the money is, Texas has something brewing financially
You betcha...
The statements for the press were feelgoods.
With the Pac10 Commish in town next week to make the offers, the Aggies best not overplay their hand. If he thinks A&M is playing him for time while they try for the SEC, he'll head to Kansas.
shite happens, we all know that. If they don't have the Pac10 and the SEC falls through, it will be the Aggies and Baylor and K-state and Mizzou trying to salvage a conference.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:19 pm to Carlos Santannaclaus
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And you know this from living in BR and watching SEC games? Spare me
Actually grew up in North East Texas. Went to SMU.
Posted on 6/12/10 at 6:20 pm to Duckie
OU has stated publicly that they are a package with Texas, that's why we think that. OU told us. I think they could survive in the SEC on their own, but they do not wish to take that risk. I'm fine with that. I'm sure they think Arkansas is a cautionary tale.
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