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Could Texas be successful as an independent like ND?
Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:48 pm
With the money they have and the recruiting base in TX, I feel like they could survive and possibly be better independent. They’d get to schedule better teams than Kansas and Iowa state to pump up their schedule.
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Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:51 pm to OKTGR580
no. They haven't even won a big 12 title in ten years. 
Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:51 pm to OKTGR580
TBH it would be really funny if they decided to frick the Big 12 like that.
Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:53 pm to OKTGR580
I dont see why they would when they get to double dip on both money from the big 12 and the LHN
However, as an A&M, I want them to because it would be amazingly entertaining to see the children lose their minds and throw everything at the wall to keep UT in the big 12
However, as an A&M, I want them to because it would be amazingly entertaining to see the children lose their minds and throw everything at the wall to keep UT in the big 12
Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:54 pm to OKTGR580
Notre Dame basically had to affiliate with the ACC for football.....so no Texas couldn't go it alone.
Posted on 12/18/18 at 4:54 pm to OKTGR580
They’d have to negotiate with bowls to get access, which isn’t as easy as you’d think.
BYU has done it but those are a bunch of lower tier bowls who put into a contract “We will take BYU in X year if they are eligible.”
Texas would be locked into a lower tier bowl each year unless they either have access to another conference’s bowls, like ND with the ACC, or make it high enough in the standings for a playoff or New Year’s Six bowl.
Somehow, I don’t think the Big 12 will be letting them share bowl slots if they ditch the conference.
BYU has done it but those are a bunch of lower tier bowls who put into a contract “We will take BYU in X year if they are eligible.”
Texas would be locked into a lower tier bowl each year unless they either have access to another conference’s bowls, like ND with the ACC, or make it high enough in the standings for a playoff or New Year’s Six bowl.
Somehow, I don’t think the Big 12 will be letting them share bowl slots if they ditch the conference.
Posted on 12/18/18 at 5:32 pm to OKTGR580
Why would Texas want to be independent, when they have total control of the Big XII?
Also... yes Texas takes in a lot of cash. However their athletic dept is still a dumpster fire, and ESPN is bleeding cash on the LHN.
Also... yes Texas takes in a lot of cash. However their athletic dept is still a dumpster fire, and ESPN is bleeding cash on the LHN.
Posted on 12/18/18 at 5:38 pm to OKTGR580
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With the money they have and the recruiting base in TX
So what’s stopping them now?
Posted on 12/18/18 at 5:57 pm to OKTGR580
They could if we were back in the heyday of independent teams twenty years ago. But if you aren’t in a conference, or named ND, you aren’t going to make it.
Posted on 12/18/18 at 6:26 pm to OKTGR580
Texas isn't a dominant team in their own conference, much less nationally
I swear I like to flame Michigan fans for delusions of grandeur but if Texas were even half as good as its fans think they're the most underachieving program of all time
I swear I like to flame Michigan fans for delusions of grandeur but if Texas were even half as good as its fans think they're the most underachieving program of all time
Posted on 12/18/18 at 6:27 pm to OKTGR580
ND is successful?
Posted on 12/18/18 at 6:28 pm to OKTGR580
It has nothing to do with winning
ND was terrible for over a decade
It has to do with a following and Texas could absolutely Excel as an independent
They are more valuable than ND
ND was terrible for over a decade
It has to do with a following and Texas could absolutely Excel as an independent
They are more valuable than ND
Posted on 12/18/18 at 6:49 pm to OKTGR580
TOP SCHOOL ATHLETIC REVENUE 2017
Total
1. $214,830,647
By reference, Notre Dame is #7 at $118 (and they had their own TV Network in NBC for years.)
Total
1. $214,830,647
By reference, Notre Dame is #7 at $118 (and they had their own TV Network in NBC for years.)
Posted on 12/18/18 at 7:31 pm to OKTGR580
Texas hasn't been successful with a dedicated ESPN network.
ND, on the other hand, is still in league with NBC to show all ND football games. Why does that work? Because of the nationwide network of Catholics who eat this stuff up. Is any other college that appeals to people in every state? And if you aren't a fan, you tend to grumble quietly. From Rudy to other older football movies...it united a fan base.
Texas? Heck their next door states aren't their fans, nor are their kin folk. Tens of thousands of alumni, but not spread all over the US.
Mandatory aggie joke: the Aggie moved from Texas to Oklahoma and raised the IQ of both states.
ND, on the other hand, is still in league with NBC to show all ND football games. Why does that work? Because of the nationwide network of Catholics who eat this stuff up. Is any other college that appeals to people in every state? And if you aren't a fan, you tend to grumble quietly. From Rudy to other older football movies...it united a fan base.
Texas? Heck their next door states aren't their fans, nor are their kin folk. Tens of thousands of alumni, but not spread all over the US.
Mandatory aggie joke: the Aggie moved from Texas to Oklahoma and raised the IQ of both states.
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