re: Houston Chronicle: Texas and Oklahoma reach out to SEC about joining conference

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LHN is costing ESPN around 48mill..... Look for ESPN to not blink an eye if TU just says end it

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I don't think that'll be the case. We'll see.

Texas has been so used to running everything in the Big 12, I can't see them agreeing to just dropping that power and coming to the SEC, if they get voted in. There are two things against them.

Their track record going from one conference to another doesn't serve them well either. OU, I could see, Texas, I don't see it happening.

But anything is possible but the way it was explained to me, face to face today, it sounds like it's slim to none.

I'll trust who I spoke with rather than what some guy on Twitter said.

But again, it certainly isn't impossible.

so, this was kind of expected back when the realignments were going on a decade ago but it died down. But it looks like we are going to make 4 16 team super conferences but ofc the SEC is absolutely going to be loaded compared to the others.

SEC West
Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M

SEC East
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

B16 West
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Wisconsin

B16 East
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue

Pac 16 North
Boise State
BYU
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Utah
Washington
Washington State

Pac 16 South
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Southern Cal
Stanford
TCU
Texas Tech
UCLA

ACC North
Duke
Maryland
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia

ACC South
Central Florida
Clemson
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina
North Carolina State

Tried to keep the divisions in tact as much as possible... hmm...Rutgers, Baylor, and Boston College didn't quite make the cut. Maybe swap Kansas and Baylor; Syracuse with Boston College...I don't know but some teams are going to get cut that are currently in the power 5. Maybe we could do some form of relegation round...Ofc I am putting way more thought than most of these guys would as money is what matters

Could they be split up? I'd be okay with OU and maybe Va. Tech. Don't really want UT

If you really enjoy chaos let the SEC skip over Texas and OU and go with teams like Oklahoma State and Central Florida (or Baylor).

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Only way I see it happening is if 'super' conferences start forming.

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Do you think the SEC would allow super conferences to start forming before them? Have they ever not been the pioneers? At anything? The SEC doesn't react to anything, they lead the way.

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It is a done deal.

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It’s McDonnell

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Fwiw the LHN $$$ is guaranteed for us. ESPN has the incentive to get rid of it. We wont blink at getting rid of it if the $$$ makes sense which it undoubtedly would. Would be a non factor.

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Texas is a cancer to whatever conference they are in. Don't want them killing off the SEC.

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Texas is a cancer to whatever conference they are in. Don't want them killing off the SEC.

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between the possibility of this and the NIL, college sports is about to head down the shitter, imo