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Topic: Texas and OU to where?!?!

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CWSooner

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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #476 on: August 01, 2021, 11:32:40 AM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 01, 2021, 10:30:20 AM
And who drove that decision?  Amusingly can you imagine that it was OU that preferred it this way since NU was an absolute power house at the time ?  But within 5 years the tables were turned?  Didn’t the fans think as well that it would be OU and NU in the ccg every year as well?  I can’t recall that happening. Maybe it did but I don’t remember it.
I don't think OU drove that decision, but it sure didn't protest.  Bad decision in retrospect.  The Big 12 made many 11-1 decisions early on that sowed the seeds of the eventual breakup, and several of them were aimed at taking Nebraska down a peg or two.
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #477 on: August 01, 2021, 11:33:45 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 01, 2021, 10:35:31 AM
just the name "pod" sucks

if you're thinking about pods your conference is too large
Would you dislike it less if there were four divisions?
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #478 on: August 01, 2021, 11:48:10 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 01, 2021, 09:00:02 AM
But it could end up killing some games that have remained annual.  Going from annual, to 2/4 years, is exactly what happened to the NU-OU rivalry, and that ended up having a lot to do with Nebraska's dissatisfaction with the B12 and ultimate defection.
Well let's just go by Nebraska's decision-making then.  How's it worked out for them?  Where were they then compared to now?  
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #479 on: August 01, 2021, 01:37:28 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 01, 2021, 11:48:10 AM
Well let's just go by Nebraska's decision-making then.  How's it worked out for them?  Where were they then compared to now?
Nebraska has more money now, but less-good football.
They're better off academically, but worse off in football.
I suspect that, if they had had to choose two weeks ago, they'd have chosen to stay in the Big Ten.
Fearless might see it differently, but he's an old Big 8 guy who's approaching geezerhood.

If Nebraska had a do-over, it might be to have never agreed to join the Big 12.
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« Reply #480 on: August 01, 2021, 02:20:45 PM »
I'm amazed any school joined the 12, given the unequal footing.  That's absurd.
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #481 on: August 01, 2021, 02:39:11 PM »
Recall that NU leaving was the lynchpin toward the downfall of the original Big 12 as well. I really can’t recall what drove them to leave in the first place but I do recall that it was NU and CU that jumped ship first. 

I think some part of that was the fact that they had been king of the Big 8. It was NU and OU for the most part and then once in awhile CU or somebody else would win one title every 10 or so years. They weren’t expecting Texas and A&M and even KSU to dethrone them. I guess maybe they felt that sharing a division with Ohio state would be preferable to what they had in the Big 12?  

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« Reply #482 on: August 01, 2021, 02:49:07 PM »
Well I just looked it up. Apparently I don’t know that much about the Big 10 because Nebraska is not in the same division as Ohio State. They are clearly in the weaker division, the West division. They have played 7 times in the past ten years but I’m not familiar with how the B10 schedules work. Are they some sort of semi permanent rival?  

At any rate I can see why NU wanted to go to the B10. 
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #483 on: August 01, 2021, 03:04:56 PM »
Nebraska-OSU is a fixed crossover for the time being. 

You are not alone in not noticing. 
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« Reply #484 on: August 01, 2021, 03:08:50 PM »
A B1G Decision: Nebraska's Move to the Big Ten, 10 Years Later
A B1G Decision: Nebraska's Move to the Big Ten, 10 Years Later
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #485 on: August 01, 2021, 08:09:22 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 01, 2021, 10:57:09 AM
They have a few years to sort it out.

I imagine "they" will consider a variety of options, and by then perhaps even more teams will have joined.  I saw something somewhere about Ohio State joining the SEC, I didn't read the blurb because I thought it was click bait.

I suppose one could form a massive "conference" including most of the P5 teams of note and carry on from there. 







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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #486 on: August 01, 2021, 08:38:45 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 01, 2021, 02:20:45 PM
I'm amazed any school joined the 12, given the unequal footing.  That's absurd.
other then the earlier arrangement concerning dist of TV revenue which was discontinued 11 years ago Im not sure what you are speaking of

yes the Horns had their own network but this was after the league voted against establishing one

so are there other reasons for your statement
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #487 on: August 01, 2021, 11:06:55 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on August 01, 2021, 08:38:45 PM
other then the earlier arrangement concerning dist of TV revenue which was discontinued 11 years ago Im not sure what you are speaking of

yes the Horns had their own network but this was after the league voted against establishing one

so are there other reasons for your statement
I imagine that Texas and OU both voted against the conference network.
Do you know one way or the other, 320?
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #488 on: August 01, 2021, 11:17:03 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 01, 2021, 11:06:55 PM
I imagine that Texas and OU both voted against the conference network.
Do you know one way or the other, 320?
I was under the impression that UT was the one that was pushing it and was out voted but Id have to get on my google scooter to make sure
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Re: Texas and OU to where?!?!
« Reply #489 on: August 01, 2021, 11:34:01 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 01, 2021, 02:49:07 PM
Well I just looked it up. Apparently I don’t know that much about the Big 10 because Nebraska is not in the same division as Ohio State. They are clearly in the weaker division, the West division. They have played 7 times in the past ten years but I’m not familiar with how the B10 schedules work. Are they some sort of semi permanent rival? 

At any rate I can see why NU wanted to go to the B10.
NU is a charter member of the Big Ten.

UNL got in 11 years ago.
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