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Ags are getting desperate with Texas and OU coming into the conference next year, and nothing to show for their 10-year headstart.

Even so, I didn't think they'd pull the trigger on Jimbo.  It's not just his salary, it's all of the assistants (that they JUST extended), and then hiring the new coach and paying any potential buyout there, and then hiring a new staff and paying any potential buyout there.

The total cost isn't a mere $77M, it's going to be over $100M, with the first $30M-$40M to be executed immediately.

I'm available, and cheap.

it's only money

plenty of money to go around

That's the problem it never goes around

Sure they will - of course

Pffft. SEC is just tough, even for blue bloods.

Neither OU nor Texas ever had to play in a conference with more than 1-2 equals including each other, now they’re going to compete in a conference of at least 5-6 equals or better. If anything this makes things worse because now we start over at just the same time as the going gets tougher.

Meh, original B12 had Nebraska in the midst of its 90s juggernaut run.  That's 3 right there.  SEC always has a couple of excellent schools at the top carrying water, but never 5-6 at the same time, that's laughable and a pure myth fueled by ESECPN.

Anyway, none of that is here nor there, with respect to Jimbo.

The point was that neither Texas nor OU ever had to compete with many top teams. In the Big 12 it was OU, Texas, and for the first 5-6 years Nebraska. So they only had maybe 2 peer programs at worst. 

In the SEC there will be 4 teams right off the bat that are equal or better. Bama, Georgia, Florida, and LSU. Edging right under them you have Auburn and UTenn. I base these numbers on championships played and won in this century. UTenn is listed simply because they are still a blue blood. Auburn has won as many MNC’s this century as OU and UT and came close to winning another. 

You know the difference between the Big 12 teams like KSU or oSu and 2nd tier teams like Auburn and others?  2nd tier SEC teams can win national championships.

Again, I am against this move unless it was apparent that Fisher was really just mailing it in. 

I just don’t see how this has anything with OU and UT entering the conference next year. We probably won’t even play OU for several years and I’ll trade Bama, Auburn, or Georgia for UT and OU any day.