New World of College Football

[TexGator]

Looks like the move to the WAC, giving us the chance, by about 2025, be ready to play FBS football might be paying off more quickly than we expected.

 

With Texas and Oklahoma finally making the move that forces the Big XII to dissolve, it looks like the "mega-conferences" will start to form with the top 64 (give or take) schools being their own division and those left without a chair when the music stops will be in their own division.

 

But, we're out ahead of that and can be in that conversation when conference musical chairs starts up and potentially get in with the AAC, MWC, Sun Belt, MAC, and CUSA when the new world starts taking root.

 

Thoughts?

[coachacola]

Who knew that LU, SFA, SHSU and ACU moving to the WAC would start a cascade of teams moving to new conferences!

[geezer]

My personal opinion is this is a bad move for both OU and UT. The odds of an undefeated regular season and possibly even a playoff berth drop significantly in my opinion. In the Big 12 they can have one bad game and still probably make the playoffs. In this new SEC they will have to play nearly perfect every week. Granted maybe there is a better chance for tv coverage but not that much.

[Skinny1]

My personal opinion is this is a bad move for both OU and UT. The odds of an undefeated regular season and possibly even a playoff berth drop significantly in my opinion. In the Big 12 they can have one bad game and still probably make the playoffs. In this new SEC they will have to play nearly perfect every week. Granted maybe there is a better chance for tv coverage but not that much.

 

I think this is far from being resolved. OU has to get approval from the state legislature if they change conferences and not take OSU with them. Plus the governor of Oklahoma is an OSU grad.

As far as Texas, what makes them think they will be better in the SEC? And why would the SEC take them? Texas athletic budget of over a billion dollars is larger than any 3 SEC schools combined. And what happens to the UT cash cow called the The Longhorn Network? They are currently getting $300 million per year from ESPN for that venture. And if I am a SEC school, especially those in the bottom half, why do I want these 2 schools to join. Another question is why does Texas think it can compete with the top half of the SEC schools. Currently Texas is a mediocre football program in a mediocre conference. Besides Vandy and South Carolina, who would they be favored to beat on the road this year? And they have fired their last 2 coaches that were successful at previous schools. All Sark has proved as a previous head coach was he could not stay sober and could not compete with the big boys.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Skinny1

[TexGator]

I think this is far from being resolved. OU has to get approval from the state legislature if they change conferences and not take OSU with them. Plus the governor of Oklahoma is an OSU grad.

As far as Texas, what makes them think they will be better in the SEC? And why would the SEC take them? Texas athletic budget of over a billion dollars is larger than any 3 SEC schools combined. And what happens to the UT cash cow called the The Longhorn Network? They are currently getting $300 million per year from ESPN for that venture. And if I am a SEC school, especially those in the bottom half, why do I want these 2 schools to join. Another question is why does Texas think it can compete with the top half of the SEC schools. Currently Texas is a mediocre football program in a mediocre conference. Besides Vandy and South Carolina, who would they be favored to beat on the road this year? And they have fired their last 2 coaches that were successful at previous schools. All Sark has proved as a previous head coach was he could not stay sober and could not compete with the big boys.

 

Where did you get these numbers?

Texas' Athletic Department revenue is about $230M. They get $15M/year for the Longhorn Network.

The reason SEC schools vote "YES" is that it'll probably mean they get an extra $20M/year.

Yes, Texas is a mediocre football program, but they're the best athletic department in the country (bringing home the Learfield Cup- the only school to take it home in the last quarter-century other than Stanford). They create a rising tide in basically every sport, so, if they can get their football team heading in that direction, they're even more valuable.

Really, since the Big XII is a sinking ship, scheduling logistics are the only reason OU and UT aren't just going independent.