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orangebird

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  1. If anything, from what I have heard, it may have been the other way around. OU got pissed at Bowlsby for not accommodating their request to move the Nebraska game to prime time, and that was apparently the straw that broke the camel's back and started this whole process. Texas isn't going to sit around and watch its two biggest rivals competing in the SEC without joining in. Anyone who thought Texas would go, "okay, fine, we'll just go make Texas Tech and Oklahoma State our new rivals in the Big XII" is seriously deluded. Of the remaining eight, Oklahoma State is one of those schools I don't really harbor a whole lot of dislike for, aside from the hatchet job that the officials pulled on us with the officiating in the 2015 game. I've always kind of liked Gundy as a coach. Hope it works out somehow for them somewhere.
  2. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I really don't give a flying fuck about horns down. It just shows that they have no meaningful culture or traditions of their own, other then clowning ours. Obsession noted.
  3. I respect the shit out of what Bill Snyder accomplished at Kansas State during his prime, but at this point, you have to wonder if late-stage dementia is setting in.
  4. John Sharp has to get pegged by the sheep of his choosing?
  5. I honestly do not understand why Corn Aggy gives a shit about what we do anymore. I thought that B1G move was working out great for them. @Cornfusion said so himself.
  6. I think you're misunderstanding the dynamic here. The SEC is not "run" by one school in particular. It seems to me to be much more of a collaborative effort. I much prefer a situation like the SEC where Texas gets to be an adult, work alongside its peers, and make decisions as to what is best with other adults in the room - rather than Texas having to be one of a pair of adults and babysit a bunch of children. That would be the situation we are presently leaving, by the way.
  7. I realize this is probably commish-speak, but geez, it sounds like aggy aren't the only ones who can't read the room.
  8. Oh yes, I remember that game well. Without a doubt, one of the low points of the Mackovic era.
  9. This is one of the things I have always enjoyed about Rice coming to DKR and the MOB doing the halftime show. Even when they poke fun at us, it's hilarious and I usually enjoy the laughs. Not everything has to be so damned serious 100% of the time.
  10. Hartzell: "it's been a pleasure working with you, Bob. Now where should we send our sympathy bouquet?"
  11. So little self-awareness going on over there right now. And...in other news, today is Sunday.
  12. I saw that one of the cosponsors of that bullshit piece of legislation they filed to make the State Legislature sign off on any conference moves was the individual who represented my old hometown. I had to look him up because I had never heard of him before. Turned out - surprise, surprise - he was an agroid. Reminds me once again of why I noped the fuck out of that place 30+ years ago.
  13. Judging by the net 23 negs here, that message isn't going over well with the cult.
  14. Wow, the persecution complex with this bunch is over the top. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, and the rest of the SEC absolutely do not give two shits over the fact that aggy has improved somewhat since Jimbo took the helm. Even if Jimbo did the impossible and got aggy a natty, they would all still get paid the same either way. This is a business deal. Adding Texas and OU to the conference means that even more benjamins will be flowing into their everyone's accounts. And rest assured, the SEC blue bloods like benjamins more than anything else. But as usual, aggy has to make it all about them. It just validates all the little brother stereotypes that we have been saying all along.
  15. Eh, mainly due to family and friend connections. But yeah, I feel you.
  16. I'm out of rep to upvote this today, but if I could I would. 100% this. I feel bad for Tech, Okie State, and TCU. I won't lose any sleep over Baylor.
  17. I think you could make a case for Texas Tech and Oklahoma State expanding the Pac into new media markets, particularly into the states of Texas and Oklahoma. Sure, Tech generally does not travel all that well. But they have a fair number of alums in the major cities in Texas - probably enough to justify carrying Pac games on TV. I would think that expanding the Pac into Texas TV markets in particular would be attractive to the Pac, and perhaps at worst make adding these schools a break-even proposition for the rest of the Pac. If some of the rumors of the B1G forming a west coast division and raiding the Pac for members come to pass, the Pac is going to be desperate to get out in front of that and try and shore itself up. Cultural fit of these two schools in the Pac has been raised as a potential issue, but let's not forget that Washington State in particular is located in the thriving metropolis of Pullman, Washington. If you've never been to Pullman - well, let's just say it makes both Stillwater and Lubbock look absolutely cosmopolitan by comparison. I don't think this will be as big of an issue as some people make it out to be. West Virginia to the ACC is perhaps a tougher sell - but really, what other options does the ACC have for expansion at this point?
  18. Well, Washington State, Oregon State, and Arizona State all happen to be members of the Pac - and none of them are AAU members. I'm not sure Oklahoma State's academics are significantly worse than Washington State's, in particular. If the Pac really wants Oklahoma State, I doubt their academics are going to be a deal-breaker.
  19. I got no hard feelings toward the man. I wish him well, except for when he is playing us.
  20. Dude, your team got blown out by Illinois by three scores last season. You might want to take a seat on this one.
  21. If OU leaves, we leave. There is literally no reason for us to remain.
  22. This dude is talking out of his ass. Texas Legislature is in special session and cannot consider any legislation to block Texas from leaving. Plus, they do not have a quorum due to all the Democratic members leaving the state. The earliest that the Legislature could take this up would be 2023, and the deed will have long since been done by then. LHN is bleeding money for ESPN and not likely to be renewed. But keep on dreaming.
  23. I really hope they keep Texas-OU exactly as it is. I know Jerrah will probably lean hard on the SEC hard to move it to JerryWorld, but that would be a huge mistake. One of the things that makes Texas-OU weekend so magical is getting to go to the state fair included with the game - eating corn dogs and junk food, enjoying the throw-up rides, hanging out on the midway... You simply cannot recreate that experience at JerryWorld. I remember when some legislators up in Oklahoma were pushing to change Texas-OU to a home-and-home series a long time ago, both schools shot down the idea in a hurry. I think too many alumni from both schools would balk at the idea of ever moving it away from the Cotton Bowl stadium.
  24. Holy shit CDC has been impressive over the last 12 months. First he gave Mensa the slip while bringing in Sark, and managed to keep a lid on the whole thing until it was a done deal. Then he gave Shaka a soft landing and poached Beard away from Tech. Now it looks like he is engineering the security of Texas athletics future in arguably the premier college sports conference in the world. Dude is a pro. He plays chess and dares you to keep up.
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