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The bigger question would be if this matchup could ever be started at all. Would MML want the National Anthem played? Would MML play if it were not? If the National Anthem is played and KLS kneels or sits then MML is going to confront KLS, and you have hockey instead of basketball. MML wins the "hockey" game hands down, and it's not even close. Anyway, no basketball would be played. If the National Anthem is not played then this is a pickup game at the Fonde Recreation Center. I take MML in their prime with Fonde rules, against anyone, every day and twice on Sunday.

Army, Navy, Air Force I would really like to see the military academies rivalries maintained in the future of college football

Alabama/LSU is NOT just a recent rivalry. While it may be true that Alabama fans do not consider LSU their major rival, LSU fans definitely consider Alabama their major rival. This has been the case since the sixties.

agroids are self-immolating ... Had an atm fan (she did not even attend atm) just tell me that Texas is already making demands of SEC: 1. Texas wants to keep the LHN and ESPN money 2. Texas wants a double share of TV contract day one 3. SEC has to change the conference name and move the office to Dallas 4. Cotton Bowl will be the permanent site of CCG (I asked her if she meant AT&T Stadium or State Fair Park, and she said, "Cotton Bowl.") 5. Texas wants a division with Oklahoma, Arkansas, atm, Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt (I told her that Jimbo would probably like that very, very much.) 6. Texas wants atm permanently scheduled on Thanksgiving Day; first one in Austin 7. From now on conference members can only schedule D1 schools (I asked her if she meant FBS schools, and she said, "No, only big time schools.") I also asked her if Texas was making any demands about NIL rules for the conference as a whole, and she said, "I haven't heard anything about academic demands." and the hits just kept on coming ...

Do I remember correctly that somehow Dodds was leveraging his relationship with Swarbrick to get Notre Dame to join the Big XII? And then Florida St, Clemson, and Georgia Tech would follow. Am I hallucinating that memory?

Why stop at two 20 team or four 16 team conferences? Why not be preemptive and avoid possible (anti-trust) and other government interference litigation?? Why not generate a ton of money to pay players in this new NIL universe??? Why not get rid of the NCAA and solve realignment in one fell swoop???? I don't know but may be this would be a start. At the end of 2020 there were 128 FBS schools in ten conferences and Independents. Once the Big XII in cannibalized as you outlined, dissolve the Sun Belt conference too and incorporate their members and the five Independents into four other 16 member conferences. Like this: Independents - Army, UMass, Liberty, and New Mexico St join the AAC; along with Kansas St to form a sixteen member AAC Texas State, Louisiana, UL Monroe leave the Sun Belt for Conference USA to make sixteen Troy, South Alabama, and Arkansas St leave the Sun Belt and join the Mountain West along with Independent BYU adding up to sixteen Coastal Carolina, Appalachian St, Georgia St, and Georgia Southern leave the Sun Belt to join the Mid-American for sixteen Then the 8 Super Conferences quit the NCAA and form a new 128 member organization (like the old CFA). Each conference can then auction off television rights to the highest bidders. ESPN, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS, etc., will all drive up television revenue bidding on conference television packages. Playoffs are the 12 best teams selected by committee. Tie the Bowls in with conference CCGs and the playoffs and the quality games will generate mega television and Bowl payouts. The conferences can also leverage other sports to drive up television revenue. Almost everyone would not have a legitimate complaint about this set up because of the money it would generate and the fact that everyone is included. Then College Football will look like this: PAC 16 USC UCLA Stanford. California Washington Washington St Oregon Oregon St Arizona Arizona St Utah Colorado Oklahoma St Texas Tech TCU Baylor Big 16 Ohio St Michigan Michigan St Penn St Indiana Purdue Rutgers Maryland Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Northwestern Illinois Kansas Iowa St SEC Alabama Georgia Florida Auburn Tennessee South Carolina Kentucky Vanderbilt Texas Oklahoma LSU Arkansas Texas A&M Missouri Mississippi Mississippi St ACC Clemson Florida St Miami Georgia Tech North Carolina North Carolina St Duke Wake Forest Notre Dame Boston College Syracuse Louisville Pittsburgh Virgin Tech Virginia West Virginia AAC Cincinnati UCF East Carolina Temple Navy Army Massachusetts Liberty Tulsa Memphis SMU Houston Tulane Southern Florida Kansas St New Mexico St USA Marshall Florida Atlantic Western Kentucky Charlotte Middle Tennessee Florida International UAB Southern Mississippi UTEP UTSA North Texas Rice Louisiana Tech Texas State Louisiana UL Monroe Mountain West San José State Boise State Nevada San Diego State Hawaii Fresno State Air Force Wyoming New Mexico Colorado State Utah State UNLV BYU Troy South Alabama Arkansas State Mid-American Buffalo Kent State Miami (OH) Ohio Akron Bowling Green Toledo Ball State Western Michigan Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Northern Illinois Coastal Carolina Appalachian State Georgia State Georgia Southern

If this Texas/OU to SEC happens, and if the SEC goes with the "pods" alignment, then the following is pretty much written in stone because of rivalry, history, tradition, and geography: 1. Alabama, Auburn 2. Georgia, Florida 3. LSU, Arkansas 4. Texas, OU I really think the next four are fairly certain because of competitive balance, rivalries and geography: 1. Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee 2. Georgia, Florida, South Carolina 3. LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi St. 4. Texas, OU, A&M So really the only speculation is where the last four will be placed: 1. Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt because of in-state rival Tennessee 2. Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky because of geography 3. LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi St, Mississippi because in-state rival Mississippi St. 4. Texas, OU, A&M, Missouri process-of-elimination leaves the Tigers here

This all falls into place pretty easily: Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC, and the Big XII dissolves. West Virginia joins the ACC who only needs one and Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Virginia Tech are natural rivals Kansas and Iowa St go to the Big Ten because they are both AAU accredited and have historical rivalries with Iowa and Nebraska Oklahoma St, Texas Tech, TCU, and Baylor move west to the PAC 10 because the PAC 10 will take whatever to get into the Texas market and get to sixteen (Baylor gets in over Kansas St only because of the recent MBB NC) Maybe the PAC Ten takes Boise St or UNLV or BYU or Colorado St instead of TCU or Baylor or Tech; but I don't think so And there you have Four 16 team Super Conferences, with 8 geographically aligned Divisions minimizing travel and expenses and maintaining historical rivalries You play everyone in your Division every year and alternate four from the other Division in your conference That's eleven conference games, allowing one out of conference game for a twelve game schedule Division winners play for the Conference Championship SEC Texas Oklahoma LSU Arkansas Texas A&M Missouri Mississippi Mississippi St Alabama Georgia Florida Auburn Tennessee South Carolina Kentucky Vanderbilt ACC Notre Dame Boston College Syracuse Louisville Virginia Tech Virginia Pittsburgh West Virginia Clemson Florida St Miami Georgia Tech North Carolina North Carolina St Wake Forest Duke Big Sixteen (Ten) Ohio St Michigan Michigan St Penn St Maryland Rutgers Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Nebraska Iowa Iowa St Minnesota Illinois Northwestern Kansas PAC Sixteen (Ten) Washington Washington St Oregon Oregon St Stanford California USC UCLA Arizona Arizona St Utah Colorado Oklahoma St Texas Tech TCU Baylor

Doesn't the Longhorn Network revenues go to 2031? I think they do. Also, the Big XII is projecting ~$40 million for each conference member next year. There is your $55 million for Texas.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Texas make approximately $53 million from the Big XII conference and Longhorn Network revenues in May 2020? Texas made Approximately $49 million this May 2021. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/31511545/amid-covid-19-pandemic-big-12-distribution-revenue-schools-lower-yet-again I believe that in both 2020 and 2021 Texas made more than any SEC member. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/southeastern-conference-s-revenue-increased-slightly-to-729-million-in-2020-fiscal-year/ar-BB1doWys This may not be true in four years, and that is why Texas is looking for "greener pastures."

Starting line-up for the Texas Longhorns at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, WA. on November 13th: 1. Carr 2. Jones 3. Allen 4. Disu 5. Mitchell First man off the bench will be Bishop; followed by Ramey, Cunningham, Askew and Fabres.

Yes I was cherry-picking. I cherry-picked the biggest games, on the biggest stage, for the biggest prize. And O'Neal was O-fer. When it was for all the marbles, Olajuwon was better.

I disagree with you, Olajuwon was better in every phase over O'Neal. In 1995 O'Neal was in his prime and Olajuwon ate his lunch and refused to let Shaq even get supper in the NBA Finals; which of course Houston won in four straight without so much as a whimper from O'Neal.

Starting five Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Irvin Johnson, LeBron James, and Hakeem Olajuwon not as much rebounding as you would like, but still pretty good defense. And they would beat the snot out of anyone by intimidation alone. The second five is much more thought-provoking: Oscar Robinson, Jerry West, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar these five would take the first five to game seven in a series the third five is really interesting Pete Maravich, Julius Irving, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlin, and David Robinson the third five may be as good in seven games as either of the first two groups Shaquille O'Neal should be on here somewhere, but you didn't say whether injuries and staying healthy were criteria or not Oh, and Kobe Bryant is not on the list because there are no rapists in heaven

’67 Worster Bunch to compare with 2022 predicted class. Steve Worster is the first "National" recruit in college football history. 13 of the state’s top 22 football recruits signed with Texas in 1967, including 3 of the 4 best backs. The only two out-of-state recruits were Bobby Mitchell and Fred Steinmark, both from Wheatridge, CO. The Worster bunch would earn 3 SWC championships, two national championships, and win 30 games in a row from 1968-70. 1. Phillips, Eddie - QB 2. Worster, Steve - FB 3. Collins, Terry - FB 4. Callison, Bobby - FB 5. Dale, Billy - TB 6. Robichau, Paul - HB 7. Robinson, Johnny - HB 8. Speyrer, Charles - OE 9. Wuensch, Bobby - OT 10. Stout, Randy - OT 11. Palmer, Scott - OT 12. Mitchell, Bobby - OG 13. Dean, Mike - OG 14. Braband, Baxter - OG 15. Achilles, Jim - OC 16. Zapalac, Bill - DE 17. Atessis, Bill - DE 18. Ploetz, Greg - DT 19. Henderson, Scott - LB 20. Cormier, Jay - LB 21. Richardson, David - LB 22. Lester, Danny - DB 23. Steinmark, Fred - S 24. Feller, Happy - K I’m sure I’ve missed someone, so please correct the list because I think there were thirty recruits total.

Your predicted 2022 class would be the second highest rated recruiting class TEXAS has ever had since 1999 when they started the ratings star system. Higher ranked than the #1 Nationally ranked Vince Young class of 2002 (.9104). And 2nd only to the #2 Nationally ranked Jackson Jeffcoat class of 2010 which is my pick for the most disappointing TEXAS class of ALL Time. I have been following TEXAS Longhorn football recruiting for a very long while, way before sure., or Gotch Yarbourgh, or the fax machine. Your 2022 predicted class would rival both the '80 class (which had 16 NFL draft choices in 1984), and may be even the '67 Woster Bunch, which I believe is the best class (30-1-2) that ever stepped foot on the Forty. I am hoping you turn out to be right.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/2015/10/17/msus-watts-jackson-injured-winning-touchdown/74157740/ same thing

Kansas St.'s Chris Ceballos gets injured celebrating the walk-off homer that beat TCU and helped TEXAS share the Big XII 2021 baseball championship. This after he hits a walk-off three run homer in the bottom of the ninth with two out to cap an eight run deficit for the come from behind victory at home on Senior Day the last day of the season. If he can't play in the Big XII tournament it will be a really disappointing end to the story. It reminds me of the Michigan St. kid who broke his hip celebrating after game-winning touchdown.

Let TCU dogfight their way out of the bracket with Texas Tech and Baylor. Along with having to play Kansas St. again in the first game. The Longhorns just have to get by West Virginia (or Kansas) and then beat either Oklahoma St. or ousux to be in the Championship game.

Predicted correct result, but Incorrect path. Not going to do any gambling with those prophetic skills. But I am going to watch the #1 seeded Texas Longhorns play West Virginia (or Kansas) in the Big XII Tournament on ESPN+ at 4:00 PM CST at the home field of the 2020 World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-AAA affiliate Oklahoma City Dodgers Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Tickets available here https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city/tickets/big-12 Thank you Dr. Pepper, Gatorade, Phillips 66, and Academy for sponsoring the tournament. @B00M

Next, TEXAS sweeps West Virginia at Disch-Falk; and K State takes 1 of 3 from TCU in Manhattan. TEXAS wins the XII Conference on head-to-head tiebreaker and gets #1 seed for XII Tournament. Light the top of the tower orange.

Sugar Land is playing the Albuquerque Isotopes. https://www.milb.com/player/c-j-hinojosa-546994

Albuquerque, New Mexico - CJ Hinojosa just doubled in Jose Siri in the top of the 2nd inning for the very first RBI ever of the Sugar Land Skeeters as the Triple AAA farm team of the Houston Astros. Congrats to a Lifetime Longhorn. Way to go CJ. He is playing 2nd and batting 6th.

This roster will probably never happen, but I enjoy thinking about the possibilities, and the anticipation to see who actually signs up. I haven't had this much fun with Texas MBB since 2014. 1. SG Andrew Jones, 6-4 (14.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists in 2020-21) - 102 games played, including 68 starts 2. SG Jase Febres, 6-5 (5.2 points, 1.5 rebounds in 2020-21) - 104 games played, including 62 starts 3. CG Devin Askew, 6-3 (6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists in 2020-21) - 25 games played, including 20 starts 4. G/W Jaylon Tyson, 6-6, incoming Freshman 5. F Brock Cunningham, 6-5 (1.6 points, 3.1 rebounds in 2020-21) - 41 games played with one start 6. F Timmy Allen, 6-6 (17.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists in 2020-21) - 85 games played, including 82 starts 7. PF Christian Bishop, 6-7 (11.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.1 blocks in 2020-21) - 90 games played, including 62 starts 8. CG Courtney Ramey, 6-3 (12.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists in 2020-21) 9. PF Jericho Sims, 6-10 (9.2 points, 7.2 rebounds in 2020-21) 10. F Dylan Disu, 6-9 (15 points, 9 rebounds, shot 49.2% from the field) 11. PF Bryson Williams, 6-8, UTEP (15.1 points, 7.4 rebounds in 2020-21) 12. CG Jacob Young, 6-2, Rutgers (14.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists in 2020-21) 13. C Nick Ongenda, 6-11, DePaul (5.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.5 blocks in 2020-21) SG Andrew Jones, 6-4 / SG Jase Febres, 6-5 CG Devin Askew, 6-3 / CG Courtney Ramey, 6-3 / CG Jacob Young, 6-2 F Timmy Allen, 6-6 / PF Christian Bishop, 6-7 / F Brock Cunningham, 6-5 PF Dylan Disu, 6-9 / PF Bryson Williams, 6-8 PF Jericho Sims, 6-10 / C Nick Ongenda, 6-11 G/W Jaylon Tyson, 6-6