Tier 3 rights for Oklahoma

[Sinomatic]

Certainly there are new players in the legislature. And as I posted earlier regarding KU and KSU, the landscape of college football has changed so much in the last 10-20 years I don’t think state politics are going to play a major role anymore. A&M left the Big 12 with no stipulation and no political involvement so precedence has been established.

And yes I do think the 2 hour time difference causes problems. NU and Indiana are only 1 hour difference, which both the BIG and SEC have teams in both the central and eastern zones, but one hour is far easier to overcome than 2 hours.

I was just referencing Indiana in terms of how disjointed a conference can feel if one team does not play another for multiple years, not time zone differences. I wasn't really very clear about that though.

 

[Sinomatic]

Texas will NOT go to the SEC because it's beneath them academically. You don't understand the depth of Longhorn arrogance. PAC, ACC and B1G are OK from an academic standpoint but NOT the SEC.

No I don't.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

texass does the notre dame thing with ACC and OU-KU go BiG TeN

 

[oldjar07]

If the Big 12 blows up, why does everyone thinks there's going to be this neat alignment of 16 teams per conference? If the Big 10 got Oklahoma and Kansas, you don't think we'd take Texas if they wanted to join too? And Notre Dame as well, the Big 10 would take them if they wanted in no matter how many teams the Big 10 has. With all the self interest and money involved, things aren't going to line up neatly and I doubt it's going to be a good thing for college sports as a fan or the student athletes.

 

[Quix0te]

texass does the notre dame thing with ACC and OU-KU go BiG TeN

Texas to ACC? Ever looked at a US map?

 

[TFrazier]

Texas to AAC? Ever looked at a US map?

I wonder what map the Big 12 and West Virginia were using a few years ago?

 

[joshuahuskers]

texass does the notre dame thing with ACC and OU-KU go BiG TeN

Is that the deep dark secret you’re not allowed to tell anyone?

 

[Charlie Marlow]

Is that the deep dark secret you’re not allowed to tell anyone?

sssshhhh

 

[Huseker1]

If the Big 12 blows up, why does everyone thinks there's going to be this neat alignment of 16 teams per conference? If the Big 10 got Oklahoma and Kansas, you don't think we'd take Texas if they wanted to join too? And Notre Dame as well, the Big 10 would take them if they wanted in no matter how many teams the Big 10 has. With all the self interest and money involved, things aren't going to line up neatly and I doubt it's going to be a good thing for college sports as a fan or the student athletes.

It won't be four conferences with 16 teams. There will be four power conferences, but I'd expect two or maybe three of conferences to go to 16 and the other(s) to stay at 12 or 14. This is especially true of the Pac 12. If they don't add any Big 12 members, I doubt they expand as there won't be any quality candidates that meet their academic, athletic, and geographic profile.

If Oklahoma and Texas both go to Big Ten, Kansas won't be getting an invite. The Big Ten would take all three only if the could get Notre Dame to also join as the 18th team, but don't forget about the grant of rights agreement Notre Dame signed with the ACC. Even if Notre Dame wants to join the Big Ten, they can't until at least 2036. If Notre Dame joins a conference anytime soon, it'll be the ACC.

 

[Redondo]

OU may not have a choice in the matter. The Big Ten, SEC and ACC are all at 14 schools. The Big Ten and SEC have already stated their intent to go to 16. The ACC will follow suit. That leaves the Pac 12 at 12 teams and the Big 12 at 10. If the Big Ten and SEC go to 16 teams, and the ACC does likewise then 4 mega conferences are almost inevitable. At this point the most logical choices for conference expansion would be Notre Dame (most likely ACC bound), OU, Texas and then after those teams likely expansion candidates would be KU, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and BYU. West Virginia and Notre Dame seem likely candidate for the ACC. OU and KU would be good candidates for the Big Ten. I doubt Texas would go SEC due to academics, and as they did in the mid 1990’s may look west to join the Pac 12.

At this juncture the Big 12 seems the odd man out in a 4 mega conference scenario. If that scenario plays out, OU will not have a choice in the matter if they want to continue to play at the highest level, they will be forced to choose a new conference. Hard to say how it will shake out, but expansion WILL happen again with the Big Ten and the SEC leading the way, and as has been the case for nearly a decade now, the Big 12 will be a day late and a dollar short when it comes to expansion.

I would see, if anything, OU going SEC rather than B1G, being with contiguous states

 

[RedCap]

I would see, if anything, OU going SEC rather than B1G, being with contiguous states

Contiguous states are no longer magic in this age of easier transportation but most conferences would not want to be spread across more than 2 time zones if they can avoid that because it hinders the television viewership.

Consider, for example, the distance involved between Washington and Arizona, the north end and south end ACC schools, Nebraska and Maryland, etc. It's not really an insurmountable problem any more.

 

[Quix0te]

I would see, if anything, OU going SEC rather than B1G, being with contiguous states

Yeah, but back to the OP, why is the BTN buying up Oklahoma's Tier 3 rights?