You don't think they'll be repeating those numbers to every single player they want to sign?
In football, high school seniors are still 3 years away from getting paid, at the very earliest. Only the biggest schools with the most exposure will have players making serious income before they turn pro.
Imagine being 17 and knowing that kind of money was at least a possibility within a year or two.
I suspect this is a big part of this, as well, and why it's coming up now.
Players are going to be attracted to where they can get the most exposure and turn that into money. You can make an argument that this would help the Pac-12, given the size of markets they play in, but those markets aren't necessarily as invested in college football. Certainly not as much as the SEC.
The dynamics in CFB are going to change dramatically in the next few years and I think the admins and coaches at OU and Texas feel they need to be in a more high profile conference to recruit players looking for NIL money.
Most in the big west coast markets would never even know college games were being played.
I can't describe to you the difference between that area and the Big 12, let alone the SEC.
Let's just say absolutely everyone I knew in L.A. was aware I was from Oklahoma and went to OU and even in the ultra-dark days of John Blake, nobody even knew or cared to give me crap. In that respect, it was quite nice!
OTOH, I was working in downtown L.A. with a ton of USC graduates when we won it all in 2000, and we had a big meeting the very next day. I didn't say a word; just sat there with a huge smile on my face to the extreme envy of everyone from USC and UCLA.
Castiglione finally realized that the OU fan base was tired of the 8 little brothers piggy backing on OU.
OU kept asking to not have all home games at 11am but the tv channels only see value in UT and OU games and little value in the other 8. That is why OU was always on at 11am.
My guess is that big 12 picks up 4 or 6 of the AAC schools. the Little 8 and add Memphis, Cinci, Houston SMU USF and UCF. And this year Cinci would be the best team in that conference this year.
OSU fans make fun of OU fans because not all OU fans went to OU. But the reality is, a school wants more fans than just the alumni. The more eyeballs watching your football games the better.
lol... as a guy who watches most of the games on tv, i actually like the 11am games... i get to watch and then get on with my day.
i'll show myself out. : )
That, too.
If this does happen, I just hope the home crowd never EVER chants "S.E.C.... S.E.C...."
I hope we don't join the SEC, but I feel like it is trending towards us joining.
The SEC is just out of our league. Yes I know we beat Florida last year, but LSU destroyed us the year before. Alabama will always be a mark on the L column. And I fear a good Florida, LSU, Georgia team will be one too.
I get it. It's more money for the University of Oklahoma, but until we see a 12 team playoff, I want out. The Big 12 is probably the only reason why OU joins the four team playoffs every year. As far as I know it is still only talk of a 12 team playoff and nothing has changed.
Worst case scenario we see OU joining the SEC, the four team playoff stays, and we see OU lose three or four games a year and miss the playoffs. Not to mention I like watching Bedlam, and who knows what will happen to that. A year without OU vs. OSU just isn't something I want to see.
This is just 100% false. We just waxed their second best team by 35 points last year and took their second best team to double overtime 3 years ago with a defense that couldn't stop UCO. The only team in the SEC that will out recruit OU once we get there is Alabama now that the other schools lose the SEC selling point that get's some kids to pick one of them over OU. OU will consistently compete for the 1 or 2 spot every year as long as Riley is still on the staff. We've played Alabama twice in the last decade and are 1-1 and we most likely will not play them every year. I predict that we will be out recruiting Alabama or at least be on par with them within 2 years of joining the SEC.
How do you think you beat the best teams? You have to play them year in and year out.
Well Florida was missing a lot of players who opted to sit out and Trask had a bad game, which I admit could happen any day.
It remains to be seen. But I think we can all agree the road to the FBS championship will be more difficult if OU joins the SEC.
And we can't sleep on LSU, Georgia, Florida, even Auburn and South Carolina have their seasons.
With OU in the conference, those schools will start to lose out on recruits.
And you’re making excuses for Florida. If the SEC is as good and deep as everyone acts like it is…Florida should’ve just been able to reload and at least be competitive. They weren’t even close and got run out of the stadium. That’s the team Florida is putting on the field this season. One or two years in and OU will be treating the SEC like Alabama does. Not being able to say “we’re In the SEC” is one of the few things keeping us below Alabama. We have the number 5 recruiting class for 2022 and the number 2 for 2023…do you really think those numbers won’t get a boost when we join the SEC?
Mark my words…assuming Riley stays for awhile we will own that conference within 3-5 years.
And with a 12 team playoff, what are we all agreeing on? The sec will routinely get 3-4 teams in the playoff…how is being the top 4 in the Alabama Conference any more difficult than winning the Big 12?
The defeatist attitude among some OU fans is asinine. If you don’t want to compete against the best and let the chips fall where they may…you should probably pick a different team to follow.
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