University of Oklahoma Sports

[Jersey Boss]

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahom...s-sec/45336665

Looks like some season ticket holders on the west side will be losing their seats.

[BoulderSooner]

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahom...s-sec/45336665

Looks like some season ticket holders on the west side will be losing their seats.

some people will have to MOVE seats .. because of this REQUIRED change

[BDP]

It looks like this actually presents an opportunity to upgrade for a lot of these people, too.

[BoulderSooner]

It looks like this actually presents an opportunity to upgrade for a lot of these people, too.

for a big increase in donation

[BDP]

for a big increase in donation

Well, of course. lol

I guess it could suck for some people if there aren't enough seats available at the same donor rate, but I'm sure there are probably enough people not in those sections that do want to pay for an upgrade for the others to slide into their seats.

Does the Big 12 have restrictions on where the student section can be?

[Laramie]

University of Oklahoma Softball Stadium Project

Love's Field https://thesoonerclub.com/sports/sof...tadium-project

[Jersey Boss]

Well, of course. lol

I guess it could suck for some people if there aren't enough seats available at the same donor rate, but I'm sure there are probably enough people not in those sections that do want to pay for an upgrade for the others to slide into their seats.

Does the Big 12 have restrictions on where the student section can be?

Bad news for those who will lose the shade of the west side for the sun of the east side. Especially if the price of seating is the same.

[Laramie]

https://www.rateyourseats.com/oklaho.../seating-chart

OU football changes student and visiting team seating ahead of 2024 SEC move: https://www.oudaily.com/sports/ou-fo...e9e71c03a.html

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[Jersey Boss]

From the above link.
Due to SEC regulations, which requires the home team's student section to be on the opposite side of the field from the visiting team bench, OU's student seating will move from its 2023 spot of sections 26-30 to its revised location of section 20 rows 6-28 and sections 22-28.

The move adds 369 additional seats to the student section and creates a more intimate environment.

SEC regulations also require visiting team seating changes. The conference requires 2,000 visiting team seats inside the lower bowl, the Big 12 didn't require any visitor seating in the lower bowl.

The new visiting team seating will be in sections 15 and section 16 rows 6-28 and 57-72.

[Urbanized]

some people will have to MOVE seats .. because of this REQUIRED change

Including me. I’ve been in section 16 for 25 years. I’m getting straight-up screwed.

[Jersey Boss]

Including me. I’ve been in section 16 for 25 years. I’m getting straight-up screwed.

But at least you are not losing your seats. Lol

[Laramie]

Box score https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...meId/401525852

Attendance: 84,371

[Urbanized]

But at least you are not losing your seats. Lol

How do you mean? In the graphic I saw, my entire section will be on the receiving end of a forced relocation.

[April in the Plaza]

Including me. I’ve been in section 16 for 25 years. I’m getting straight-up screwed.

Yep, there are plenty of unintended consequences when universities or pro sports ball teams (i.e., the OKC Thunder) get too greedy.

[Jeremy Martin]

Not trying to start an argument here but I'm curious, how does moving the student section make the university greedy?

[chssooner]

How do you mean? In the graphic I saw, my entire section will be on the receiving end of a forced relocation.

Because you will still have a seat, just in a different area. Your move is required to be in compliance with SEC requirements. It sucks, sure. But there is nothing anyone can do about it, unless you petition the SEC to change (good luck).

[chssooner]

Not trying to start an argument here but I'm curious, how does moving the student section make the university greedy?

It doesn't. It isn't the university's decision. The Big 12 had no requirements on seating and none for visiting fans. The SEC definitely does. So they have to get in compliance with the SEC requirements. It isn't greedy, it is required. OU isn't a big enough fish to try to threaten the SEC by being stubborn (no one is, to be honest).

[Jersey Boss]

How do you mean? In the graphic I saw, my entire section will be on the receiving end of a forced relocation.

It was a tongue in cheek comment made to the initial response I made in post #1626 to the shouting that appeared in post #1627. Regardless of semantics the fan who has had their seats for years or decades will still feel they are losing their seats. As this adticle supports.
https://www.oudaily.com/sports/ou-fo...08d0d44a9.html

[April in the Plaza]

Not trying to start an argument here but I'm curious, how does moving the student section make the university greedy?

So, the university chose to join a different conference (because the conference has a significantly better TV deal than the Big 12), and said conference happens to have a few rules that the Big 12 does not.

There’s always 2nd and 3rd order consequences on these types of deals.

[Jersey Boss]

So, the university chose to join a different conference (because the conference has a significantly better TV deal than the Big 12), and said conference happens to have a few rules that the Big 12 does not.

There’s always 2nd and 3rd order consequences on these types of deals.

The state government is also culpable. Slashing state funding has been a fact of life for several decades. Makes one wonder if it is truly a public University as the public funding isn't there as it was in times past. It isn't greed, it is survival.

[PhiAlpha]

Yep, there are plenty of unintended consequences when universities or pro sports ball teams (i.e., the OKC Thunder) get too greedy.

LOL. How is complying with conference regulations getting greedy?

Sucks for the people losing their seats but it just is what it is. I’ve always thought it was a little odd that students got such good seats when they show up late and leave early all the time and the SEC just travels way more to conferences games…they especially will the first few years of Ou/TX being in the league.

[PhiAlpha]

So, the university chose to join a different conference (because the conference has a significantly better TV deal than the Big 12), and said conference happens to have a few rules that the Big 12 does not.

There’s always 2nd and 3rd order consequences on these types of deals.

That’s not greed…that’s positioning yourself in the best way possible for the future and making sure all your athletic programs have the funding to be as competitive as possible.

[Bill Robertson]

That’s not greed…that’s positioning yourself in the best way possible for the future and making sure all your athletic programs have the funding to be as competitive as possible.

Yes. The move to the SEC was largely about the best future for OU football. At the time OU and UT voted to leave the Big 12 there were 8 teams in the conference. Only 2 of which were historically perennial powerhouses. And the conference leadership was clear that expansion was not on the table. If the BIG 12, even with OU and UT staying had stuck to the no expansion course the conference may well have been where the PAC 12 is today, non-existent. And OU and UT would be nationally irrelevant.

[BG918]

Can we just admire what a complete disaster this weekend is shaping up to be for the Big 12? A top 12 matchup between undefeated OU and Texas for the last time as Big 12 conference members and no other Big 12 teams even ranked. Then a likely rematch for the last Big 12 championship at the end of the season.

[okatty]

Teams in top 25 of both offensive and defensive scoring efficiency:

OU, Texas, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan, oregon and A&M. The end.