(05-09-2017 12:32 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 12:29 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  http://newsok.com/berry-tramel-would-the...um=twitter

"OU in the Big Ten doesn't sound right.

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. Those are schools that have little in common with the Sooners. Culturally. Geographically. Historically. Frankly, outside Nebraska (an epic rivalry) and Iowa (Bob Stoops), there's little linking OU to the Big Ten.

But as I wrote the other day, if the Sooners ever leave the Big 12, the Big Ten would be the destination of choice."

If you have to sell it then it's not a natural fit.

I think it's overstating it. Oklahoma is arguably a more natural fit in the Big Ten than Rutgers was to the B1G a few years ago or Missouri was to the SEC or pretty much every realignment move over the past several years with the exception of maybe Texas A&M to the SEC (which made perfect sense). Even within Tramel's piece, he's conflating "fit" with "history". Those are two different things. Oklahoma has little history with many Big Ten schools, but it's wrong to say that they don't fit (as a large public flagship school with a huge football and athletics program).