(08-26-2015 05:32 PM)YNot Wrote: Would Oklahoma prefer to play:
1) Texas and Oklahoma St. and in Texas and the Plains?
2) A&M, Missouri and in the South? (room for RRR and Bedlam OOC?)
3) Nebraska and in the Mid-West? (room for RRR and Bedlam OOC?)
Is remaining in the Big 12 really a valid long term option for OU?
Could the B1G surprise and take a shot at Oklahoma and Missouri?
What about the B1G going after UVA, UNC, Duke, and Georgia Tech? Would that prompt the SEC to counter?
I think the Eastward expansion is not really an option for either the B1G or the SEC. Because if you get any program, there are strings attached. If either conference snags one or two, it destabilizes the conference and drives a gem school to the other.
As for Westward, it is quite a conundrum, but the most likely.
Texas is a giant...but a giant pain. kansas has terrible football. Iowa State seems too far for SEC, and has a Iowa problem for the B1G. Oklahoma seems great, has Okie State problem and potentially AAU problem for B1G.
B1G if going west, is almost assuredly going to get kansas. From there, Mizzou or Oklahoma are two options to pair. Would Missouri leave SEC? Would B1G take Oklahoma without AAU, and what about Okie State?
SEC going west, Oklahoma is almost assured. Do they bring along the Pokes, or get kansas?
Kinda seems weird that kansas is just as much of a lynchpin in the process as Oklahoma.