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RE: CBS: Big 12 continues to struggle, start with recruiting Texas
(02-02-2017 03:40 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I wish I agreed with yo JR and the old OU was a dirty program but it truly upsets me how clean this program is run. Quite frankly we need a few more bagmen and more alumni willing to get involved with that stuff as well as an administration who knows when to look away. I am not here pretending to be holier than thou and I certainly embrace the OU history before Stoops but OU is not doing what it needs to do to land these 5 star kids, and that involves $.

OU loses a lot of exposure in Dallas by going SEC unless it involves friends which is unlikely, for one we would never play anywhere close aside from Bryan and OOC. Not to mention we would not have won nearly as many CC's and made it to nearly as many big bowls. There is a point in a conference where the balance of schools is out of whack and the SEC needs to keep adding more Missouri's and aTm's as opposed to OU's and UT's. There just isn't enough room for all these great programs in one conference. I personally think the SEC would be better off going to pods with OSU and WVU to help Tennessee and LSU get back to winning something on a regular basis. OU with 1-2 CC's the last decade and 1-2 NY6 appearances is a much different situation than winning a CC every other year or more and going to a NY6 bowl most years never hurts recruiting or fan interest. That is lost in the SEC for schools like FSU, Clemson, OU, and UT. More is not always better.

I was trying to be nice about bowls but in the end I didn't' see much difference in bowls aside from Bama and Clemson. Everybody else looked fairly well matched. I felt the same way OOC. P-5 conferences didn't really look much better than g-5 and in some cases even FCS schools. I don't buy into the conference superiority complex. There are a few elite teams and then everybody else. This year there were only 2 elite teams.

If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.
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RE: CBS: Big 12 continues to struggle, start with recruiting Texas
(02-02-2017 01:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  But keep thinking that recruiting doesn't matter.

Hardly a surprising correlation ... but nothing can be concluded from it, of course.

Other than the obvious: top players are more likely to accept offers from top programs.



I have zero problem saying that Clemson is a full step above Minnesota, when it comes to football. The only way we could win a head to head recruiting battle is if the player had personal ties to the Gophers (dad played, or something like that) or if there was a significant difference in potential playing time, things along those lines.



What hasn't been shown, even a single iota, is that some doofus sitting behind a computer at Rivals HQ is any better than any coach at "ranking" a high school football player. Coaches miss all the time, in both ways, and I trust them a lot more than the ranking websites.


Like I said, the entire industry is basically tantamount to profiting off message board talk. (no offense to GTS 04-cheers )
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(02-02-2017 04:12 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 03:40 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I wish I agreed with yo JR and the old OU was a dirty program but it truly upsets me how clean this program is run. Quite frankly we need a few more bagmen and more alumni willing to get involved with that stuff as well as an administration who knows when to look away. I am not here pretending to be holier than thou and I certainly embrace the OU history before Stoops but OU is not doing what it needs to do to land these 5 star kids, and that involves $.

OU loses a lot of exposure in Dallas by going SEC unless it involves friends which is unlikely, for one we would never play anywhere close aside from Bryan and OOC. Not to mention we would not have won nearly as many CC's and made it to nearly as many big bowls. There is a point in a conference where the balance of schools is out of whack and the SEC needs to keep adding more Missouri's and aTm's as opposed to OU's and UT's. There just isn't enough room for all these great programs in one conference. I personally think the SEC would be better off going to pods with OSU and WVU to help Tennessee and LSU get back to winning something on a regular basis. OU with 1-2 CC's the last decade and 1-2 NY6 appearances is a much different situation than winning a CC every other year or more and going to a NY6 bowl most years never hurts recruiting or fan interest. That is lost in the SEC for schools like FSU, Clemson, OU, and UT. More is not always better.

I was trying to be nice about bowls but in the end I didn't' see much difference in bowls aside from Bama and Clemson. Everybody else looked fairly well matched. I felt the same way OOC. P-5 conferences didn't really look much better than g-5 and in some cases even FCS schools. I don't buy into the conference superiority complex. There are a few elite teams and then everybody else. This year there were only 2 elite teams.

If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.

There are certainly some fun scenarios to look at depending on the teams chosen but anyway you slice it 16 team conferences make it more difficult to win and that is just simple math, nothing to do with SEC or OU.

Right now if OU goes undefeated 100% in the playoff. 1 loss still a very high likelihood of getting in the playoff. And even with 2 losses there is still a slim chance some years. A CC only helps increase that likelihood. And all of those scenarios are more likely in the Big 12 so any move to another conference will result in less likelyhood of getting in the playoff. I happen to believe the best conference scenario for OU if we were to move is the PAC. Both the B1G and SEC drop that likelihood to the point it needs to be taken into consideration. Schools like OU and KU walk into the PAC as the #1 FB and #1 BB program in the conference. Can't say the same in the SEC or B1G. I think Nebraska fans are starting to realize that the likelihood they win the B1G anytime soon is slim to none and they are becoming more insignificant to college football every year.

I personally see Baylor as the only school who might have a problem finding a home and it has everything to do wiht their handling of rape and nothing to do with finances or AD performance but you never know. I just have a hard time seeing a scenario where ISU,KSU, OSU, TT, WVU, KU, and TT are in the AAC while WSU and Wake are in the p-5. Maybe i'm just being a homer but those schools are not like other g-5 schools. Kansas isn't Memphis, OSU isn't Tulsa, ISU isn't Cinci, TCU isn't Tulane, WVU isn't Temple, TT isn't Houston, and KSU isn't Army/Navy. These are 75 m+ AD's which require little subsidy to operate because they have good fan support for the most part. Maybe they belong in the g-5 but I personally think that any school with fans will have value that only goes up in the coming years as fans willing to pay to watch their team play are the name of the game moving forward. The days of Rutgers being really valuable are going to be done in about 5 years. Cable subscriptions are shrinking and we are probably less than a year away from having ESPN available for purchase directly as well as conference networks. It's down to only $25 a month for the ESPN family of channels with another 20 regular channels from places like sling.
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(02-02-2017 05:05 PM)p23570 Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 04:12 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 03:40 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I wish I agreed with yo JR and the old OU was a dirty program but it truly upsets me how clean this program is run. Quite frankly we need a few more bagmen and more alumni willing to get involved with that stuff as well as an administration who knows when to look away. I am not here pretending to be holier than thou and I certainly embrace the OU history before Stoops but OU is not doing what it needs to do to land these 5 star kids, and that involves $.

OU loses a lot of exposure in Dallas by going SEC unless it involves friends which is unlikely, for one we would never play anywhere close aside from Bryan and OOC. Not to mention we would not have won nearly as many CC's and made it to nearly as many big bowls. There is a point in a conference where the balance of schools is out of whack and the SEC needs to keep adding more Missouri's and aTm's as opposed to OU's and UT's. There just isn't enough room for all these great programs in one conference. I personally think the SEC would be better off going to pods with OSU and WVU to help Tennessee and LSU get back to winning something on a regular basis. OU with 1-2 CC's the last decade and 1-2 NY6 appearances is a much different situation than winning a CC every other year or more and going to a NY6 bowl most years never hurts recruiting or fan interest. That is lost in the SEC for schools like FSU, Clemson, OU, and UT. More is not always better.

I was trying to be nice about bowls but in the end I didn't' see much difference in bowls aside from Bama and Clemson. Everybody else looked fairly well matched. I felt the same way OOC. P-5 conferences didn't really look much better than g-5 and in some cases even FCS schools. I don't buy into the conference superiority complex. There are a few elite teams and then everybody else. This year there were only 2 elite teams.

If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.

There are certainly some fun scenarios to look at depending on the teams chosen but anyway you slice it 16 team conferences make it more difficult to win and that is just simple math, nothing to do with SEC or OU.

Right now if OU goes undefeated 100% in the playoff. 1 loss still a very high likelihood of getting in the playoff. And even with 2 losses there is still a slim chance some years. A CC only helps increase that likelihood. And all of those scenarios are more likely in the Big 12 so any move to another conference will result in less likelyhood of getting in the playoff. I happen to believe the best conference scenario for OU if we were to move is the PAC. Both the B1G and SEC drop that likelihood to the point it needs to be taken into consideration. Schools like OU and KU walk into the PAC as the #1 FB and #1 BB program in the conference. Can't say the same in the SEC or B1G. I think Nebraska fans are starting to realize that the likelihood they win the B1G anytime soon is slim to none and they are becoming more insignificant to college football every year.

I personally see Baylor as the only school who might have a problem finding a home and it has everything to do wiht their handling of rape and nothing to do with finances or AD performance but you never know. I just have a hard time seeing a scenario where ISU,KSU, OSU, TT, WVU, KU, and TT are in the AAC while WSU and Wake are in the p-5. Maybe i'm just being a homer but those schools are not like other g-5 schools. Kansas isn't Memphis, OSU isn't Tulsa, ISU isn't Cinci, TCU isn't Tulane, WVU isn't Temple, TT isn't Houston, and KSU isn't Army/Navy. These are 75 m+ AD's which require little subsidy to operate because they have good fan support for the most part. Maybe they belong in the g-5 but I personally think that any school with fans will have value that only goes up in the coming years as fans willing to pay to watch their team play are the name of the game moving forward. The days of Rutgers being really valuable are going to be done in about 5 years. Cable subscriptions are shrinking and we are probably less than a year away from having ESPN available for purchase directly as well as conference networks. It's down to only $25 a month for the ESPN family of channels with another 20 regular channels from places like sling.

The problem is the round robin play as much as no Championship. Your ideal path to the game is 2 teams meeting both at 12-0. Not ideal but still workable is two teams at 11-1. Again a low probability in a Round Robin format. The more your top teams can avoid playing each other until the championship the higher the chance you move on to the national championship. Having a round robin format is fun but it's not productive.
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(02-02-2017 05:05 PM)p23570 Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 04:12 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 03:40 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I wish I agreed with yo JR and the old OU was a dirty program but it truly upsets me how clean this program is run. Quite frankly we need a few more bagmen and more alumni willing to get involved with that stuff as well as an administration who knows when to look away. I am not here pretending to be holier than thou and I certainly embrace the OU history before Stoops but OU is not doing what it needs to do to land these 5 star kids, and that involves $.

OU loses a lot of exposure in Dallas by going SEC unless it involves friends which is unlikely, for one we would never play anywhere close aside from Bryan and OOC. Not to mention we would not have won nearly as many CC's and made it to nearly as many big bowls. There is a point in a conference where the balance of schools is out of whack and the SEC needs to keep adding more Missouri's and aTm's as opposed to OU's and UT's. There just isn't enough room for all these great programs in one conference. I personally think the SEC would be better off going to pods with OSU and WVU to help Tennessee and LSU get back to winning something on a regular basis. OU with 1-2 CC's the last decade and 1-2 NY6 appearances is a much different situation than winning a CC every other year or more and going to a NY6 bowl most years never hurts recruiting or fan interest. That is lost in the SEC for schools like FSU, Clemson, OU, and UT. More is not always better.

I was trying to be nice about bowls but in the end I didn't' see much difference in bowls aside from Bama and Clemson. Everybody else looked fairly well matched. I felt the same way OOC. P-5 conferences didn't really look much better than g-5 and in some cases even FCS schools. I don't buy into the conference superiority complex. There are a few elite teams and then everybody else. This year there were only 2 elite teams.

If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.

There are certainly some fun scenarios to look at depending on the teams chosen but anyway you slice it 16 team conferences make it more difficult to win and that is just simple math, nothing to do with SEC or OU.

Right now if OU goes undefeated 100% in the playoff. 1 loss still a very high likelihood of getting in the playoff. And even with 2 losses there is still a slim chance some years. A CC only helps increase that likelihood. And all of those scenarios are more likely in the Big 12 so any move to another conference will result in less likelyhood of getting in the playoff. I happen to believe the best conference scenario for OU if we were to move is the PAC. Both the B1G and SEC drop that likelihood to the point it needs to be taken into consideration. Schools like OU and KU walk into the PAC as the #1 FB and #1 BB program in the conference. Can't say the same in the SEC or B1G. I think Nebraska fans are starting to realize that the likelihood they win the B1G anytime soon is slim to none and they are becoming more insignificant to college football every year.

I personally see Baylor as the only school who might have a problem finding a home and it has everything to do wiht their handling of rape and nothing to do with finances or AD performance but you never know. I just have a hard time seeing a scenario where ISU,KSU, OSU, TT, WVU, KU, and TT are in the AAC while WSU and Wake are in the p-5. Maybe i'm just being a homer but those schools are not like other g-5 schools. Kansas isn't Memphis, OSU isn't Tulsa, ISU isn't Cinci, TCU isn't Tulane, WVU isn't Temple, TT isn't Houston, and KSU isn't Army/Navy. These are 75 m+ AD's which require little subsidy to operate because they have good fan support for the most part. Maybe they belong in the g-5 but I personally think that any school with fans will have value that only goes up in the coming years as fans willing to pay to watch their team play are the name of the game moving forward. The days of Rutgers being really valuable are going to be done in about 5 years. Cable subscriptions are shrinking and we are probably less than a year away from having ESPN available for purchase directly as well as conference networks. It's down to only $25 a month for the ESPN family of channels with another 20 regular channels from places like sling.

p23570 those are some interesting points for Oklahoma. Having to many brands in a single conference isn't good. Let's use Georgia as an example. One of JR's scenarios had them in a division with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee & Vanderbilt. Say they go 2-2 against Bama, Auburn, Florida & Tennessee. They have to go undefeated the rest of the way by today's standards. They just fired a coach because he only won 9-10 games a year & not enough SEC championships. The difficulty of this task is amplified in this scenario. You have to many brands fighting for to few W's, it's inevitable that some of them will be damaged/weakened because of it. Will these fan bases be satisfied with a few more L's in exchange for more $?
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Louisville is in a similar situation. The ACC gives them the best chance to win a conference and play in a NY6 bowl. The SEC would hurt those chances dramatically.
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After WW2, Oklahoma become a powerhouse out of nowhere. How did that happened? Well, they did this: "Oklahoma was a major player in the "black market" of football talent returning from the war. Recruits were matched up with "sugar daddies" who gave them money and bought them clothes. This was a system that Oklahoma continued, more or less, through the 1980s, despite the periodic affliction of NCAA penalties for cheating along the way." (http://www.tiptop25.com/champ1949.html)

Definitely one of the dirtiest programs of all time and it is a black mark on college football. And you are willing to sell out your morals to return to it. Shameful. Of course, your moniker honors cheaters as well.
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(02-05-2017 12:51 PM)p23570 Wrote:  Louisville is in a similar situation. The ACC gives them the best chance to win a conference and play in a NY6 bowl. The SEC would hurt those chances dramatically.

I agree but putting Louisville in the SEC isn't the same as putting Oklahoma there. The Sooners are a name brand with higher expectations while the Cards would be in the middle of the pack or a little better most years. The Cards chances of making the CFP or a NY6 are better in the ACC where our football program will have a better chance of growing into a consistent contender. Oklahoma & Texas are already the 2 top dogs in the B12. In the ACC & Big 12 you can make good money & compete nationally.
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(02-05-2017 12:30 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 05:05 PM)p23570 Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 04:12 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 03:40 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I wish I agreed with yo JR and the old OU was a dirty program but it truly upsets me how clean this program is run. Quite frankly we need a few more bagmen and more alumni willing to get involved with that stuff as well as an administration who knows when to look away. I am not here pretending to be holier than thou and I certainly embrace the OU history before Stoops but OU is not doing what it needs to do to land these 5 star kids, and that involves $.

OU loses a lot of exposure in Dallas by going SEC unless it involves friends which is unlikely, for one we would never play anywhere close aside from Bryan and OOC. Not to mention we would not have won nearly as many CC's and made it to nearly as many big bowls. There is a point in a conference where the balance of schools is out of whack and the SEC needs to keep adding more Missouri's and aTm's as opposed to OU's and UT's. There just isn't enough room for all these great programs in one conference. I personally think the SEC would be better off going to pods with OSU and WVU to help Tennessee and LSU get back to winning something on a regular basis. OU with 1-2 CC's the last decade and 1-2 NY6 appearances is a much different situation than winning a CC every other year or more and going to a NY6 bowl most years never hurts recruiting or fan interest. That is lost in the SEC for schools like FSU, Clemson, OU, and UT. More is not always better.

I was trying to be nice about bowls but in the end I didn't' see much difference in bowls aside from Bama and Clemson. Everybody else looked fairly well matched. I felt the same way OOC. P-5 conferences didn't really look much better than g-5 and in some cases even FCS schools. I don't buy into the conference superiority complex. There are a few elite teams and then everybody else. This year there were only 2 elite teams.

If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.

There are certainly some fun scenarios to look at depending on the teams chosen but anyway you slice it 16 team conferences make it more difficult to win and that is just simple math, nothing to do with SEC or OU.

Right now if OU goes undefeated 100% in the playoff. 1 loss still a very high likelihood of getting in the playoff. And even with 2 losses there is still a slim chance some years. A CC only helps increase that likelihood. And all of those scenarios are more likely in the Big 12 so any move to another conference will result in less likelyhood of getting in the playoff. I happen to believe the best conference scenario for OU if we were to move is the PAC. Both the B1G and SEC drop that likelihood to the point it needs to be taken into consideration. Schools like OU and KU walk into the PAC as the #1 FB and #1 BB program in the conference. Can't say the same in the SEC or B1G. I think Nebraska fans are starting to realize that the likelihood they win the B1G anytime soon is slim to none and they are becoming more insignificant to college football every year.

I personally see Baylor as the only school who might have a problem finding a home and it has everything to do wiht their handling of rape and nothing to do with finances or AD performance but you never know. I just have a hard time seeing a scenario where ISU,KSU, OSU, TT, WVU, KU, and TT are in the AAC while WSU and Wake are in the p-5. Maybe i'm just being a homer but those schools are not like other g-5 schools. Kansas isn't Memphis, OSU isn't Tulsa, ISU isn't Cinci, TCU isn't Tulane, WVU isn't Temple, TT isn't Houston, and KSU isn't Army/Navy. These are 75 m+ AD's which require little subsidy to operate because they have good fan support for the most part. Maybe they belong in the g-5 but I personally think that any school with fans will have value that only goes up in the coming years as fans willing to pay to watch their team play are the name of the game moving forward. The days of Rutgers being really valuable are going to be done in about 5 years. Cable subscriptions are shrinking and we are probably less than a year away from having ESPN available for purchase directly as well as conference networks. It's down to only $25 a month for the ESPN family of channels with another 20 regular channels from places like sling.

p23570 those are some interesting points for Oklahoma. Having to many brands in a single conference isn't good. Let's use Georgia as an example. One of JR's scenarios had them in a division with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee & Vanderbilt. Say they go 2-2 against Bama, Auburn, Florida & Tennessee. They have to go undefeated the rest of the way by today's standards. They just fired a coach because he only won 9-10 games a year & not enough SEC championships. The difficulty of this task is amplified in this scenario. You have to many brands fighting for to few W's, it's inevitable that some of them will be damaged/weakened because of it. Will these fan bases be satisfied with a few more L's in exchange for more $?

Lenville you can't move into a new world with old world thinking. Two losses mattered in a beauty contest. In the New World winning the division is all that matters because if you can do that with even 3 losses you still control your own destiny. Maybe not for fans who never played the game, but for players that's a huge incentive. Everyone wants to control their own fate. Most of us can't. That's why having a pass time where people do, and are not hampered by politics in committees, is essential to the enjoyment of the game. The game is an escape and that's why it is popular. People need their escapes to be fair and free of the things in the world which they wish to escape. Accomplish that and the games will be better for everyone and their popularity will go back up.
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(02-05-2017 12:51 PM)p23570 Wrote:  Louisville is in a similar situation. The ACC gives them the best chance to win a conference and play in a NY6 bowl. The SEC would hurt those chances dramatically.

I agree but putting Louisville in the SEC isn't the same as putting Oklahoma there. The Sooners are a name brand with higher expectations while the Cards would be in the middle of the pack or a little better most years. The Cards chances of making the CFP or a NY6 are better in the ACC where our football program will have a better chance of growing into a consistent contender. Oklahoma & Texas are already the 2 top dogs in the B12. In the ACC & Big 12 you can make good money & compete nationally.

It's not the same but it still applies. Louisville has risen from C-usa to ACC by consistently winning. Winning gets fans involved and keeps the money flowing. When schools go form being a contender every year to being average in the W columns some fans will stop coming. Money stops flowing.

Louisville is in the absolute best spot possible when it comes to conference affiliation. The same could be said of FSU and Clemson. Any move would hurt their brand becasue it would result in less W's, and CC's.
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(02-05-2017 01:38 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-05-2017 12:30 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 05:05 PM)p23570 Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 04:12 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 03:40 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I wish I agreed with yo JR and the old OU was a dirty program but it truly upsets me how clean this program is run. Quite frankly we need a few more bagmen and more alumni willing to get involved with that stuff as well as an administration who knows when to look away. I am not here pretending to be holier than thou and I certainly embrace the OU history before Stoops but OU is not doing what it needs to do to land these 5 star kids, and that involves $.

OU loses a lot of exposure in Dallas by going SEC unless it involves friends which is unlikely, for one we would never play anywhere close aside from Bryan and OOC. Not to mention we would not have won nearly as many CC's and made it to nearly as many big bowls. There is a point in a conference where the balance of schools is out of whack and the SEC needs to keep adding more Missouri's and aTm's as opposed to OU's and UT's. There just isn't enough room for all these great programs in one conference. I personally think the SEC would be better off going to pods with OSU and WVU to help Tennessee and LSU get back to winning something on a regular basis. OU with 1-2 CC's the last decade and 1-2 NY6 appearances is a much different situation than winning a CC every other year or more and going to a NY6 bowl most years never hurts recruiting or fan interest. That is lost in the SEC for schools like FSU, Clemson, OU, and UT. More is not always better.

I was trying to be nice about bowls but in the end I didn't' see much difference in bowls aside from Bama and Clemson. Everybody else looked fairly well matched. I felt the same way OOC. P-5 conferences didn't really look much better than g-5 and in some cases even FCS schools. I don't buy into the conference superiority complex. There are a few elite teams and then everybody else. This year there were only 2 elite teams.

If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.

There are certainly some fun scenarios to look at depending on the teams chosen but anyway you slice it 16 team conferences make it more difficult to win and that is just simple math, nothing to do with SEC or OU.

Right now if OU goes undefeated 100% in the playoff. 1 loss still a very high likelihood of getting in the playoff. And even with 2 losses there is still a slim chance some years. A CC only helps increase that likelihood. And all of those scenarios are more likely in the Big 12 so any move to another conference will result in less likelyhood of getting in the playoff. I happen to believe the best conference scenario for OU if we were to move is the PAC. Both the B1G and SEC drop that likelihood to the point it needs to be taken into consideration. Schools like OU and KU walk into the PAC as the #1 FB and #1 BB program in the conference. Can't say the same in the SEC or B1G. I think Nebraska fans are starting to realize that the likelihood they win the B1G anytime soon is slim to none and they are becoming more insignificant to college football every year.

I personally see Baylor as the only school who might have a problem finding a home and it has everything to do wiht their handling of rape and nothing to do with finances or AD performance but you never know. I just have a hard time seeing a scenario where ISU,KSU, OSU, TT, WVU, KU, and TT are in the AAC while WSU and Wake are in the p-5. Maybe i'm just being a homer but those schools are not like other g-5 schools. Kansas isn't Memphis, OSU isn't Tulsa, ISU isn't Cinci, TCU isn't Tulane, WVU isn't Temple, TT isn't Houston, and KSU isn't Army/Navy. These are 75 m+ AD's which require little subsidy to operate because they have good fan support for the most part. Maybe they belong in the g-5 but I personally think that any school with fans will have value that only goes up in the coming years as fans willing to pay to watch their team play are the name of the game moving forward. The days of Rutgers being really valuable are going to be done in about 5 years. Cable subscriptions are shrinking and we are probably less than a year away from having ESPN available for purchase directly as well as conference networks. It's down to only $25 a month for the ESPN family of channels with another 20 regular channels from places like sling.

p23570 those are some interesting points for Oklahoma. Having to many brands in a single conference isn't good. Let's use Georgia as an example. One of JR's scenarios had them in a division with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee & Vanderbilt. Say they go 2-2 against Bama, Auburn, Florida & Tennessee. They have to go undefeated the rest of the way by today's standards. They just fired a coach because he only won 9-10 games a year & not enough SEC championships. The difficulty of this task is amplified in this scenario. You have to many brands fighting for to few W's, it's inevitable that some of them will be damaged/weakened because of it. Will these fan bases be satisfied with a few more L's in exchange for more $?

Lenville you can't move into a new world with old world thinking. Two losses mattered in a beauty contest. In the New World winning the division is all that matters because if you can do that with even 3 losses you still control your own destiny. Maybe not for fans who never played the game, but for players that's a huge incentive. Everyone wants to control their own fate. Most of us can't. That's why having a pass time where people do, and are not hampered by politics in committees, is essential to the enjoyment of the game. The game is an escape and that's why it is popular. People need their escapes to be fair and free of the things in the world which they wish to escape. Accomplish that and the games will be better for everyone and their popularity will go back up.

You still aren't getting the fact that you can't have all big brands in a conference. The SEC is out of balance and that is why you have programs like Arkansas who have become insignificant. The last thing the SEC needs are 2 big names at this point like OU and UT. The SEC needs a couple of bottom dwellers to help pump up LSU, Tennessee, Georgia, etc...

When you look at each conference form a reputation standpoint the PAC is the conference who needs brands at this point. They really have nothing since Oregon has fallen off and USC hasn't been USC is years. Everyone else has a pretty solid balance.
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(02-02-2017 10:22 AM)Maize Wrote:  From the article:

There's a good reason the Big 12 is the only Power Five conference that hasn't won a College Football Playoff game in its three-year existence. Deep in the heart of Texas, the Big 12 lost the talent battle again this year in a state the conference desperately needs to secure.

The top-10 recruits from Texas, based on 247Sports Composite rankings, fled to almost everywhere but the Big 12.

Defensive tackle Marvin Wilson: Florida State
Cornerback Jeffrey Okudah: Ohio State
Offensive tackle Walker Little: Stanford
Outside linebacker Baron Browning: Ohio State
Defensive end K'Lavon Chaisson: LSU
All-purpose back J.K. Dobbins: Ohio State
Offensive tackle Austin Deculus: LSU

Those were the seven highest-rated recruits in Texas. Not one stayed in-state. The top Texas player by 247Sports Composite to join the Big 12 was offensive guard Jack Anderson, who went to Texas Tech.


http://www.cbssports.com/college-footbal...-of-texas/

UT sucked in football for 10 years from 1984-93. 62 wins and 48 losses. As a result, a lot of the top players started going out of state. As a result of that exodus (at least in part), UT decided it needed to join a power conference and the Big 12 was born.

UT has now sucked in football for 7 years from 2010-2016. 48 wins and 41 losses. As a result, a lot of the top players are going out of state. Only this time, it's magnified with the SEC invastion of Texas.

How long until UT pulls the plug on the Big 12?
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As I've said multiple times, the Big XII "issues" will be fixed once Texas starts winning again. Oklahoma alone can't carry the conference much less smaller brands like Baylor and TCU. Once Texas wins, the entire state which includes HS recruits will start paying attention. I believe Herman will accomplish that.

EDIT: another Big XII thread started by a Louisville fan. Shocker!
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(02-05-2017 03:17 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  I believe Herman will accomplish that.

You'd think.

Then again, I thought Charlie Strong would win there. And Shaka Smart too.
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(02-05-2017 02:21 PM)p23570 Wrote:  
(02-05-2017 01:38 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
(02-05-2017 12:30 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 05:05 PM)p23570 Wrote:  
(02-02-2017 04:12 PM)JRsec Wrote:  If OU came to the SEC they would likely have either OSU or UT, or even both with them. I don't think the SEC is looking for OU to compete with Alabama in the West. I think the SEC is essentially looking at a revamped West with Alabama and Auburn moving East.

So, if OU heads our way here is the division you would likely be looking at playing:
Arkansas, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Missouri, Oklahoma, (O.S.U. or Texas), Texas A&M

Or possibly a division of 6 in a three division conference:
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech


The East would become:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

or possibly these two divisions:
Alabama, Auburn, L.S.U., Mississippi, Miss State, Texas A&M
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Either way you would essentially have the same crowd to beat to get into the CCS, or CCG.

What we are headed into if expansion continues are conferences where divisions equal essentially what conferences once were.

If things are won on the field having to have 5 easy wins in hopes of producing a resume worthy of an invitation will become an outdated and moot method of scheduling. Win your division, win your conference, play for the national championship will be the goals for everyone.

Fewer conferences = lower overhead and more bargaining power.

If we do wind up paying players (whether a stipend or more) we will end with this kind of model sooner rather than later.

If the SEC ever moves to 16 schools it will be with Westward expansion. The new Western division will essentially be comprised of old SWC schools and a few Big 8 tossed in plus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U..

The East will be the old SEC minus the Mississippi schools and L.S.U.. Both will be more regional and the winners of each will be essentially what the old Sugar Bowl would have once matched.

Is it harder? Maybe a little. But then there is the extra game now anyway.

I think OU will be fine no matter where they land, Texas too. I'm not so sure about the rest.

There are certainly some fun scenarios to look at depending on the teams chosen but anyway you slice it 16 team conferences make it more difficult to win and that is just simple math, nothing to do with SEC or OU.

Right now if OU goes undefeated 100% in the playoff. 1 loss still a very high likelihood of getting in the playoff. And even with 2 losses there is still a slim chance some years. A CC only helps increase that likelihood. And all of those scenarios are more likely in the Big 12 so any move to another conference will result in less likelyhood of getting in the playoff. I happen to believe the best conference scenario for OU if we were to move is the PAC. Both the B1G and SEC drop that likelihood to the point it needs to be taken into consideration. Schools like OU and KU walk into the PAC as the #1 FB and #1 BB program in the conference. Can't say the same in the SEC or B1G. I think Nebraska fans are starting to realize that the likelihood they win the B1G anytime soon is slim to none and they are becoming more insignificant to college football every year.

I personally see Baylor as the only school who might have a problem finding a home and it has everything to do wiht their handling of rape and nothing to do with finances or AD performance but you never know. I just have a hard time seeing a scenario where ISU,KSU, OSU, TT, WVU, KU, and TT are in the AAC while WSU and Wake are in the p-5. Maybe i'm just being a homer but those schools are not like other g-5 schools. Kansas isn't Memphis, OSU isn't Tulsa, ISU isn't Cinci, TCU isn't Tulane, WVU isn't Temple, TT isn't Houston, and KSU isn't Army/Navy. These are 75 m+ AD's which require little subsidy to operate because they have good fan support for the most part. Maybe they belong in the g-5 but I personally think that any school with fans will have value that only goes up in the coming years as fans willing to pay to watch their team play are the name of the game moving forward. The days of Rutgers being really valuable are going to be done in about 5 years. Cable subscriptions are shrinking and we are probably less than a year away from having ESPN available for purchase directly as well as conference networks. It's down to only $25 a month for the ESPN family of channels with another 20 regular channels from places like sling.

p23570 those are some interesting points for Oklahoma. Having to many brands in a single conference isn't good. Let's use Georgia as an example. One of JR's scenarios had them in a division with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee & Vanderbilt. Say they go 2-2 against Bama, Auburn, Florida & Tennessee. They have to go undefeated the rest of the way by today's standards. They just fired a coach because he only won 9-10 games a year & not enough SEC championships. The difficulty of this task is amplified in this scenario. You have to many brands fighting for to few W's, it's inevitable that some of them will be damaged/weakened because of it. Will these fan bases be satisfied with a few more L's in exchange for more $?

Lenville you can't move into a new world with old world thinking. Two losses mattered in a beauty contest. In the New World winning the division is all that matters because if you can do that with even 3 losses you still control your own destiny. Maybe not for fans who never played the game, but for players that's a huge incentive. Everyone wants to control their own fate. Most of us can't. That's why having a pass time where people do, and are not hampered by politics in committees, is essential to the enjoyment of the game. The game is an escape and that's why it is popular. People need their escapes to be fair and free of the things in the world which they wish to escape. Accomplish that and the games will be better for everyone and their popularity will go back up.

You still aren't getting the fact that you can't have all big brands in a conference. The SEC is out of balance and that is why you have programs like Arkansas who have become insignificant. The last thing the SEC needs are 2 big names at this point like OU and UT. The SEC needs a couple of bottom dwellers to help pump up LSU, Tennessee, Georgia, etc...

When you look at each conference form a reputation standpoint the PAC is the conference who needs brands at this point. They really have nothing since Oregon has fallen off and USC hasn't been USC is years. Everyone else has a pretty solid balance.

It's going to be a large conference anywhere you go. In the end only 2 play for the National Championship a year. In a P4 you at least play your way in. So any way you go in the future it's going to involve competing against more brands. So pick your poison. I would think that playing a more local to regional schedule would be preferable, but whatever you choose you're going to have to live with it.
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(02-05-2017 03:17 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  I believe Herman will accomplish that.

You'd think.

Then again, I thought Charlie Strong would win there. And Shaka Smart too.

Charlie Strong was a bad fit at Texas. He's a Florida guy who is not an azz kisser, Herman is a Texas guy who has the charisma and knows how the good ol' boy network of boosters and HS coaches work. Strong didn't have any of that. He should've stayed at Louisville and waited for the Florida job to be available (since he knows Florida HS coaches well) but these young coaches have big egos and when a job as prestigious as Texas comes along, they don't think about the cons as much as they think of the pros.
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(02-05-2017 03:17 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  I believe Herman will accomplish that.

You'd think.

Then again, I thought Charlie Strong would win there. And Shaka Smart too.

Had my doubts about Charlie Strong, although there weren't many good options at that point. The Harbaughs and Saban weren't coming. Strong's staff hires his first year were a big red flag to many of us. He just didn't hire good people.

Shaka did well his first year. We'll see.
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B12 is the sick man of the P5.

Eventually the lack of demographics will come back to haunt them.
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The Big 12 needs eyes on the TV and a fertile recruiting ground. The conference's recruiting was anemic at best this year. All the states but one in the Big 12 are sparsely populated and all the teams depend on that one state (Texas) for recruits.

BYU & ECU are the best prepared teams to add to the Big12, but doesn't add what the conference needs. If the B12 wants to get in new fertile recruiting territory the four out of five schools to add are UCF & USF in (#1) Florida the state with the most high school football recruits, San Diego St and Fresno St. In (#3) Califorina the state with the most high school football recruits or Cincy in (#5) Ohio with the most high school football recruits.

That would put every team in the B12 conference playing in the top 3 states with the most high school football recruits every year, or if Cincy is one of the four teams selected they would play in the top three states or the fifth state with the most high school recruits.

No other conference would reach into such fertile territory. They have the capibilty to making lemon aid out of the lemons.
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(02-05-2017 03:17 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  As I've said multiple times, the Big XII "issues" will be fixed once Texas starts winning again. Oklahoma alone can't carry the conference much less smaller brands like Baylor and TCU. Once Texas wins, the entire state which includes HS recruits will start paying attention. I believe Herman will accomplish that.

EDIT: another Big XII thread started by a Louisville fan. Shocker!

I agree with this. When UT recovers they will have perennial top 10 recruiting classes like they used to. OU and UT are the league's blue bloods and as such they are the only ones who will consistently have top recruiting classes (you never see any non-blue bloods in the top 10-20, partially because the recruiting ranks are an exercise in self fulfilling prophesy). The rest of the league is always going to be in the 25-50 range, and in that sense, this year wasn't a big anomaly. UT struggling is the anomaly.

I also agree that Louisville fans have an obsession with the Big 12, and I don't really blame them. But they are always going to present a glass half full view of the Big 12 because of that bias.
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