(11-22-2021 05:02 PM)RiceFootball2K5 Wrote:  The SEC schools have been printing money the last decade while Texas has been puttering around losing games. Texas has been stuck in a spiral of coaching turnover (which begets roster turnover) of their own making. Meanwhile they have been playing teams their fan base looks down upon in a second tier league. Their gameday atmosphere is subpar as the arrogant Texas fans sit on their hands or stay home (or go to music festivals or Formula One whatever other million things are going on in Austin that particular Saturday). And they no longer hold the recruiting edge they once did in Texas, for many different reasons.

The result of all this is that the SEC has caught up, and in many ways passed, Texas. Texas is no longer, as they loved to refer to themselves, "The Joneses." IMO they are in no way ready for what they are about to get into with their SEC move. Those schools all have plenty of money too, and have been much more committed to doing what it takes to win at the high level they expect (including pay top dollar for coaches and recruits alike).

Agree. I think the over under for average SEC wins by the whorns over the next 10 years is about 4. They just don't know what they are getting into (this is a league that fires national champs coaches in a heartbeat). And all of what has happened to them (and true for Rice also) is their own making, particularly being in a second tier league. So sad.....