I would propose one game at ND, one in Norman, and a neutral site game in Houston for recruiting. Win-win-win.
That's not out of the realm of possibility. ND loves neutral-site games. They've also already played in Arlington and San Antonio, so Houston would make sense as another stop. As long as the finances benefit OU to cover the buyout, it would be fine with me.
Billy Tubbs gets a bad rap for the end of his time here. He had his legs cut out from under him by our own university. They forced all his players to get real majors and not general studies. The Juco's and some of athlete's couldn't handle the academic load and couldn't stay eligible, and he had a harder time recruiting from that well.Plenty of guys would want the job. Kelvin and Lon (and even to a lesser extent Capel, who I can't stand as a coach) all showed you can not only win big at OU, but you can turn things around quickly. We missed the tourney 3 of Billy's last 4 years, but Kelvin got us in the dance right away. Capel inherited a tough situation because we lost players and recruits when Kelvin left, but (thanks largely to Blake), we were in the tourney in year two. Lon inherited the biggest mess of all, and we were in the tourney (and ranked) by the end of year two. Moser walked into arguably an easier situation than all of them. He has failed, but that doesn't mean a coach couldn't come in and turn things around quickly.
The other thing to remember is that it's not like OU is alone in having to fill holes. For every team with several guys who have played together in a program for three or more years, there are several that turn over a big chunk of the roster each season.
We have slipped, no doubt, but we are still a desirable job for a lot of coaches.
Joe c is not an idiot so don’t expect him to reduce the buyout.
He is a nice guy though and likely wouldn't hold on to Moser through April as a lame duck coach for cash. I think he would negotiate down.
OU is paying $50M to leave the Big 12 one year early, ND better pay every cent of the buyout.
On a side note, I'm sure OU is going to take an advance on their SEC TV money to pay some of the buyout, but love how Joe C was able to get $50M secured to leave the Big 12 early but can't get any money for some LNC renovations.
This is great news.
It was supposed to be $100 million each from OU/tx. It was negotiated to $50 million each and its future distribution revenue, so OU doesn’t have to come up with anything. We will make that up and then some over the next 10 years.
This is great news.
It was supposed to be $100 million each from OU/tx. It was negotiated to $50 million each and its future distribution revenue, so OU doesn’t have to come up with anything. We will make that up and then some over the next 10 years.
This is great news.
It was never supposed to be $100M each. The Big 12 bylaws say it's 2 years of distributions, regardless of when we/they/you leave. That would have put it at about $84M/team, and almost always that has been negotiated down to about 60%, which is where the $50M comes from. It was always going to be about $50M.
Makes no sense for OU to schedule tough non-conf football games once they go to the SEC
Makes no sense for OU to schedule tough non-conf football games once they go to the SEC
I think Moser wants out of Norman ASAP
I think Moser wants out of Norman ASAP
Fingers crossed. He’s not a cultural fit here. We need Kellen, Hollis, or Quannas. JMO.