What do you want to see happen with OU's conference situation?

[DenverSooner]

Is the correct answer not whatever is the worst for KU, KSU nad Missouri? I guess I got this one wrong.

 

[stoops4pres]

I voted Pac-12 because of the opportunity to hang with Boca in Scottsdale. Make this happen.

This.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

I want OU to join the B1G Ten but whatever...

 

[ksSooner13]

I want OU to join the B1G Ten but whatever...

:facepalm:facepalm:facepalm:ez-roll::ez-roll: funny joke there Sooner_In_Michigan...bet you are the majority on that one....smh Big 10 fans

 

[Sooner04]

Go west, young man.

 

[qwertyqaz]

Let's get ready to ruumblllllllleeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://tamu.scout.com/2/1103665.html

 

[tycat947]

Let's get ready to ruumblllllllleeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://tamu.scout.com/2/1103665.html

Let's see how committed to the Big 12 Mizzou is now!!!

:ez-roll::ez-roll::ez-roll:

 

[WTSooner]

So why did aTm and the SEC make a big deal a couple of weeks ago about not being able to negotiate and extend offers, yet that article reads as if that is exactly what they plan to do with either Mizzou or WV? I don't understand that. Shouldn't those two schools have to formally withdraw first?

 

[sperry]

Adding Central Florida does add a new TV market, and adding Houston does allow you to keep that city. But, just like Colorado, just because its not the #1 draw in town doesnt mean you didnt add that market.

Ultimately, its not really important. It wasnt a big deal that nobody in Denver cares about CU, and it wouldnt be a big deal if people in Orlando dont care about Central Florida.

Hell why Orlando then? If it doesn't matter if people are actually atching, let's just add Fordham, University of Chicago, and Pepperdine to get the NYC, Chicago, and LA markets. We'll be unstoppable!

 

[NickZepp]

You can try for Memphis, UCF, and BYU all you want but in the end they aren't near the names USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, Washington etc. OU to the PAC is pretty much a done deal. It's just who else is going with em outside of OSU. If the Big 12 tried to add say Notre Dame and BYU a year ago this wouldn't have happened. But sticking with 10 teams ended the Big 12. It was just a matter of when not if it was over.

 

[NickZepp]

The best pieces for the Big 12 to add are Notre Dame-pipe dream, Arkansas-pipe dream, BYU-possible but I don't see it happening, then it's a huge drop off. Memphis, UCF, TCU, SMU, Boise are okay in some areas but really don't add enough to put the Big 12 back into the elite class. And I'm not sure getting just one of the top 3 on my list is enough. Probably need about 2 or 3.

 

[AdaSooner]

My heart wants to see two quality schools added to the Big 12 and keep things as they are now.

I chose the Pac 12 option, because I think the Big 12 is doomed and that would be the best move for OU.

 

[WTSooner]

Memphis, UCF, TCU, SMU, Boise are okay in some areas but really don't add enough to put the Big 12 back into the elite class.

The Big 12 has OU and UT. We're "elite" on that alone. I'm sick of people talking about CU/NU/aTm like they are some amazing programs that cannot be replaced.

 

[thebigabd]

The Big 12 has OU and UT. We're "elite" on that alone. I'm sick of people talking about CU/NU/aTm like they are some amazing programs that cannot be replaced.

lol, exactly.

 

[NickZepp]

It's hard to replaces 3 schools with 7 national titles in football. That's what it comes down to for replacing those 3.

 

[boksooner]

The Big 12 has OU and UT. We're "elite" on that alone. I'm sick of people talking about CU/NU/aTm like they are some amazing programs that cannot be replaced.

They can be replaced, but I get sick of people acting like Central Florida, Houston and Memphis are just as good as CU/NU/aTm. That is even more ridiculous. Especially, Nebraska. Nebraska is one of the greatest football programs of all time. Claiming that Houston or BYU is an adequate replacement pretty well invalidates your and abd's entire argument.

 

[stoops4pres]

They can be replaced, but I get sick of people acting like Central Florida, Houston and Memphis are just as good as CU/NU/aTm. That is even more ridiculous. Especially, Nebraska. Nebraska is one of the greatest football programs of all time. Claiming that Houston or BYU is an adequate replacement pretty well invalidates your and abd's entire argument.

This.

 

[WTSooner]

It's hard to replaces 3 schools with 7 national titles in football. That's what it comes down to for replacing those 3.

Do you really think CU will ever be at the NC-level again? I sure don't.

When is the last time NU won a NC, or played for one?

Times change. At some point, a school's history is just that, HISTORY. Does anybody care that OSU won a basketball championship more than half a century ago? No.

 

[WTSooner]

They can be replaced, but I get sick of people acting like Central Florida, Houston and Memphis are just as good as CU/NU/aTm. That is even more ridiculous. Especially, Nebraska. Nebraska is one of the greatest football programs of all time. Claiming that Houston or BYU is an adequate replacement pretty well invalidates your and abd's entire argument.

I think Houston can grow into a decent program. I certainly think they can replace anything CU or aTm did in football over the last 20 years.

Memphis doesn't add anything in football. But they add a TON in hoops, and they give us one completely new market.

As for CF.....who knows. They certainly aren't a power right now, but I see no reason they cannot grow into something respectable. And again, they offer a completely new market that is untouched by the Big 12.

In the right situation, I think BYU would definitely join the Big 12. ND? No chance.

Everybody wants to look at this completely one-sided. Either football only. Or market only. Or acadmics only. Truth is, when you start looking at all of it together, we can probably replace what we lost rather easily. About the only thing we cannot replace is NU's football championships, though BYU does have one.

There are a LOT of good football programs that don't recognize many NC's. UCLA only has one. Penn State only has two. FSU only has two.

 

[Sooner04]

When is the last time NU won a NC, or played for one?

Before Saban's hire Nebraska had won three national titles and played for two others since Alabamuh had last sniffed the big time.

These things go in cycles, and it can all be changed with one hire for the traditional powerhouses.

Colorado's rise was a totally different animal, and it fed off the carcasses of a dying program (Oklahoma) and the complete collapse of the D-1 programs in the state of California. A truly perfect storm.