Oklahoma and Texas In Discussions to Join SEC Early

[YaketySax]

 

[HerrosHeroes]

How early?

 

[UK2KJAG]

I’ve always thought it would be 23 season. Just makes too much sense

 

[Riddickulis]

It cost money to make money. Always new it wouldn't be 2025...

 

[westerncat]

Two good schools to bring into the SEC.

 

[seccats04]

I’ve always thought it would be 23 season. Just makes too much sense

Just makes too much $en$e.

 

[westerncat]

How early?

If Oklahoma and Texas are to leave early, the 2023 season would be the earliest. Both are locked into the Big 12 this year with kickoff just a few weeks away. Things can develop quickly in the offseason though, as we have seen with all of conference realignment.

 

[Dddjdd]

Was laughing because if they come in 2024, that means our last year with the typical East/West crossover game, we’d have Alabama. Just our luck we’d get that in before it changes. But who cares bring it on.

 

[LosGatos]

But hey, since they will have to redo the schedule we might to see A&M in Kroger before 2026.

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

Yeah a buyout after this season for them is my guess. Not for sure the details but it probably will happen.

 

[vhcat70]

Well, the 4 new B12 schools start in '24. So they'd have 10 thru '23, 14 in '24 with TX & OK, and 12 in '25. Letting them out of '24 vs. waiting till '25 would simplify everybody's lives.

 

[JHB4UK]

ESPN was never going to sit back as the total owner of SEC football tv letting Texas & Oklahoma languish in B12. Esp with USC & UCLA joining Big 10 with zero ESPN coverage. This separation will be ESPN paying off the remaining Angry 8 Big 12 schools, maybe nice tv package thrown in.

 

[hmt5000]

The problem the Big is going to have is... that they will have to play the sec at some point or be called out for dodging them. When that happens, they will take the beating we all see coming. The Big as a whole is trash. There are going to be 4 or 5 schools that carry that conf. The SEC has had what, 7 teams win a title since 2000?...3 other teams were top 3 when those teams won... The big will have 1 team each year that has a chance to win a title.... unless things seriously change.

It just seems like people in tv think they can tv their way to convincing people the Big is better at football than they are.

 

[UKat51]

Was laughing because if they come in 2024, that means our last year with the typical East/West crossover game, we’d have Alabama. Just our luck we’d get that in before it changes. But who cares bring it on.

With a 3-6 SEC schedule, UK will play every team in the conference twice in a 4 year period

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

ESPN was never going to sit back as the total owner of SEC football tv letting Texas & Oklahoma languish in B12. Esp with USC & UCLA joining Big 10 with zero ESPN coverage. This separation will be ESPN paying off the remaining Angry 8 Big 12 schools, maybe nice tv package thrown in.

I think the SEC contract with CBS runs through 2023 so, I could see OU and Texas starting play in the SEC beginning in 2024 when the new ESPN contract kicks in.
BTW, I think it's a big mistake leaving CBS and giving up the prime 3:30pm Saturday broadcast spot. That move will hurt the SEC down the road. CBS game coverage is far better than ESPN's.

 

[BigTyrone]

BTW, I think it's a big mistake leaving CBS and giving up the prime 3:30pm Saturday broadcast spot. That move will hurt the SEC down the road. CBS game coverage is far better than ESPN's.

CBS productions are way better than ESPN for anything other than one of their really big prime time games. But with the money ESPN was offering, I wouldn't call it a mistake. Hopefully ESPN steps up their production game.

 

[Dddjdd]

With a 3-6 SEC schedule, UK will play every team in the conference twice in a 4 year period

Right and that’s ideal. But if UT and OU come in 2024, which would be one year early, then we’d play our regular 2023 SEC schedule. That would mean our last cross over opponent would be Bama.

 

[JHB4UK]

BTW, I think it's a big mistake leaving CBS and giving up the prime 3:30pm Saturday broadcast spot. That move will hurt the SEC down the road. CBS game coverage is far better than ESPN's.

SEC will be the ABC 3:30 game of the week. Traded one of the over-the-air big 4 national networks for another. SEC will also frequently be ABC 7:30 pm est prime time game that now goes to ACC & Big 10.

 

[WyleECoyote]

I hate watching games on CBS. The broadcast sucks.

 

[UKfan34]

SEC will be the ABC 3:30 game of the week. Traded one of the over-the-air big 4 national networks for another. SEC will also frequently be ABC 7:30 pm est prime time game that now goes to ACC & Big 10.

I miss Keith Jackson and Frank Broyles

 

[Spica Orbit]

I miss Keith Jackson and Frank Broyles

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FUMBLE! Sooners have it.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

ESPN was never going to sit back as the total owner of SEC football tv letting Texas & Oklahoma languish in B12. Esp with USC & UCLA joining Big 10 with zero ESPN coverage. This separation will be ESPN paying off the remaining Angry 8 Big 12 schools, maybe nice tv package thrown in.

If ESPN could get A&M/Texas and Bama/OU in that first year, it would probably pay the buyout.

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

SEC will be the ABC 3:30 game of the week. Traded one of the over-the-air big 4 national networks for another. SEC will also frequently be ABC 7:30 pm est prime time game that now goes to ACC & Big 10.

Not apples to apples. CBS broadcasts look great and sound great. I mentioned "sound" because every game I've seen on ABC the sound is terribly unbalanced. Bands always too loud or the commentators volume is too low.
Plus, I really like Nessler and Danielson.