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How about them Sooners?

Started by bugo, September 22, 2024, 11:07:51 PM

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bugo

Since it was announced that Oklahoma would be joining the SEC, I've predicted that they won't have nearly as much success than they did in the Big 12, and they would be a middle of the pack team in many seasons. I have shared this prediction to many of my OU loving friends, and most of them said that they would dominate the SEC, which made me laugh. They got thrashed by Tennessee, who isn't even the best team in the conference. They might end up going 2-6 in SEC play. All of this is hilarious to me, as I'm not a Sooner fan.


mgk920

Quote from: bugo on September 22, 2024, 11:07:51 PMSince it was announced that Oklahoma would be joining the SEC, I've predicted that they won't have nearly as much success than they did in the Big 12, and they would be a middle of the pack team in many seasons. I have shared this prediction to many of my OU loving friends, and most of them said that they would dominate the SEC, which made me laugh. They got thrashed by Tennessee, who isn't even the best team in the conference. They might end up going 2-6 in SEC play. All of this is hilarious to me, as I'm not a Sooner fan.

Well, I suppose that there is no way to call them back . . .

Mike

SP Cook

Pay-the-players and unlimited transfers have made college football into something like minor league baseball.  Players roll into town, having no relationship with any aspect of it, vie for individual highlights, and hope to move up to a bigger place the next year.  The idiotic playoffs, especially in the SEC, mean the regular season doesn't mean a thing.  Five or six SEC teams belong in the playoffs, so who wins between Tennessee and Alabama on the Third Saturday in October doesn't mean a thing.  Etc. 

The people who thought this was a good idea, which is spelled d i s n e y , forget that college football is a multi million dollar industry, and minor league baseball is a multi dollar industry. 

As to Oklahoma, before all the pay the players and transfer nonsense, the gap between the SEC and the Truck Stop Confernce (the Big 2, Little 8) is light years wide.

Max Rockatansky

If Oklahoma wanted to stay relevant long term they needed to bail on the Big 12.  Didn't really work out for Nebraska in the Big Ten.  Then again I'd argue that had more with the style of offense they wanted to keep playing.

NWI_Irish96

Quote from: bugo on September 22, 2024, 11:07:51 PMSince it was announced that Oklahoma would be joining the SEC, I've predicted that they won't have nearly as much success than they did in the Big 12, and they would be a middle of the pack team in many seasons. I have shared this prediction to many of my OU loving friends, and most of them said that they would dominate the SEC, which made me laugh. They got thrashed by Tennessee, who isn't even the best team in the conference. They might end up going 2-6 in SEC play. All of this is hilarious to me, as I'm not a Sooner fan.

Switching conferences has been a financial plus but a competitive minus for just about every team that has done it. Texas may prove to be an exception. We'll see.

Also, we have a thread dedicated for discussing college football here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=31977.0
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