A&M surpassing Texas. That is the number one reason. Texas didn’t like being

Jul 22, 2021
11:55:56pm

johnnybyu All-American

Second fiddle. OU has always wanted SEC. they also make more money but it comes back to Texas was losing recruits and prestige to A&M. OU wasn’t going to stay alone. That is why they are going to the sec and not the big 10 or staying put

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Soooo....what, exactly, motivated OU and Texas to leave the Big 12? Better

BleedCougarBlue2

7/22/21 11:32pm

Yeah I’d say mostly arrogance

Heath Squashwell

7/22/21 11:33pm

RE: Soooo....what, exactly, motivated OU and Texas to leave the Big 12? Better

Division Bell

7/22/21 11:33pm

I'd agree with the money answer but I definitely think a NC will be tons harder.

BleedCougarBlue2

7/23/21 7:39am

Agreed. I also think they were losing recruits to TAMU b/c they were in the SEC, but there wasn't a good meme for that.

Division Bell

7/23/21 9:49am

RE: Soooo....what, exactly, motivated OU and Texas to leave the Big 12? Better

Tygger

7/22/21 11:36pm

Could it be as simple as more money? Yes.

Loafer

7/22/21 11:41pm

How will they make more $ if they have to pay $76M to leave the B12?

SlantRoute

7/23/21 6:10am

Recent realignment has shown us that what is contractually owed is not what is

Loafer

7/23/21 7:54am

Big 12 will collapse and no one will pay exit fees

Swish

7/23/21 8:22am

My guess is this is step 1 of a multi-step plan to get to four confs

DirtyWater

7/22/21 11:43pm

IMO, P4X16/14 has been the plan for years. I thought it would be the PAC10 that

delete_king

7/23/21 5:21am

The Big 12 was always most likely; we ignored this reality because they were...

krindorr

7/23/21 9:46am

I agree that that will be the end result, TX and OUs leaders see it too and

Blue chunks

7/23/21 6:56am

I think they are just part of a much larger plan and are not operating alone

Memmo

7/22/21 11:45pm

A&M surpassing Texas. That is the number one reason. Texas didn’t like being

johnnybyu

7/22/21 11:55pm

So arrogance is the primary motivator? Not saying you're wrong, but if so, wow!

BleedCougarBlue2

7/23/21 7:40am

Several reasons

Blue Cat

7/23/21 2:15am

RE: Soooo....what, exactly, motivated OU and Texas to leave the Big 12? Better

Byublueman

7/23/21 2:36am

1- Money 2- Delusions, thinking they’ll be better than aTm

Bobmarleyjr

7/23/21 3:05am

Money and I bet they are losing enough recruits to Sec schools that they realize they need to join them.

HarlemCoug

7/23/21 4:00am

💰💰💰

kahuna

7/23/21 4:57am

This is the answer. Initially I was trying to understand why they wanted to go

Cougar TD

7/23/21 8:25am

Recruiting pool

Y05

7/23/21 5:23am

When did they announce they are both leaving the Big 12?

slatecoug

7/23/21 6:02am

Money and being in the best conference

MyTwoCents

7/23/21 8:57am

$$$ and game kick-off times

Sooner Cougar

7/23/21 9:09am

I agree completely. It was maybe several things, $ first. Booster egos too.

LEDSFW

7/23/21 9:17am

Consolidation of power and money.

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