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Jul 23, 2021
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Y05
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They've spent a decade irrelevant (by their standards).
Keep access to all your Lone Star recruits, shift from great plains to the talent rich southeast.
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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.
SpiffCoug
7/23/21 11:29am
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