If OU had stayed in the Big 12 I agree, the SEC is not going to be kind to OU.

Nov 29, 2021
9:22:52am

johnnybyu Truly Addicted User

He should have a much easier time being at a school with the best resources in the conference vs the SEC where they would be mid tier.

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Lincoln Riley may regret his decision to go to USC.

DirtyWater

11/29/21 9:07am

Ugh! Bad move Riley!!!

IDAHO 4 Y

11/29/21 9:08am

lol you'd rather live in OK than LA on a $12 million a year salary? LA will be just fine when you have that salary

letthewookieewin

11/29/21 9:10am

Nah, LA is still LA. Money makes some things go away, but not everything.

Cougar TD

11/29/21 9:12am

Exactly. Traffic. Lots of people. Liberals 😜

IDAHO 4 Y

11/29/21 9:13am

Buy a house on the beach and get a helicopter for the commute. Simple.

dYrtbYkerYder

11/29/21 9:12am

RE: Buy a house on the beach and get a helicopter for the commute. Simple.

DirtyWater

11/29/21 9:17am

Obviously only fly the helicopter when it is safe to do so.

dYrtbYkerYder

11/29/21 9:22am

Anybody know the tax differential?

IceBlue

11/29/21 9:25am

*5 Million after Gavin and Kamala take their cut.

Sandstone Cougar

11/29/21 9:28am

He was maybe the only person in Oklahoma not excited about going to the SEC.

momowagon

11/29/21 12:09pm

But if he wins those powers that be are like putty in his hands.

Tokolosh

11/29/21 9:10am

True. Unless some woke-warrior decides to take a swing at him.

DirtyWater

11/29/21 9:16am

They have commercials proclaiming PAC12 - Conference of Wokeness.

valcorger

11/29/21 9:45am

Let's go Mormons! 😆

StarMan

11/29/21 10:05am

The conference of inclusion, unless, of course, you don’t agree with them.

valcorger

11/29/21 10:36am

But if he wins he will be the most powerful person on that campus

JOPE

11/29/21 9:10am

Still shocked, but it really seems like he cashed a bigger pay check and found a

Cougar TD

11/29/21 9:11am

You know it was a mistake when OU's coach says no thanks

Kajdin

11/29/21 9:24am

If OU had stayed in the Big 12 I agree, the SEC is not going to be kind to OU.

johnnybyu

11/29/21 9:22am

I think it’s a great move. USC had been perceived as down for so long. OK is

SouthernBlueBlood

11/29/21 9:24am

The time is right though - OU is about to be consistently 8-4

newbie

11/29/21 9:25am

I wish I could be paid millions to put up with those kind of people.

mudpupper

11/29/21 9:28am

Me too. And if I don't like the atmosphere, they fire me, and I

rockhound

11/29/21 9:36am

They are paying him $12 mil per year whether he attends staff meetings or not

ArcticKat

11/29/21 9:41am

Lol. A FB head coach has MANY responsibilities outside of FB practice.

DirtyWater

11/29/21 9:48am

LOL - You are worrying about this way more than Riley will. If he has a good

ArcticKat

11/29/21 10:34am

Well, I suspect I have a little more perspective on this.

DirtyWater

11/29/21 10:41am

I guess we will see. I suspect he will manage to put up with the horrors of

ArcticKat

11/29/21 10:52am

Lol. No. Reading is hard.

DirtyWater

11/29/21 10:55am

Apparently. Riley should be fine.

ArcticKat

11/29/21 12:29pm

lots of higher education schools are dysfunctional that way. Who's to say it's

Cougarclaw

11/29/21 9:53am

Every one of us would have made the same choice. Every one!

Sooner Cougar

11/29/21 9:57am

Every person in Norman makes that move for that $$$.

Turnpike Lane

11/29/21 10:00am

Plus he wont be able to afford a normal house.

panacablue

11/29/21 10:44am

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