I honestly hope the politicians fail.I tend to agree with this general assessment. Aggies & Bears & Cougars are currently working the hotlines to the TX legislature to put the kibosh on it.
I've said that Aggies may want to use this opportunity to squeeze as much leverage as they can out of the process before deciding to then vote yes to make it unanimous. Who knows. It's Texas so it has to include all kinds of subterfuges happening as we speak!
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Well keep in mind that Sinclair took away 80% of potential MLB viewers by refusing to play ball with streaming services. They have more money than Texas and are just as shrewd. To give you an idea… they own 90% of local news channels across the country.
2 days ago I would have agreed with you...today all bets are off. This is the most dramatic change I have seen in CFB and college sports...the next will be that the new SEC pulls out of the NCAA and establishes their own rules...joined eventually by 3 other conferences.
Consider the playoff expansion to 12, which was also essentially a done deal by the time it was announced publicly. The last round of expansion taught these folks a lot about how to carry this out. You cannot allow the media and political circus to take hold of things if you want to get things done.
That’s probably going to happen. But legal nonsense is still going to be legal nonsense. I still say 2024 at earliest to let the others get on board with it and have a smoother transition to a new world.
I still think the 12 team playoff really goes back to the drawing board if this happens. Because in all likelihood we are adding more games to the regular season.
It’s not likely to happen that fast so yes I think it’s safe to assume we are playing in Austin again the owners of LHN next year, Tuscaloosa is another question.
My brother - a news producer who was with a camera man outside Aaron Hernandez's house when they arrested him, mind you - says he hasn't seen anything this significant in sports move THIS fast in 15 years of producing news. As he said, "You're tracking down one story and another one fires off in the opposite direction."
I think when they say it could happen in weeks what they mean is the announcement could happen in weeks. But that announcement may be that they will be joining the conference starting in the 2025 season or 2024 season or something like that. There will likely be a gap between when it happens officially and when we actually see a change on the field or on the schedule
They had back to back loses to Maryland… in football
Maryland swept a home and home from Texas a few years ago.
