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<blockquote data-quote="Joel Goodson" data-source="post: 1222925" data-attributes="member: 10432"><p>If UT decides to join, the BIG will invite OU and they'll accept in a nanosecond. Yeah, their academics aren't up to snuff, but they're not a raging tire fire either. They can be brought up with time (a la Nebraska). Their market isn't much, population wise, but that's totally negated by their football standing. They are a king and their legion of fans are rabid. </p><p></p><p>The biggest problem w/OU is political. Separating from OSU is not going to be easy. The Cowboys crowd is going to kick, scream and try to stop it. But at the end of the day, I think the politicians will view having 1 school go to a premier conference, while the other is stuck in an also-ran conference is preferable to both schools being stuck in an also-ran conference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joel Goodson, post: 1222925, member: 10432"] If UT decides to join, the BIG will invite OU and they'll accept in a nanosecond. Yeah, their academics aren't up to snuff, but they're not a raging tire fire either. They can be brought up with time (a la Nebraska). Their market isn't much, population wise, but that's totally negated by their football standing. They are a king and their legion of fans are rabid. The biggest problem w/OU is political. Separating from OSU is not going to be easy. The Cowboys crowd is going to kick, scream and try to stop it. But at the end of the day, I think the politicians will view having 1 school go to a premier conference, while the other is stuck in an also-ran conference is preferable to both schools being stuck in an also-ran conference. [/QUOTE]
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