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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1230988" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>This seems to be the crux of the disagreement here.</p><p></p><p>You may be right that no amount of a gap in conference quality will make a 9-3 SuperSEC team look better than an 11-1 B1G team. But if we get to a world where SEC teams have like 10 of the top 13 recruiting classes every year (which we are not far off from now, frankly) and five star players from all over the country are falling all over themselves to get into that league, and the facilities are better and the coaching is better and the crowds are larger, and those teams start to never lose to non-conference foes, I think they would get there.</p><p></p><p>It takes a bit of imagination. It's not a cold hard cash on the table upfront deal, and I fully recognize that Texas will have those kinds of offers and that those are tough to turn down.</p><p></p><p>But the other thing Texas has a taste for is shooting for the moon and dreaming big. Leaving the rest of the sport behind has a nice ring to it. We'll see. That's my prediction. Let's reconvene in 10 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1230988, member: 527609"] This seems to be the crux of the disagreement here. You may be right that no amount of a gap in conference quality will make a 9-3 SuperSEC team look better than an 11-1 B1G team. But if we get to a world where SEC teams have like 10 of the top 13 recruiting classes every year (which we are not far off from now, frankly) and five star players from all over the country are falling all over themselves to get into that league, and the facilities are better and the coaching is better and the crowds are larger, and those teams start to never lose to non-conference foes, I think they would get there. It takes a bit of imagination. It's not a cold hard cash on the table upfront deal, and I fully recognize that Texas will have those kinds of offers and that those are tough to turn down. But the other thing Texas has a taste for is shooting for the moon and dreaming big. Leaving the rest of the sport behind has a nice ring to it. We'll see. That's my prediction. Let's reconvene in 10 years. [/QUOTE]
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