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Official realignment thread - SEC formally invites OU and Texas to join the conference in 2025
Do we know for sure that BYU, Houston, UCF and Cincinnati are all headed to the B12? I don’t remember seeing that as confirmed, but it’s also possible that it got lost in all the noise.
He’s not wrong. I’d argue that CU would have sucked in any conference so the move really wasn’t a catalyst for our sucktitude. Nebraska and Missouri can comfort themselves with the mountains of cash they are receiving. Hell, even CU is better off, financially, than they were in the B12.
You need to look a little harder. Those four are in that graphic.
Yeah. I know. That’s why I asked. I was wondering if that’s been finalized.
I wouldn't expect the final exit fees for all of those schools to be announced at this point. More like later this year if not next year. Lawyers are going to take their sweet time you know.
@Not Sure: The AAC is still working on the exit fee for the three departing schools and wants an additional $35M from those schools.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
As for BYU:
Source: AAC asks for additional $35M from schools wanting to leave early for Big 12
The AAC has asked the Houston, UCF and Cincinnati to each pay an additional $35 million to leave early for the Big 12.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
As for BYU:
Sources: Howard University prepping for conference change
Howard University is ready to bolt the MEAC for the Colonial Athletic Association, multiple sources tell HBCU Gameday.
hbcugameday.com
Howard appears that they will be joining the CAA in 2023-24 and that would mean three former MEAC schools are in the CAA.
That’s simply a formality of today’s actual working construct.
SEC having its own playoff?
www.espn.com
Could the SEC stage its own football playoff? It's all on the table at spring meetings
Would the SEC think about really shaking up the college football landscape with its own playoff? Greg Sankey addresses that and more ahead of the league's spring meetings next week.
Miami?SEC having its own playoff?
Could the SEC stage its own football playoff? It's all on the table at spring meetings
Would the SEC think about really shaking up the college football landscape with its own playoff? Greg Sankey addresses that and more ahead of the league's spring meetings next week.
I have no idea whatsoever if this is 100% bull**** or only 55% bull****, but my Oklahoma based uncle was saying that OU's alums and boosters are having second thoughts, especially since Texas may buy their way out of the Big 12 (and into the SEC) earlier than OU can.
OU & KU to make a Pac-14 would be the move if there was any way to make it happen.
If OU doesn't go to the SEC, they're never leaving the Big 12, imo.
It could happen with the B1G. They'd go to 16 with OU and make an offer on par with the SEC. They could sell their fans on the Nebraska rivalry and a much easier road to the playoffs from the B1G West than the SEC West.
I'm dreaming when I think of a Pac possibility.
Those Texas boosters are tired of losing to Kansas in football and that is the reason they want to bail ASAP.
The Big 12 just received a nice payday from the networks and the Big 12 is obviously withholding some of that from OU & UT which would mean the payout would drop plus both athletic departments are self supporting. The AAC exit deals for each team is $18M per school paid over 14 years and the Big 12 does not have to give BYU, UCF, UCinn, and UH full conference payouts for a set number of years because that money would be going to the Big 12 entry fees.
That means OU & UT can seriously start talking about leaving the Big 12 after this upcoming season. They could do maybe a $15-$20M upfront payment and pay the rest over time. The holdup is probably not related to how much OU & UT is going to pay to get out of the Big 12 early but the Big 12 TV contract stipulation that could really impact future Big 12 media contracts.
Is there some news out there that OU decided against the $EC?
Not that I know of. I was responding to the post I quoted, which was anecdotal supposition.
Classic. And I hope they do
