Bonfire1996 said:
Universal said:
Hey Bonfire96, good to see you again. I've been gone almost 10 years since you told me I was an idiot about UT and OU joining the SEC near 2025 by using the ESPN Big 12 money to pay for it. I guess you were wrong, eh.
Of course in typical fashion, you suspect a conspiracy by ESPN to screw the SEC. The math isn't hard. As I told you 10 years ago, ESPN has been paying the Big 12 hundreds of millions annually essentially for UT and OU inventory. They are simply moving that money to the SEC along with UT and OU. Easy peasy.
No need to congratulate me for giving you the roadmap 10 years ago. Just drink a bourbon on the rocks in honor of old Universal and we'll be even. Oh, also enjoy the extra money Daddy dropped into your laps and quit complaining. Now we're all on equal ground. May the best team win!
You mean you left because you couldn't handle defeat? Says a lot about your status as a man.
Welcome to big boy football, a place you've never known. Hope you and your drunk coach are ready. Im going to enjoy watching your track meet football team bang heads for 9 weeks straight. We learned the hard way and you will too. Go ahead and predict what will happen in 2035 and take another 10 year hiatus as your team gets acclimated to the depth it takes to compete and win in the Deep South. We both know you aren't ready.
You still haven't done the math to come up with where the hell ESPN is finding $385 millionANNUALLY.
What are you talking about, defeat? I told you 10 years ago that UT and OU might join the SEC by 2025 helped by ESPN diverting Big 12 money to the SEC. You told me I was an idiot, that UT would never be allowed in the SEC, that OU was a worthless program, and aTm had forever gained the upper hand on UT. I left Texags because I was tired of arguing with someone who wasn't listening, and I figured I'd come back when the time was right.
Well, now that UT and OU are joining the SEC, the time was right to resurface and see if old Bonfire96 had finally learned his lesson. Apparently not. Even several posters on this thread have layed it out. Take all the money that ESPN has been paying the Big 12 and add a premium for better rated games when UT and OU play SEC teams instead of Big 12 teams, and bingo, that's the money that makes this work. Yes, it's a lot of money, but that's a premium paid to corner the best market in college sports.
My prediction from here on out is UT, OU, aTm and LSU will all be successful and will rotate playing in the SEC Title game depending on who has the best QB. We beat UGA in the 2018 Sugar Bowl and lost in the last minute to LSU's 2019 title team with a mediocre coach. I think we'll be Ok. Good luck, and enjoy the extra money courtesy of your old pals, UT and OU.