Betting the Big 12: Week 5

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty ImagesThe Big 12 is going to keep doing this to Texas and Oklahoma until they leave. We’re on the 2nd year of the revenge tour by the Hateful 8 and they still don’t get it. Texas fans have long been the worst group with the undeserved superiority complex. Let’s get it clear. Texas is 7-9 since announcing the move to the SEC. Oklahoma has 3 Big 12 losses and the coach who left them instantly made USC a Playoff competitor. Texas and Oklahoma are mid tier SEC schools that made their own path to the CFP exponentially harder for no reason other than a little extra money. With the playoff officially expanding to 12 teams I’ve been thinking more about if I could undo it and have Texas/OU stay in the Big 12. How much more tv money would we make? How much more competitive would the conference be? Who would be willing to join us? But I think the correct answer is no. Not if it means dealing with their B.S.

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