Texas is going to where it wants to be in the SEC
All the predicting and politicking came to an end last night. Texas is headed to the SEC in 2024.
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The remaining Big 12 members will get some cash.
But the results are the results.
Texas is now on its way to exactly where and when it wanted to go, the SEC in 2024.
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No one should mistake the move to the SEC as a path full of roses. The conference takes its football seriously. There will be trials and tribulations, ebbs and flows.
But ultimately, this move is about Texas finding a conference more befitting of its own stature. And being compensated for that stature appropriately.
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What’s interesting to me about this move is that I will not miss the Texas Tech or Baylor games. I’m confident of that. I don’t think many Texas fans will either.
Same with Oklahoma State and Kansas State. Those two are original Big Eight schools from the old days, not the Southwest Conference I grew up with.
The facts are Texas A&M and Arkansas back in the day were both bigger rivals than Tech or Baylor, or KSU or Oklahoma State ever were.
Bring along the Sooners, and the new SEC just makes more sense to just about any Texas fan.
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I’m lucky to have covered college football and recruiting for 30 years now. And in that time, I’ve seen a lot of great venues of the sport.
I’ve been to The Swamp in Gainesville and to Death Valley for night games. I’ve seen them call the hogs in Fayetteville, run through the T in Knoxville and yell Roll Tide in Tuscaloosa.
The great thing about the SEC, or at least one of the great things, is that almost every conference member is a true institution with a large following. Opposing fans rarely, if ever, overtake an opposing stadium. Away game tickets are hard to come by.
The SEC marks a new beginning for Texas football and its fans in more ways than one.
