Texas and Oklahoma has been one of the most intriguing rivalries in college football. Could this rivalry be coming to an end? Questions keep arising what is going to happen to the Big-12 Conference? Will both Texas and Oklahoma still be in the same conference, to keep the rivalry going? Nobody knows? However, Oklahoma is looking to go out West to join their membership with the Pac-12 Conference. Texas is trying to keep the Big-12 Conference intact. Texas could be looking to go out East or West, if the Big-12 Conference can’t be salvaged.
Texas would like to stay in the Big-12 Conference, so they can keep their Network. Texas’ other rival Texas A&M has applied for membership to join the SEC, so that they could receive better recognition. The aggies were not invited to be a part of the Longhorn Network, where they invited all the other schools in the conference.
Oklahoma was not happy with Texas’ Network either. It was said, “Oklahoma knows a good recruit tool when they see one.” Therefore, Oklahoma decided that they would look at the option to go out West to join the Pac-12 Conference. If Oklahoma does go to the Pac-12 Conference, Oklahoma State would follow them.
Bob Stoops said, he was intrigued by the idea moving out West to join the Pac-12 Conference. The Pac-12 Conference originally invited Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. The other school was Colorado and they are now in the Pac-12 Conference. The Pac-12 thought they had a commitment with Texas until the next day Texas pulled out to be one of the teams to go to the Pac-12 Conference.
However, the question is will the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners rivalry continue? Bob Stoops said, even if Texas joined the Pac-12 Conference with Oklahoma, their rivalry could be in jeopardy depending on how the Pac-12 or Pac-16 scheduling process is.
College football is all about rivalries. We have inner-state rivalries, conference rivalries, and non- conference rivalries. What is happening to college football? Jeopardizing all the classic rivalries we’ve seen for all these years. Texas and Oklahoma started out to be a rivalry when both schools were in different conferences. Every October at the State Fair of Texas, the red river shoot-out was a classic. The fans could enjoy the atmosphere of a “Great” football game, along with eating corny dogs, hot dogs, cotton candy, and all the rides.
“What will happen to the State Fair of Texas, without a rivalry game between Texas and Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl?”
Will it matter if Texas and Oklahoma play in the same conference, due to the realignment of conferences? Who knows what will happen? “I feel that all these conferences that want to be Super Conferences, recognize the rivalry games and they would do everything they could to continue the rivalries.”
Great Rivalry Games:
UCLA and USC
Ohio State and Michigan
Notre Dame and USC
Florida and Florida State
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
“There are much, much more, all inner-state rivalry games.”
I just don’t see where college football can forget about all the rivalry games, and cut them off. Tradition is tradition! Why give up a good thing? I know that it’s all about the money. That is what is ruining major college sports.
The question is: What’s happening to college football, and all major college sports?
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