ESPN helping cushion financial blow of Texas and Oklahoma leaving Big 12
Texas and Oklahoma stood to each lose $160 million for leaving the Big 12. That no longer appears to be the case.
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General Booty strikes underwear NIL deal with Rock ‘Em Socks
"He gave us valuable feedback on the fit before he even started to design his own collection."
NCAA v. Oklahoma lawyer: ‘I think I screwed up college football.’
"We tried at every stage to negotiate an agreement of some kind, to limit what would happen. But we learned the ‘NCAA’ stood for ‘Never Compromise Anything at Anytime,’ and they wouldn’t even talk to us."
While some say dynasties are bad for sports, the ratings say otherwise
There’s no solid evidence from a viewership standpoint to suggest that dynasties and dominance are bad for the game.
Oklahoma’s dominance of the Women’s College World Series didn’t deter viewers
Game 2 of the Women's College World Series finale averaged 1.86 million viewers.
Texas, Oklahoma agree to $100 million Big 12 exit fee, will join SEC in 2024
Now the early move by the college football powerhouses seems to be back on.
Texas nonconference game trades reportedly proposed, denied in Texas/Oklahoma negotiations
Texas has home and homes with Michigan and Ohio State from 2024 to 2027.
Texas and Oklahoma early Big 12 exit negotiations stall over TV, deal ‘unlikely’
"There's no formal timeline or brink from which you can't come back. But this is where things are right now -- a deal is unlikely."
Texas and Oklahoma to SEC in 2024 now ‘likely,’ but deadline looms
"It's likely that they're leaving early."
Report says Fox is blocking early Texas-Oklahoma move to SEC, Big 12 plans they’ll be there through 2024-25 (updated)
"Sources told Dodd that Fox would likely have demanded a return to make its future programming whole, including a top-tier selection of games years into the future given the marquee programs would have left its airwaves early."
Burke Magnus confirms Longhorn Network ‘will be folded in’ to SEC Network, adds ‘We don’t know precise timing’ on Texas/Oklahoma joining SEC
"All that content that you find on the Longhorn Network is sometimes called third-tier, sometimes called institutional. It is the content that, like any other SEC institution, would be expressed through the SEC Network."
ABC camera hit with foul ball during Women’s College World Series Oklahoma-Texas broadcast
This one caught the camera right on.
Oklahoma’s PPV football game is going away, part of ESPN+ striking its largest single-school deal to date with the Sooners
It looks like people won't have to buy Oklahoma Sooners football games on pay-per-view any longer, with that content instead moving to OTT monthly subscription service ESPN+.
Skip Bayless to Shannon Sharpe on Oklahoma bias comment: “You’re not gonna accuse me of that”
"You’re not gonna accuse me of that without me responding to that because THAT INFURIATES ME."
Lincoln Riley no-shows weekly coach’s show before taking USC job
The coach's show will return with a new name, a new star, and new promises that he'll stay there forever. Until, one way or another, he doesn't.
Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC might lead to a nine-game conference schedule, further boosting SEC TV rights
Many have long pushed for a nine-game SEC conference schedule, and the conference adding Texas and Oklahoma might lead to that.
John Skipper discussing ESPN’s possible role in Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC adds fuel to the fire of Big 12 interference accusations
"I would not assume that this is just happening, that one day the Texas and Oklahoma guys woke up, I would guess that it’s a logical sequence of events that ESPN now has all of the SEC, now they bring Texas and Oklahoma in."
Fox Sports’ Bob Stoops writes op-ed saying it’s a “good and necessary move” for Oklahoma to leave the Big 12 for the SEC
"Let’s set the record straight: OU’s move to the SEC is what’s best for Oklahoma."
