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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Here are TV and radio calls of Mizzou’s 61-yard FG for the upset win
"GOOD! A WALK-OFF WINNER FROM 61! HARRISON MEVIS SENDS THE MIZZOU STUDENTS RUNNING ONTO THE TURF!"
Eli Gold on one of Alabama football’s biggest comebacks, his victory over cancer
Longtime radio voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide Eli Gold is 'excited' and 'nervous' to return after missing last year.
‘First Take’ and Paul Finebaum actually questioned Nick Saban’s legacy at Alabama
"I think, yes, you have to."
ESPN announces dates, matchups for new ACC/SEC Challenge
The ACC/SEC Challenge will replace both the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
SEC sticks with eight-game conference schedule, presumably in part because ESPN didn’t offer more money
"Money follows. It doesn't lead."
Kentucky Sports Radio’s Matt Jones goes viral over SEC Tournament typo
"Of course its the late game."
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 A&M-Florida start on ESPNU delayed due to forgotten jerseys
"I've never seen it before. We'll probably never see it again."
Texas and Oklahoma to SEC in 2024 now ‘likely,’ but deadline looms
"It's likely that they're leaving early."
SEC nine-game decision won’t happen until next year, Texas-Oklahoma date uncertainty remains
"At this point, we would look to the first months of 2023 as the opportunity to re-focus."
ESPN announces new ACC/SEC Challenge, end of existing ACC/SEC challenges with Big Ten and Big 12
The fallout from Big Ten media deals without ESPN has now extended to the end of two existing interconference basketball challenges, and the launch of a new one.
Pac-12’s George Kliavkoff says ‘Eventually, we’ll catch’ SEC and Big Ten, a highly implausible scenario
"It will take a couple of steps, but we’re going to take a step towards closing that gap. Then we’re going to be looking at expansion. We’re going to be looking at schools that make sense for us."
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."
Florida State president says Seminoles will be “very aggressive” in realignment: “We’re getting a lot of help.”
"We're trying to do anything we can to think about how we remain competitive. Florida State is expected to win. We're going to be very aggressive."
