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Well the Horns are about to be reunited with the ags and the pigs.  And it feels so good.

And we'll maintain our rivalry with the sooners which is also fun.

And the sooners get to play their old rivals Nebraska this year, too.

Since the move to the SEC won't happen for another year, I don't want to litter that board with a bunch of old SWC/Big 8/Big 12 talk, so I figured I'd start this thread here.

The OU president and Barry Switzer have commented that OU will play OSU in all sports, if OSU wants to.  I appreciate the effort to keep the rivalry alive even though it will make for a tougher schedule every year.
I think the appropriate Texas response would be to schedule TCU every year. 

The OU president and Barry Switzer have commented that OU will play OSU in all sports, if OSU wants to.  I appreciate the effort to keep the rivalry alive even though it will make for a tougher schedule every year.
I think the appropriate Texas response would be to schedule TCU every year.

Im not sure who I want to play less TCU or Maryland

Will A&M/UT be in the same sub-division (pod)?  Will we play on/near Thanksgiving?  Will we keep the Austin in even years and College Station in odd years schedule?  

I'm hearing that there is some push to move the game earlier in the season and put A&M in the same pod as Missouri.  It would be Missouri, A&M, LSU, and either Ol'Miss or Miss St.  

A&M got paired with USCe (kind of by default).  I wonder if pairings will still happen with OU/TX in the league.  The main pairings now are:

Bama-Tenn (!)
LSU - UF
UGA - Auburn

If your team was paired with someone from another division, who would you like it to be, besides Vandy.

From what I've seen, Missouri and A&M are alternate choices for the "other" team in a pod that has OU, Texas, and Arkansas.
I suppose that LSU could take that spot, leaving A&M and Mizzou in the same sub-division.  That would create a very helmet-y group, with OU and Texas solid helmets and LSU on the borderline.
Do the PTBs at A&M want the Aggies in the same sub-division with Texas or not?

It depends on which group of fans you ask.  I don't presume to know what the Boosters of Substance (As Bill Byrne called them) want.  I would guess that they would prefer to not have Texas and OU in the SEC at all but that ship sailed and obviously our BoR voted 8-1 to allow them in.  

There are a pretty substantial group of fans who would prefer that we remain in the same division as LSU and attempt to develop a firmer out of state rival with a school that we already have a long history with and is fairly close to us as SEC distances goes.  Of course nobody will ever be a bigger rival to A&M than UT.  That being said we need a real out of state rival to ever really elevate our program.  We can't just be seen as being anti-t.u. forever.  We need to have some degree of separation to grow.  

On the other hand playing the rivalry twice out of every fourth year would take some wind out of the hate like OU/NU had in the Big 12.  Hard to sustain the hate that way with more than half the team not playing the rival every 3rd year.  

I guess it really just depends on how they're going to rotate.  Do they get rid of the permanent cross rival opponent for some teams?  Does Alabama and Auburn move east?  
Too many questions.  

Texas-Tennessee would make an interesting pairing for several reasons, one of which being both right now are down from historical.

Remember, UTenn is a helmet school right?  And by that logic LSU is not.  One has won 3 MNC and played for a 4th.  One has been stuck at the starting line.