Power Auer: Texas & Oklahoma are leaving the Big 12
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🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone back to power Hour, the Athletics Tuesday National College Football podcast, hosted by yours truly, Nicole Auerbach. |
| 0:29.8 | And today will be an actual test of our theory of an hour or less to go over the biggest news in college football. |
| 0:36.7 | We'll see how that goes with the major news that Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big 12 at some point here, anticipated to go to the SEC. |
| 0:45.9 | I'm joined by my colleague at the athletic, Chris Vanini, and our friend and colleague over at stadium, Michael Fowder. |
| 0:52.7 | Hello, team. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm very excited for this three-person pod. |
| 0:56.4 | Yeah, nothing going on or anything in the world of college sports. |
| 0:58.9 | Nothing. |
| 0:59.7 | I mean, honestly, nothing has actually happened. |
| 1:04.0 | Yes, but it will. |
| 1:05.1 | It will. |
| 1:05.6 | And everyone loves hypotheticals. |
| 1:07.9 | But no, on Monday, Oklahoma and Texas did send a formal letter to the Big 12 to say that they will not renew their grant and rights in 2025. |
| 1:18.5 | So we don't know how soon this is all going to take effect, but we know that it's happening. |
| 1:23.5 | And I'm curious to both of you, but I guess we'll start with Chris, what your initial reaction was? |
| 1:29.7 | Because this was news that really stunned all of college sports, stunned people within the Big 12. |
| 1:35.3 | People did not know that Oklahoma and Texas have been talking to SEC. |
| 1:39.1 | What was your initial knee-jerk reaction, Chris? |
| 1:43.0 | My reaction was I'm not surprised they're doing this. |
| 1:46.5 | I'm surprised they're doing this now because we knew all the TV deals were going to come |
| 1:50.9 | up in a couple of years, 20, 24, 25. |
| 1:53.8 | We thought that could lead to some realignment. |
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