Texas & Oklahoma or USC & UCLA: Who had the bigger move? | First Take
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, Paul Finebaum and Dan Orlovsky debate whether Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC in 2025 or USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten in 2024 is the bigger move for college football.
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Not even close lol OU and Texas
People seem to forgot UCLA was at one point ranked in the top 10 in the nation last year, beat USC by 30 on the road and was a few plays away from beating Oregon after having College Gameday at UCLA. Obviously USC is the bigger program historically but let's not act like UCLA is irrelevant. They've been better than USC recently.
Mad dog be looking at the camera funny when he not talking
SEC by far with Texas and Ok. Big 10 Overrated. With Texas Money not counting new NIL $, Finebaum will quickly discover that they can make A&M chump change if they wish to get into a bidding war with Jimbo. The historic Texas vs A&M rivalry was for Texas like Auburn and Ala in SEC. That will be great Media Push for SEC. I can see a few years down the road an SEC game day in Austin.. with 111000 expected for a Texas vs A&M game.
Riley was handed a team that was stacked… muuuuch easier to get good fast at Ou than USC based off how Stoops left the program vs previous coaches at USC lmao thats the big difference!
i was a fan of Dan until this very moment.. to act like Riley was the savior of the program is pure insanity!
FUCLA is just riding along for the joy ride. They're good in Football twice every 8 years. 🤣
In Football, brand rankings would be USC, Oklahoma, Texas and UCLA. College sports overall, UCLA, USC, Oklahoma, Texas. When you talk brands, you talk legacy, known through out the CFB and sports world.
Hilarious that Dan thinks we just have no idea how OU will be under Venables. He hasn't been a head coach before, that's true. But, he's experienced, coached with 3 legend HCs, won championships, beat Saban and Bama, and developed incredible talent. OU is a step up for him….but let's not make it sounds like this is something he might fail at. Venny's got this.
Definitly USC-UCLA….. west coast schools now playing in the Midwest? OU and Texas actually will get to rekindle some rivalry games with Missouri, Arkansas, Texas A&M, and fit more into the SEC….. usc and ucla just don’t belong in the pac 12
Riley won with stoops players lol ..smh
This lone college student in grey behind Paul is getting his 15 seconds of fame
It’s a tie.
Lincoln Riley is an awful coach. He took over when Stoops gave him a powerhouse team and cost them the title in 2018 with his horrible 2nd half play calling against Georgia. He has no clue about defense, plus those soft west coast players won't be able to go to the Midwest in the winter and win games.
The absolute disregard for Oklahoma is hilarious. They've outperformed all three teams for decades and are pushed aside.
Texas And Oklahoma shared conferences and geography with several SEC schools. The Big12 itself isn't very old. The SEC footprint is a huge part of their recruiting territory. So them moving to the SEC, while big, wasn't unexpected. But USC and UCLA bailing on a conference they've been members of for almost a century, for a conference where, as of now, the closest school is Nebraska, was stunning. That was a truly left-field move, and will have more collateral damage by far.
That idiot in the background. Why was he allowed to just stand there?
Ppl have to realize that SEC expansion is for football & money, while B1G expansion is for tv markets, academics, money, recruiting areas then football. SEC playing checkers while B1G playing chess because they know most of the top talent is already in SEC country so for their football it’s about alumni, tv markets & brands not winning Nat’l Chips.
UCLA is going to the Big 10 for basketball and USC for football
OU is fixin to educate the world on who we are!