08-26-2011, 12:21 PM
Texas-OU is what Stanford-USC on steroids would be like. Rabid, unbridled hatred on a good part of both sides' fan bases fuel that, and I won't say that the average education of the fan bases doesn't contribute...
Texas and Texas A&M is about where Stanford-kal is right now, I think, but on a higher level due to brobdingnagian regional draws (because Stanford is a private school). Households are divided along Longhorn/Aggie battle lines. Households are not divided along Texas/OU lines because I don't see any relationships bridging that gulf :p
Texas/ND helps ND more than it helps Texas. Mack Brown prefers recruiting in-state, and he's generally got the pick of the litter (except when Oregon decides to pay an agent to steer a top RB prospect their way). ND gaining recruiting exposure in Texas helps them out a lot (and they need it), and one wonders exactly how much more money Texas needs that they'd cede recruiting coverage to ND. Who knows, maybe it'd hurt A&M more since A&M is going to be struggling for recruits soon. (Who thinks that A&M joining the SEC is really going to open up SEC country recruiting pipelines? No one from the southeast thinks that College Station is close enough to home to play...)
Texas and Texas A&M is about where Stanford-kal is right now, I think, but on a higher level due to brobdingnagian regional draws (because Stanford is a private school). Households are divided along Longhorn/Aggie battle lines. Households are not divided along Texas/OU lines because I don't see any relationships bridging that gulf :p
Texas/ND helps ND more than it helps Texas. Mack Brown prefers recruiting in-state, and he's generally got the pick of the litter (except when Oregon decides to pay an agent to steer a top RB prospect their way). ND gaining recruiting exposure in Texas helps them out a lot (and they need it), and one wonders exactly how much more money Texas needs that they'd cede recruiting coverage to ND. Who knows, maybe it'd hurt A&M more since A&M is going to be struggling for recruits soon. (Who thinks that A&M joining the SEC is really going to open up SEC country recruiting pipelines? No one from the southeast thinks that College Station is close enough to home to play...)