Tye & Derek on start in Searcy, coming back to radio, interviewing Tommy Tuberville during his first show and more!
Halftime Pod Presented by Eastside Liquor: Henry, King
Stoops Says YAY to the SEC; Athletes Mental Health in the Spotlight; Living in a Stadium; Change My Mind and more!
Guests- Clay Henry & Bill King
Is Texas, OU coming over to SEC pushed for ESPN’s financial reasons?
We’ll probably never know for sure but word is starting to leak out now that makes you think The Longhorn Network financial boondoggle may accelerate Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC.
Multiple reports are emerging now about the $160 million the network owes Texas in unpaid rights fees. Believe in coincidence? Nope, me either.
It will be a death blow to the Big 12 who may end up with an extra $160 million in rights fees if they can meet certain conditions. Mainly adding some marquee athletic programs to a conference that is now officially on life support.
Of course it gives ESPN a nice little way to have an SEC Network 2 channel already in place and is much more likely to be a more valuable streaming addition than The Longhorn Network proved to be.
And everybody in the SEC makes more money.
Don’t expect ESPN to just shrug and write the Big 12 a check. That may be exactly what happens, but the guess is that’s not going to happen immediately. Everybody is playing a waiting game with the Big 12 to see how many other teams jump ship immediately.
But ESPN reportedly has been in the middle of this whole thing for awhile now.
Bruce Feldman and Sam Khan, Jr., at The Athletic made that pretty clear in a story.
“I think this has been going on for six months — at a minimum of probably three months, and ESPN has been right in the middle of it,” an unnamed Big 12 athletics director told The Athletic.
On The Morning Rush on Wednesday morning, Brad Killern of The Horn in Austin echoed the same thing and the word down around the Forty Acres is this move is going to happen and the leader on speculation about the “vote” by SEC presidents will come down 13-1 officially so the Aggies can save face with their fan base.
It will actually be unanimous. Over the years I’ve known a lot of goofy Aggies that made me laugh, but not many that were broke and stupid when I lived in Texas for two decades.
Hang on because this is going to get interesting.
Now is good time for Hogs to be getting Longhorns, says Henry
With Texas football a little down in recent years, Hawgs Illustrated’s Clay Henry said on Halftime it’s a good time for them to enter SEC.
Texas, OU move could come faster than expected, The Horn’s Killner says
Brad Killner said on The Morning Rush he thinks the Longhorns and Sooners will be in SEC before 2025.
No leaks on move of Longhorns, Sooners, to SEC, says King
Nashville Sports Radio’s Bill King is surprised there were no leaks last few months on two powerhouses changing leagues.
Goode weighs in on Rodgers’ return, Longhorns, Sooners to SEC
Former Razorback Brett Goode likes the idea of Texas and Oklahoma being on the schedule every year as league game.
Halftime is LIVE! Texas and OU stuff, Kanye West, Razorbacks
Guests include Clay Henry at 11:30, Bill King at 12:30 and Change My Mind plus the obvious — Texas, Oklahoma.
Bud Light Seltzer Morning Rush Podcast – Greg Sankey makes a statement
Tye and Tommy on Sankey’s comments, What’s Your Beef Wed, Brad Kellner joins and more!
The Morning Rush is LIVE! An update from Greg Sankey
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey released a statement getting the request from Texas, OU, and the guys are talking about it.
Positives equal negatives with Texas, Oklahoma coming into SEC
Danny West of HawgSports said on Halftime on Tuesday afternoon he’s sees as many positives for Hogs with league expanding.
