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Paul Finebaum thinks Texas football can do ‘quite well’ in SEC

By Andrew Miller

Paul Finebaum, radio and ESPN television personality, gets ready to speak on television near activities outside the Superdome, before of the College Football Playoff National Championship game in New Orleans Monday, January 13, 2020.Pregame Fans Clemson Lsu Football Cfp National Championship New Orleans
Paul Finebaum, radio and ESPN television personality, gets ready to speak on television near activities outside the Superdome, before of the College Football Playoff National Championship game in New Orleans Monday, January 13, 2020.Pregame Fans Clemson Lsu Football Cfp National Championship New Orleans /
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The ability of the Texas football program to succeed right away upon the move from the Big 12 to the SEC could largely determine how the college sports landscape reacts to this realignment. But it’s hard to tell what the state of the football program will be upon the move to actually start competing in the SEC since we don’t even know what year Texas and the Oklahoma Sooners will officially join yet.

A deadline is set for the Longhorns and Sooners to leave the Big 12 for the SEC officially to compete in the new conference by 2025. Ideally, the Longhorns and Sooners will be playing in the Big 12 for the last year in 2021-22.

Whenver Texas and Oklahoma actually do start competing in the SEC, there is one significant media personality that buys into what the two schools bring to the table in terms of brand awareness and impact on the gridiron. Paul Finebaum was surprisingly welcome to the news of the Longhorns and Sooners joining the SEC. More specifically, Finebaum was reportedly open to the optimism of Texas succeeding more in football in the SEC than in the Big 12.

Paul Finebaum high on what Texas football can bring to the table for the SEC

Finebaum essentially believes that the Longhorns will finally be able to step it up and become national contenders in football once again with the bigger stage in the SEC. And the mentioning that if the Longhorns aren’t going to be a national contender in football that the school might as well use this brand and huge fan base to benefit recruiting and the bottom line is completely on point.

Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for the SEC has some risks, but the rewards completely outweigh them. The resources that the Texas athletic department has to succeed should carry over to any conference. If the stars are aligning for the football program under new head coach Steve Sarkisian, then this move from the Big 12 to the SEC comes at the perfect time.

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This all happened very fast for the Longhorns and Sooners to move to the SEC. But this is also something that is going to happen now, and it will be interesting to see how the eight remaining schools in the Big 12 come out against the Longhorns and Sooners on the gridiron this fall.

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