Texas, Oklahoma to join SEC in 2024: Fans and media react to compromise
By Adam Spencer
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Texas and Oklahoma were originally scheduled to join the SEC in time for the 2025 season. Just recently, it was reported that talks about having the 2 schools leave the Big 12 a year early to join their new league had stalled.
Perhaps that was just a negotiation tactic, as it was revealed on Thursday night that a deal had been reached and the Longhorns and Sooners would join the SEC in 2024 after all.
As you might expect, the monumental news was met with plenty of reaction on social media. Here’s just a sampling of the tweets about the early Big 12 departure:
BREAKING: Texas and Oklahoma will join the SEC in 2024!!! Where dreams go to die. https://t.co/4PYnO83I9y pic.twitter.com/AyMqOI9c3O
— Chris Thomas King (@ctkmusic) February 10, 2023
Sounds like tomorrow it'll just mean more for Oklahoma and Texas.
— Mr. Pilkington (@Onikuno) February 9, 2023
Another win for Yormark. The next football and basketball season will be the last for Texas and Oklahoma in the Big 12. https://t.co/JgvWj9HhuJ
— Derek Young (@DerekYoungKSO) February 10, 2023
The SEC just got a lot stronger in 2024! #SCC #Texas #Oklahoma #TheBlindTiger https://t.co/WwBaMorRGd
— Blind Sports Fury (@blindsportsfury) February 10, 2023
BREAKING: Texas & Oklahoma will go 6-6 in the SEC in 2024 instead of the Big 12. https://t.co/9O1rtvb9Pd
— Carter Bryant (@PowerHourLSU) February 10, 2023
Oklahoma will end their football series with Texas Tech with a loss, something that will no doubt haunt Sooner fans’ dreams for generations to come. https://t.co/ZakDxfzc44
— Raider Ty (@RaiderTy92) February 10, 2023
Good luck Texas and Oklahoma while your admin is collecting checks your ass gonna be a middle of the pack sec team and become pretty irrelevant. While y’all cheered for this y’all gonna regret it years from now. https://t.co/JME3GpgfWw
— Chris (@cfbtalk07) February 10, 2023
This means the 2023 season will be the only Big 12 football season with Texas, Oklahoma, UCF, Cincinnati, BYU and Houston all in the conference.
We’ll see what the Sooners and Longhorns are able to accomplish in their last go-round in the Big 12. One thing is for sure — every team on their schedules will be trying to send them to the SEC with a loss.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
