Greg Sankey on Oklahoma & Texas joining the SEC 🗣️ 'It's a NEW ERA!' | The Paul Finebaum Show

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University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz Jr. and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey join Paul Finebaum on The Paul Finebaum Show to discuss Oklahoma and Texas moving to the SEC, the new era of college athletics, what this transition means for the state of Oklahoma and more.
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[@chrisjames3087]

The SEC has been a big boost to Oklahoma's already robust recruiting game. The future is bright for OU and Texas.

[@paulmontgomery4696]

Hear. Hear.

[@JasonWayne-oh8zc]

Boomer

[@robertacosta1293]

As a horns fan it’s a great day for all 16 universities. This season is gonna be great!

[@DaninVa-gt9nj]

The SEC just became even more powerful in CFB. Great things await our conference with these two respected universities. USC, admitted in 1992, defeated Texas the last time they played in 1957 27-21. It will make a conference championship even harder and even more interesting and that will lead to even more CFB National Championships. Recruiting and interest is already picking up at these two universities. A lot more natural and tougher rivals for them in the SEC. Had read that Ok State and Ok would have to be taken together in any conference move.

[@jboomer2725]

First time I’ve heard OU president speak. Extremely impressive.

[@pykemid3954]

sec championship game gon be CFP playoff championship game

[@DonehogawaSeneca-z3z]

Good content.

[@nakiawebb5670]

Before the bloodshed this season, and as a long time OU fan, the welcoming of us and Texas has been nothing short of amazing.

[@Alex-pe9bd]

Good luck Sooners. Jayhawks will miss the century of spirited competition. I still think a conference of great central plains institutions serves this region the best. I'll take Oklahoma and Nebraska in the old Big 8 any day

[@nakiawebb5670]

You got the last lick on OU, I couldn’t describe how irritating that was but we wish the best for you 🫡

[@-KimberlyKay]

I regret missing today, but my family will be there as much as possible to love on SOONER NATION❤❤❤

[@andrewfanfan]

The SEC just became a better program

[@JasonWayne-oh8zc]

Always has been a great program just alot better now Boomer

[@rodgerbane3825]

Notable alumni as well, William Crowe, Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, back in the 80's I think.

[@tyronpouncey5985]

I would love to see a campus OU Texas playoff game. Can you imagine the atmosphere. Y’all saw those kids with those horns down signs at the beginning of the video

[@ricksaunders8074]

In 2010 Oklahoma got invited to the SEC President Boren wanted to drag osu along The SEC said no thank you That set OU back Now we went along with Texas Texas believes it was them that made the deal

[@keinonhamptoni7498]

It was for sure, the SEC really didn't want one without the other...

[@jamescampbell9533]

State law then required them in the same conference

[@ricksaunders8074]

@@jamescampbell9533 No David Boren wanted them along Just like in 1957 George Lynn Cross talked the other Big 7 Presidents to let osu then Oklahoma A&M into the Conference making it the Big 8 It was OKLAHOMA that invited OState into the Conference They would still be in the Missouri Valley

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

​@@ricksaunders8074 Okay, you're kind of missing the target here. The SEC had Texas all the time as the main target, period. ATM and OU were just window dressing. Check the SECN coverage of the Texas celebration to adjust your scope. Whole different scale.

[@ricksaunders8074]

@@BurntOrangeHorn78 Wrong the Pac12 wanted Texas

[@DalonCole]

looks like literally dozens attended

[@OKG1979]

The southeast heads southwest

[@pfybarra]

The enthusiasm and energy from the crowd behind you guys is ELECTRIC 😂😂😂

[@slappinsteve3852]

One of the most passionate and devoted fanbases. BOOMER

[@brianrhodes1575]

It was the middle of a work day. OU fans actually earn paychecks and pay to fund your food stamps. Enjoy your dinner on us! 😊

[@slappinsteve3852]

Watch some other videos. There was more people later on. OU fans actually work jobs LOL

[@mr.c9019]

If it wasn’t 100° outside the whole place would have been packed! Glad to still see a good turnout

[@MackenzieKanis]

This was middle of the day Sooners have jobs. They have to earn their paycheck so they can donate and buy tickets plus it was 101. In the being it got a lot fuller

[@lavonyoung2366]

Oklahoma might not win the conference championship every year like the Big 12. But they will definitely not bring up the rear of the SEC. The SEC is better with Oklahoma and Texas.

[@Rebel-Rouser]

he's hard to listen to for.more than five minutes...lol

[@cameronpeden1909]

Boy Norman is just super hype rn….. they look so excited….

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

Wow, must have been near 60 oeople there! 🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

[@albertlin7133]

That crowd is sad. Looks like they’d rather stay in the big 12

[@mitchconner2021]

Its 105 in Oklahoma today they're tired of the heat 😂

[@davidvines6498]

They were not sad during the interview with Coach Venables

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@mitchconner2021and it’ll be hotter down south in september

[@corneliusdansbyjr6165]

​@@GoatedAtNFSand it'll be just as hot and humid down here....

[@theoriginaldashriprock]

​@@mitchconner2021it was just as hot in Austin yesterday and they had tens of thousands of people there

[@pglover64]

They are sad because they know the days of winning easy conference titles are over!

[@blaynebittencourt5076]

Who's sad? The big 12 was boring (still watched every game). They don't want the easy way out.

[@corneliusdansbyjr6165]

Just shut up.........

[@4Sooners]

Says the guy sitting in his underwear in his mom’s basement

[@david_humidor]

You talking about Georgia, Alabama, etc? Yep the easy days for those teams are now officially over! Now they have to deal with Texas and OU.

[@chrisjames3087]

@@david_humidor Texas embarrassed Alabama last year on their home field.

[@kobeneal4970]

The sec better prepare for a standoff.

[@LavxbesdolpA]

Bro from the look of yall schedule and yall team yall are going 7-5 or 8-4

[@kobeneal4970]

@@LavxbesdolpA bruh just watch what I say when Oklahoma knocks these sec teams off. Come football season it's war season.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@kobeneal4970 vs Tennessee @ Jordan Haire neutral vs Texas vs South Carolina @ Oxford @ Columbia vs Alabama @ Death Valley and you think it’s gonna be a stand-off LMAOOOO

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@chrisjames3087 Oklahoma is 8-6 since 2000. 0-4 in the CFP. Georgia Alabama and LSU beat them. 2 of them are on their schedule, one on the road as a night game. to say all time is dating back in the 50s. SEC has changed since then. get real.

[@chrisjames3087]

@@GoatedAtNFS To think that OU and Texas won't be competitive in the SEC is foolish. An 8-6 record against Alabama is impressive, no matter how you move the goal post. Texas embarrassed them on their home field last year. Stay tuned.

[@paulmontgomery4696]

Boomer!

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

It will be like Nebraska going to the big ten. They'll get there and be irrelevant, but they'll make a lot of money.

[@robertclark2240]

Perhaps. How do you know? Nebraska was trending downward when they entered the 10.

[@jamess9890]

You’re never irrelevant in the SEC. 7-5 teams boast like they’re champions all offseason … we’ve been forced to hear the 7-5 Aggies celebrate themselves for 13 years

[@edwardmiller4562]

There Nebraska comparisons are dumb. Nebraska is struggling to bring in top 40 classes because they lost their recruiting base. OU is bringing in yet another top 10 class.

[@theoriginaldashriprock]

Small turnout

[@TUHurricanefan1]

It is 102 degrees outside and middle of the day and Sooner fans have jobs. You try to be out there when it is 102 and feels like 110 with heat index.

[@theoriginaldashriprock]

@@TUHurricanefan1 no way! So? in the state of Oklahoma they never have outdoor activities during the summer ? Good to know.

[@edwardmiller4562]

@@theoriginaldashriprockIt’s hardly an outdoor activity. It’s a couple dudes on stage chatting.

[@atreides_dk]

​@@theoriginaldashriprockmost of the people celebrating were at the vent strip or at the stadium. People just didn't show up to watch these guys talk. I think I heard there was like 10k or something.

[@jamess9890]

OU is so cringe..

[@knockout9446]

Two overrated programs join the overrated SEC.

[@denizen9998]

😂😂😂

[@slightslice3120]

You must be a fan of a team that just got bumped down 2 spots😂

[@4Sooners]

Says the guy in his underwear in mom’s basement.

[@rednose1966]

Boo

[@rednose1966]

@@slightslice3120knock is a loser

[@jeffbentley8666]

The bottom feeders were told what to do