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The '90s sure were great, weren't they?

Meanwhile, Brian Kelley is a dick.

He apparently has the best odds. It also looks like the OK Alumni like him, and that's a plus. A good defensive coach can make an even better head coach, just ask Pete. Might be just the right fit.

Lebron needs to learn the Metta World Head Chop to gain instant cred.

Bonus points if you groaned.

Stoops would be a great pick. You really have to have someone who knows the SEC and relishes antagonizing Alabama on a regular basis. You also have to have someone who is tireless recruiter.

This OP/ED kind of sums it up. (Sorry about the paywall). The key point here is that moving to the SEC kind of sets up the next coach for failure. Along with the move comes a bigger salary for the next coach who, if he doesn't succeed after maybe two seasons at most, is out. Plus, the OP/ED doesn't mention the fact that a move like that also means an investment in football facilities even if you already have a refurbished stadium and new athletics facilities. You're paying money to get even more money, but you're also running the risk of becoming one of the unranked teams that gets chewed up by those 1 or 2 ranked SEC teams you face in division. (I also love the shade getting thrown at Nebraska.)

Hmmm. I like the way you think.

If that worked, there'd be a few less residents here.

I don't think he's afraid of anything as much as he sees a bad deal. I wouldn't want to be coaching in the SEC where everything football (particularly recruiting) runs through Tuscaloosa, unless I was professional agitator Lane Kiffin (who got a raw deal at USC). What he was able to do with recruiting out West is hella impressive, but it helped being part of a traditional power in a conference where it was clearly the alpha. That all changes with the conference realignment: now, even if Oklahoma wins the SEC championship game, they're just going to end up playing an over-valued Alabama team in the playoffs anyway. What's more puzzling to me is why Oklahoma would want to leave the Big 12 to be a small fish in the SEC: even if they end up making more money in conference payouts, they lose the kind of control over media allotments they had as the premier team of their previous conference. Should Lincoln build the kind of program he had in UO at USC, he'll have infinitely more control over the program's exposure than he would in the SEC. Whether coming out to the Pac 12 results in more success for him is hard to say, but he will almost assuredly dominate the conference. Oregon has long since maxed out, and the rest of the conference is full of also-rans (except for maybe David Shaw, who's can make magic out of middling recruiting classes). He even has the benefit of being in the weaker of the two divisions, meaning his best teams can roll to the Pac-12 Championship with relative ease, setting up the opportunity to make a standing invitation to the Rose Bowl. He's got the kind of place here that he would have continued to have in Norman had the move never happened.

And he sending it to you. Be sure to thank him in the customary way.

There's no way Lincoln makes this move if Oklahoma doesn't jump to the SEC.

Point taken.

I invented the joke.

Sorry my memory of the show is less than accurate.

Huh. I guess "Gemini of the Meteor" is technically a sequel not a second season.

Cool.

Not sure where this dialog hate is coming from. The dialog in the anime is equally glib; that's the point.

You don't look so great yourself in that screencap Nabs.

Could be mistaken, but I recall seeing at least two seasons of Darker Than Black.

Wait.... what?

It's been taken care of.

I wish I had a Ghostbusters review to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Happy Birthday, twin brother of Misaka!

Happy Birthday!