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SEC Commish: Texas, Oklahoma Likely To Be In Big 12 For 2023 Season
SALT LAKE CITY – When BYU joins the Huge 12 Convention on July 1, 2023, they may seemingly be league mates with Texas and Oklahoma. That’s in line with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The Longhorns and Sooners are contracted into the Huge 12 by their Grant of Rights till June 30, 2025. After that date, the 2 bell cow manufacturers within the Huge 12 will transfer on to the SEC.
Huge 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark mentioned at Huge 12 Media Days in July that he was “not towards” negotiations that might enable Texas and Oklahoma to go away sooner than June 30, 2025, if it served the Huge 12 properly.
These feedback by Yormark have left individuals to surprise if there could be an early exit for Texas and OU. Then the SEC moved round some non-conference video games that featured Oklahoma towards future SEC foes Georgia and Tennessee; it ramped up the hypothesis about an early exit.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke on Texas/Oklahoma
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke to reporters within the press field in the course of the Miami-Texas A&M recreation in Faculty Station on September 17. He mentioned why the SEC moved these non-conference video games with Oklahoma.
“ these are non-conference contracts that couldn’t be fulfilled on either side. And the sensible factor to do was say, ‘these are going to be convention video games. If we decide the precise [scheduling] format, you’re going to see these with nice frequency.’ However since we couldn’t fulfill these appropriately, it was the precise time to make the announcement.”
In 2023, there’s additionally a rematch of Texas/Oklahoma in Tuscaloosa on September 7, 2023. Sankey was requested by Austin American Statesman reporter Kirk Bohls, if that recreation was nonetheless on as at the moment scheduled.
Texas, OU not becoming a member of SEC any earlier than 2024. SEC commish Greg Sankey informed us in A&M press field that UT-Bama return recreation in Tuscaloosa in 2023 will probably be performed, including, “That is a reasonably good signal that the (present) convention alignments are going to remain” the way in which they’re now.
— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) September 18, 2022
Sankey replied, “Which is a reasonably good signal that convention alignments are going to remain that method subsequent 12 months.”
We are going to get a clearer thought of the make-up of the SEC and Huge 12 for the 2023 season quickly. The SEC and Huge 12 Convention sometimes launch their convention soccer schedules in October of the earlier 12 months. So if the Longhorns and Sooners are gone to the SEC in 2023, some motion might want to occur.
Huge 12 Convention would have 14 groups in 2023
If Texas and Oklahoma stay members of the Huge 12 for the 2023-24 tutorial 12 months, the Huge 12 Convention membership could be at 14 groups. At the moment, the Huge 12 options 10 establishments. Subsequent 12 months, they may add BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston to the Energy 5 convention.
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports activities Saturday (Saturday from 12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Observe him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
Texas
Texas declares state emergency over polar vortex
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared a state of emergency in response to the polar vortex, which is bringing snow, ice and freezing rain across the nation.
According to a Monday statement from the governor’s office, emergency response resources, including transportation crews, the National Guard and medical teams, have been activated.
Governor Abbott urged Texans to stay weather-aware, avoid unnecessary travel and locate nearby warming centers through state-provided resources.
Newsweek has contacted the governor’s office via phone and the Texas Division of Emergency Management via email for comment.
Why It Matters
The polar vortex has triggered freeze warnings and advisories across Texas, threatening human safety and infrastructure.
The freezing temperatures can cause frostbite and hypothermia as well as damage to crops, vegetation and homes. In the past, the state’s transportation and electricity infrastructure has been severely affected by extreme cold events.
With similar conditions forecast, the state’s proactive measures aim to mitigate risks to residents and critical infrastructure. Texans are bracing for potential power outages and dangerous travel conditions.
What To Know
The National Weather Service has forecast sub-freezing temperatures across central, eastern and northern Texas, with wind chills as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas.
Houston and coastal regions may experience 40 mph wind gusts, while Dallas-Fort Worth faces a possibility of single-digit wind chills.
More than 700 Texas Department of Transportation personnel have pre-treated roads, bridges and overpasses with brine and granular materials to improve safety.
Emergency teams from multiple state agencies, including the Texas National Guard, have been deployed to assist stranded motorists, monitor power outages and support with medical emergencies.
The Texas power grid failed in 2021 as a frigid storm left more than 4 million without power or access to food and water. The storm also killed hundreds.
What People Are Saying
Governor Abbott on X: “Today, I activated state emergency response resources ahead of severe winter weather expected to impact the state this week. As Texas faces snow, ice, and freezing rain, we’re working around-the-clock to ensure Texans have necessary resources.”
Dylan Federico, meteorologist for Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, on X: “Dangerous situation with wind chills already in the teens in North Texas. It will feel like the single digits tomorrow morning. Stay safe!”
National Weather Service advice on cold weather safety: “Extremely cold air comes every winter into at least part of the country and affects millions of people across the United States. The arctic air can be dangerous. Combined with brisk winds, dangerously cold wind chill values can result.”
What Happens Next
Texans should prepare for freezing conditions and potential snowfall throughout the week, with warmer temperatures anticipated by the weekend.
State officials will continue monitoring infrastructure and provide updates to ensure public safety.
Texas
Irving Inclement Weather Shelter offers warmth, meals and hospitality
NORTH TEXAS – The Irving Inclement Weather Shelter offers more than a warm meal and a place to sleep. Volunteers spend time with guests, help with laundry, and play games.
“We use a term called radical hospitality. The biggest thing we want our guests to feel is loved and embraced,” said Stephen Allen, executive director of Life Change Housing Associates.
Four years ago, Christ Church Irving donated a 12,000-square-foot building to Life Change Housing Associates to create this shelter. It’s almost entirely funded by private donations from neighbors and organizations.
“We don’t have a kitchen here, so everything that we eat here is brought in,” said Allen.
The shelter is always in need of businesses and organizations willing to sponsor a meal. The shelter will be open through Jan. 11.
“Just giving them a place where they can get out of the weather, a warm, safe place where they can just crash and sleep—you can’t get a good night’s sleep on the streets,” said Allen.
Volunteer Tangela Bedford knows what it’s like to be out on the streets in this weather.
“Especially when it’s cold and raining ice,” said Bedford.
She was once homeless herself, but over the last year, the team here has connected her with resources that found her a place to stay, a new job, and hope.
“This time last year I was actually in the shelter, and now I’m here to volunteer because I’m graduated, I guess you can say,” said Bedford, laughing. “And I got back on my feet to where I need to be.”
“It feels great, and it feels even better to know that I can come back and help and volunteer to help the next person as well.”
Over the last two years, they’ve helped 150 people find stable housing and helped hundreds stay out of the cold.
“I try to tell people all the time, don’t think that I’m anything special because I’m not,” said Allen. “I’d love to be home with my wife watching TV under a warm blanket, especially when it’s snowing outside, but the Lord has called us to do this to help others, and that’s why I do it—it’s for him.”
Summer Cromartie started volunteering here last year.
“The first time we volunteered, we knew that this was home for us to be able to meet a real and tangible need,” said Cromartie. “It’s one thing to be able to collect soup cans, but it’s another thing to be able to hand soup to an actual person.”
It’s that community that makes all the difference here.
“I just know that these folks are people with stories and mothers and kids, and they are just like I am,” said Cromartie.
The Irving Inclement Shelter is in need of new cots, blankets, and organizations and businesses interested in sponsoring meals for their guests over the next few days. To reach out to the shelter, visit Irvinghomeless.com.
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Paxton issues warning to Texas House Republicans in bitter Speaker battle
On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas GOP Chairman Abraham George kicked off a statewide tour in Fort Worth to help Representative David Cook of Mansfield win the Speaker’s gavel next week.
Before a standing-room-only crowd at Tarrant County Republican party headquarters, Paxton and George said Cook should become Speaker because he won support from the House GOP Caucus last month over Representative Dustin Burrows of Lubbock.
Paxton told reporters grassroots Republicans want conservatives leading the House and don’t want what he called moderate Republicans joining Democrats to select a Speaker.
“If the Speakership is controlled by a block of Democratic votes, which it has been since Joe Straus, it prevents Republicans who are elected to get certain things done, from getting their priorities done,” he said. “And that’s been happening for the past 16 years and I think this is the first time we’ve really had the chance to expose that.”
A number of House Republicans from around North Texas joined Paxton and George in backing Cook. They also said only Republicans should serve as committee chairs, and that the old tradition of including some Democrats as committee chairs needs to end. The Texas GOP supports such a move.
Paxton said he’s hoping veteran Republican State Representatives Charlie Geren and Giovanni Capriglione from Tarrant County and John McQueeney, an incoming Republican freshman will change their minds and back Cook over Burrows.
Paxton told the crowd, “Go talk to Representative Giovanni. Go talk to Representative Geren and particularly talk to John McQueeney who just got elected. These guys need to listen to you.”
Capriglione told CBS News Texas that he’s not changing his mind and remains committed to Burrows.
In a statement, Capriglione said, “His proven leadership and unwavering commitment to our shared conservative values will ensure that the priorities of our constituents will be implemented.”
Representative-elect McQueeney declined to comment and CBS News Texas did not hear back from Representative Geren.
Representative Carl Tepper, a friend and supporter of Burrows, told CBS News Texas last month that Burrows is more conservative than Cook.
“I reject the premise that it’s rebel forces of uber-conservatives trying to get control of the Texas House,” said Tepper. “It’s actually the opposite. I’m trying to get the conservative guy in to lead the House.”
If Burrows becomes Speaker, Paxton and George warned any Republican who backs Burrows.
“If they don’t listen, we are going to come back and primary them next session and beat them,” Paxton said.
George echoed that.
“It is something we may end up having to do if that’s what it takes to get our House in order,” said George.
The crowd applauded.
During the interview last month, Tepper said he was unfazed by the threat.
“I just don’t take my orders from the Republican Party of Texas,” he said. “I take my orders from the Republicans in the Republican primary in Lubbock County, and I take my orders from my voters here.”
Democratic State Representative Ana Maria Rodriguez Ramos is also running for Texas Speaker. Seventy-six votes are needed to win the gavel. The full Texas House votes on Jan. 14, the first day of the new legislative session.
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