Texas will be carrying the flag for the entire Pac-16.
Texas didn't even need Vince Young to destroy USC this time.
Texas isn't even officially in the Pac-10 yet and it already rules the league. When this new superconference is announced, there's no longer any doubt where the supreme program will reside.
In Austin.
One of the biggest drawing cards of this new Pac-16 has already been blown to pieces by Pete Carroll and Reggie Bush's cheating ways. That super rivalry pitting Texas vs. USC is at best a far-off dream now, even less realistic than the University of Houston's fantastical "plans" for $160 million in new stadiums. The NCAA essentially reduced the Trojans to a rubble of a team for next five to six years easy with those severe scholarship limitations and a two-year postseason ban.
Throw in the fact that the anything-but-solid Lane Kiffin being USC's new coach would have been handicap enough and well ... Mack Brown should be dancing on Sixth Street.
Sure, fellow Pac-16 creator, Oklahoma, will be good as long as Bob Stoops is in Norman, but as consistently excellent as he's been, Stoops has never captured the imagination of high school kids around the country the way the proudly outlaw Barry Switzer did. If you're from Florida or farther up the East Coast, Texas is the much cooler program. It's the place with more recent mystique.
Of course, this puts pressure on the Longhorns too. There's no reason that Texas cannot dominate this league the way Florida and Alabama loom over the rest of the SEC. And please don't bring up Oregon (the Ducks are still an every-three-year program).
The Trojans ,,, they're the superpower that used to be. Texas has ran all over USC again and this time, it didn't even need Vince Young to do it.
Legendary rockers Styx and Kevin Cronin, lead singer of REO Speedwagon, will team up to co-headline the “Brotherhood of Rock” tour in 2025, which will include a stop at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on Friday, June 6.
The large, 40-city tour will take place over three months, starting in Greenville, South Carolina on May 28, and wrapping up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 24.
In addition to Houston, the tour will go to Austin on June 4 and Dallas on August 1. It will include special guest Don Felder, former lead guitarist for the Eagles, at all dates.
Fans can expect some of the greatest rock anthems of all time, including “Renegade,” “Keep On Loving You,” “Come Sail Away,” “Can't Fight This Feeling,” and “Hotel California.”
Styx and Cronin (as part of REO Speedwagon) first toured together in 2000 and in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, coming together to form the Rock to the Rescue 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. This will mark their sixth time joining forces on the road.
2022 was the 50th anniversary of Styx's self-titled debut album, but they have yet to slow down. The band released their 17th album, Crash of the Crown, in 2021. Of course, not everyone is a fan, as this classic clip from The Simpsons illustrates.
REO Speedwagon's recording days appear to be done, with their last album coming out in 2009, but the main group of five has been together since 1989. On this tour, Cronin will be joined by REO's lead guitarist Dave Amato and drummer Bryan Hitt.
General tickets for the tour will go on sale starting on Friday, December 13 at 10 am at LiveNation.com.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning on December 9 at 10 am through the Citi Entertainment program.
Styx and Kevin Cronin will be offering VIP packages via their own exclusive pre-sales beginning on Tuesday, December 10 at 10 am, as well as at LiveNation.com.
Texas will be carrying the flag for the entire Pac-16.
Texas didn't even need Vince Young to destroy USC this time.