Texas A&M going to the SEC? Maybe OU as well?

[bbdude]

Teams have until September 1st to declare a move to another conference. Reports are that A&M will make the move to the SEC. It is possible OU might bolt as well. This would more than likely dissolve the Big XII Conference. Texas has the option to go independent but teams like Texas Tech, Iowa State, K-State and the likes will be scrambling for affiliation.

 

[beevomav]

Yo Aggies/OlieDoke..see ya and you won't be missed..Sec will show the would Ags are a division II school..

 

[The Llama]

Are there any sheep in SEC-ville? Must be or else no way in hell would they consider moving conferences. Ags will get slaughtered the first few years in the SEC. All time record vs SEC teams is 58-79-6. I am not a math major but that is not good. They will get kicked around for a while. The move would be a catalyst for more conferences to sweep up other schools and grow the # of teams. Superconferences are being developed. This has been discussed before and if there were only a handful of large conferences, maybe the playoff system might be more feasible??

 

[cheeseman]

Check this piece out from BYU's Cougarboard.com. Interesting Stuff. Florida State to the SEC? Big XII would stay together and invite additional teams?

Latest from Deloss Doss, Texas and Notre dame and new league - CougarBoard.com

 

[beevomav]

The funny thing is moving won't change anything, unless TAM is considering moving the campus out of state..There will still be a TLN and there is not one thing the jerks in College Station can do about it..Live with it Aggies, just like you have lived with being a foot note to UT..

 

[bbdude]

Twitter is blowing up with unofficial reports that the SEC is bringing the following schools aboard: Florida State, Clemson, Texas A&M and Mizzou. Superconference # 1 would be officially extablished. I am not sure it is worth saving the Big 12 now unless Deloss and company can convince some heavy hitting teams to defect from existing conferences. This superconference trend will hit the other biggies as well, if not this year withing a few years. It is GO INDY or back to the drawing board...

 

[HornEnforcer]

I am hearing there is a significant chance the SEC might not take A&M. Seems like a done deal but nothing should surprise us. We know Texas has options but how 'bout OU?

 

[bbdude]

Looks like A&M is not a sure thing after all for the SEC. While the deal is not good right now, several sources are reporting that within 3 weeks A&M might be SEC bound. The biggest hindrance on the aggie side is the financial component it seems. They would have to pay a "transition fee" supposedly. Might not be financially wise for A&M to do so at the time. Here is a good article that discusses what is going on right now - SEC didn't pass on extending Texas A&M invitation, it's letting process play out - Andy Staples - SI.com

 

[UTK66]

That goofy looking damn aggie president now has the authority to make decisions on the athletic dept. and a possible move. He doesn't look too sharp to me with that goofy damn bowtie. Let's see if he has the balls to pull the trigger to the SEC, and then pay the Big 12 an estimated 20-30 million dollars for bailing on the contract they just recently signed.

 

[beevomav]

I guess after looking at this I have done a turn around. The landscape in college football is changing and I see more of this. I remember when Nebraska and Colorado left the future of the Big XII was predicted to be short lived. I think the Aggies leaving is actually a smart move. Texas is going either to a super conference or become an independent. It is just a matter of when if you look at the terminology in the agreement between UT and ESPN. They spent a lot of time on out clauses and right of first refusal for this not to be happening. I am even convinced that the powers to be are not upset in the least by the Aggies bolting.

They will retain the games with OU and TAM, add maybe Notre Dame and another big school and that is it. The rest will be filled with some directional school from La or Fla.. They will align with a school for other sports like basketball and baseball.

TAM knew this and that is why they are leaving. I think it is less than a "pissed off'' and more of a smart move. Think if UT bolted and they were out in the cold. It happened to TCU and it could happen to them. Not only that but it is a huge financial move for the university. What would happen if UT did this and the SEC wasn't an option? I am still surprised the SEC wants them.

UT is going to do what is best for them and really gave little consideration to TAM and OU when they created the network with ESPN. So why should the Aggies not do the same? Now as for playing in the SEC, like Arkansas they will have to settle for the money and not much else.

 

[bbdude]

Mr. Magoo is alive in well in College Station. The payout fee is definitely the hindrance behind the lag in the shift (as wll as the legal issues). I just hope we kick the crap out of them this year if it is their last in Big XII country. You know those jackals would stake claim if they beat us this year. As pathetic as it would be, especially with the OWNED label we put on them, they would spin this differently.

 

[bbdude]

I guess after looking at this I have done a turn around. The landscape in college football is changing and I see more of this. I remember when Nebraska and Colorado left the future of the Big XII was predicted to be short lived. I think the Aggies leaving is actually a smart move. Texas is going either to a super conference or become an independent. It is just a matter of when if you look at the terminology in the agreement between UT and ESPN. They spent a lot of time on out clauses and right of first refusal for this not to be happening. I am even convinced that the powers to be are not upset in the least by the Aggies bolting.
They will retain the games with OU and TAM, add maybe Notre Dame and another big school and that is it. The rest will be filled with some directional school from La or Fla.. They will align with a school for other sports like basketball and baseball.

TAM knew this and that is why they are leaving. I think it is less than a "pissed off'' and more of a smart move. Think if UT bolted and they were out in the cold. It happened to TCU and it could happen to them. Not only that but it is a huge financial move for the university. What would happen if UT did this and the SEC wasn't an option? I am still surprised the SEC wants them.

UT is going to do what is best for them and really gave little consideration to TAM and OU when they created the network with ESPN. So why should the Aggies not do the same? Now as for playing in the SEC, like Arkansas they will have to settle for the money and not much else.

I agree with you to an extent but it is still very aggie-like to want to draw the attention to themselves to spite Texas. The Longhorn Network is an innovative force (or destruction depending on how you look at it) that is leading the way on a national scene in terms of developing parameters for this sort of privatized broadcasting. As the old saying goes "As goes Texas, so goes the nation." I think the fact that OU is still committed to the Big XII speaks volumes. As much as I hate to admit it, OU is a significant force in holding the conference together - much more so than Texas A&M. If you look for tier 1 schools in the Big XII conference, there are only two: Texas and OU.

I fully believe tamu will head to the SEC and they will be gone from the shadow of Texas, but I do not think they will experience the kind of success they think they will. Sure, the fans are all in for an aggie move but after a few initial years of consecutive mediocre or losing seasons , they will want Mike Sherman's head on a platter.

On a serious note the Big XII might want to do more to take care of the glamour-less schools so that they are incentivized to stay. The Pac 10 offeres schools a significant amount more of the TV dollars than the Big XII. College football is golden, and Microsoft Internet Explorer still sucks - like OU.

 

[beevomav]

TAM has few options and if they miss the SEC boat it could be the Mountain West for them. Short term they will prosper and for a few years their alumni will be patient. I totally agree with you when you say heads will roll down the line. I have a friend who bleeds Razorback red. We were talking recently and he seems to have lost some of his passion. His comment to me was telling. "Tell me how Arkansas making a lot of money in the SEC helped the team?" He watches the games but doesn't know the players and never goes to game anymore. Back in the SWC days you would never see the guy without his Hog stuff on game day. This will be TAM's..IMHO..

Now OU is a completely different situation. They have lots of options. Any conference in the nation would gladly accept them and they are desperate to keep that relationship with Texas alive. They recruited Texas for years with that one game in Dallas and although critical of UT from time to time, they know keeping UT on their play card is good business.

Internet Explorer is the antichrist of operating systems..what I expect from Microsoft..TAM/OU blow..

 

[bbdude]

Speaking of Arkansas, that is a team that I parallel Texas A&M with (if/when A&M makes the move to the SEC). Arkansas has never won an SEC title and they have only won 3 divisional championships. The last time the hogs won a conference championship outright was in 1989 when they played in the Southwest Conference. They moved to the SEC in 1990 and have been lackluster ever since.

For a team to be in a conference for 21 years and never win a conference championship... that has to suck. I think A&M will be very similar to Arkansas in that they will not win a conference title for possibly decades with a divisional title coming every 7or 8 years.