Texas A&M+SEC=Twitter rumors

[Al Bundy]

texashsfootball Texas HS Football
by UCFSports
Texas A&M Board of Regents will meet on Thursday to discuss a possible move to the SEC.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/sp...tml?ref=sports

SEC to Discuss Admission of Texas A&M

Eleven of the 12 Southeastern Conference presidents will meet Sunday at a secret location to discuss the admission of Texas A&M to the league, according to a high-ranking SEC official with first-hand knowledge of the talks.

The official said there was a 30 to 40 percent chance that the presidents could vote against Texas A&M’s membership. He also said there was the issue of which university would become the 14th team, something many in college sports will monitor.

“We realize if we do this, we have to have the 14th,” the SEC official said. “No name has been thrown out. This thing is much slower out of the chute than the media and blogs have made it.”

The official said that three weeks ago, Texas A&M’s president, R. Bowen Loftin, called the SEC commissioner, Mike Slive, and said the Aggies regretted not joining the league last summer. Two weeks ago, Slive and the SEC counsel met with Texas A&M officials. The SEC requested that Texas A&M figure out the legal viability of leaving the Big 12 contract they signed last year.

“They have a contract now,” the SEC official said. “We’re very sensitive about being part of breaking a contract. What we asked them to do was to go settle their issues and not have us be on the table as the agent of causing them to leave.”

The SEC official said he wondered if the SEC presidents would vote for A&M only if they were assured that a team from within one of their states — Florida State, Clemson or Georgia Tech, for example — would not be added.

“I’m going to try and say, don’t bring it up now,” the SEC official said. “That shouldn’t be a condition or part of the negotiation for this next issue. But it could.”

That article is pure bull shit. I listen to a Mike Silva interview not more than a month ago. He said T-AM has an open invitation to the SEC. We want the Texas market in the SEC bla bla bla so on & so on.
No disrespect meant Zack. I just dont buy the article

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

That article is pure bull shit. I listen to a Mike Silva interview not more than a month ago. He said T-AM has an open invitation to the SEC. We want the Texas market in the SEC bla bla bla so on & so on.
No disrespect meant Zack. I just dont buy the article

What you are saying doesn't conflict with what the article is saying.

[DJ's left nut]

Yeah, I'd rather be in the Big 10.

We'll get absolutely piss-pounded in the SEC and the travel schedule would be shit.

MU to the SEC falls squarely into 'grass is always greener' territory. After getting our heads kicked in for a few years while KU and K-State get to coast to 7-8 win seasons against inferior opponents, we'll really miss the good ol' days.

[LiveSteam]

Aggies out, UH in for the Big 12?
Posted on 08/12/2011 by Brent Zwerneman

COLLEGE STATION – Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe has told Texas A&M that Texas holds the key to the long-term future of the Big 12, and that the Big 12 would survive without the Aggies, according to an A&M official.

The Big 12 also believes the University of Houston would be a viable candidate to replace the Aggies, the A&M official said. All signs point to the Aggies bolting the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. The A&M regents are meeting on Aug. 22 and an announcement about the SEC might follow soon after.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/aggies/...or-the-big-12/

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah, I'd rather be in the Big 10.

We'll get absolutely piss-pounded in the SEC and the travel schedule would be shit.

MU to the SEC falls squarely into 'grass is always greener' territory. After getting our heads kicked in for a few years while KU and K-State get to coast to 7-8 win seasons against inferior opponents, we'll really miss the good ol' days.

We are in no position to turn down an SEC offer if it comes along with the hope that the Big Ten will suddenly grace us with an invitation. If we balk at the SEC, we deserve whatever shitty conference we get stuck in.

If the SEC adds A&M, Mizzou, FSU, and Clemson, the new TV package money will be absurd.

[baitism]

The first few years would be rough. But, you guys must realize Mizzou would recruit a hell of a lot better as part of the SEC. So, in the future, I don't think it would be epically devastating to their football program.

[Predarat]

Everything I am hearing is that the FSU and Clemson rumours are absolute bullshit. If they add teams, they want to spread their footprint, not add teams already in it.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

We are in no position to turn down an SEC offer if it comes along with the hope that the Big Ten will suddenly grace us with an invitation. If we balk at the SEC, we deserve whatever shitty conference we get stuck in.

If the SEC adds A&M, Mizzou, FSU, and Clemson, the new TV package money will be absurd.

No doubt.

If it's offered, we take it and don't look back. There's no sense in overplaying our hand here.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't still prefer a Big 10 offer.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by baitism

The first few years would be rough. But, you guys must realize Mizzou would recruit a hell of a lot better as part of the SEC. So, in the future, I don't think it would be epically devastating to their football program.

Maybe, maybe not.

MUs major recruiting comes from Texas and the ability to appeal to a lot of kids desire to play a bunch of the Texas teams that didn't want them. Or to play OU and OSU.

MU uses the current B12 conference to its advantage quite well in recruiting.

If they were in the SEC, those Texas recruiting bases would start to shrivel up. Worse still, Pinkel started in the Ohio area, which isn't exactly prime SEC territory either (but would be good B10 territory).

I really don't know that our recruiting would improve a ton. Then again, we did take our lead recruiter away from LSU so presumably he has ties to the area. In either event, I'm not sold that our recruiting would definitely get better and I definitely don't think it would make up for the massive step up in competition.

[baitism]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Maybe, maybe not.

MUs major recruiting comes from Texas and the ability to appeal to a lot of kids desire to play a bunch of the Texas teams that didn't want them. Or to play OU and OSU.

MU uses the current B12 conference to its advantage quite well in recruiting.

If A&M goes and/or the B12 collapses this is a non-issue. But, seriously, what top level player wouldn't want to play in the best football conference?

[Titty Meat]

This is starting to make sense Big 10 & Pac 12 favor a +1 now.

[Pitt Gorilla]

@Mike_Desamero been told from source close #sec that #Missouri has noon deadline on Sunday. Should be interesting next 24 hours.

@panderson1988 same places I heard about #TexasAM are the same sources talking #Mizzou. We were dead solid perfect on #TexasAM. Up to Mizzou

@DanP1972 #SEC is powerful enough as it is, but #TexasAM is a great fit and #Mizzou is an attractive team. I don't think league stops at 14.

@InsideTide @barrettsallee to clarify , #Mizzou has Sunday deadline to come to terms with #SEC.

@BarrettSallee #Mizzou has noon deadline from the SEC to accept it's offer or #SEC will move in another direction. FSU, Clemson left out.

[Rams Fan]

If the reports are true, Alden better not decline.

[KcMizzou]

OU sources say Missouri departure would doom Big 12

Texas A&M regents have scheduled a meeting Monday to discuss conference affiliation, and the Aggies are expected to accept an invitation to the Southeastern Conference. A Fox Sports report Saturday said it is "likely" that Missouri would join A&M in the SEC.

The Big 12 already was down to 10 members, and while some league and school officials expressed hope that the conference could rebound from A&M's departure, such optimism does not exist if Missouri leaves also.

One OU official said he assumes that OU would move to the Pac 12 Conference, probably to be joined by Oklahoma State and Kansas among others.

An OSU official said, "no answers until we are dealing with facts."

Another OU official said it is important for the Sooners to leave their options open. OU officials spent Saturday trying to confirm Missouri's status.

The Big 12's athletic directors have scheduled a 3 p.m. CDT conference call with commissioner Dan Beebe to discuss the situation, multiple conference sources told ESPN.com.

"It is very important to keep all options open at this point to make the best long-term decision," an OU official told The Oklahoman. "No one can assume a specific direction can necessarily happen unless a number of things fall into place too.

"One wrong move and some possibilities would be eliminated."

Read more: http://newsok.com/ou-sources-say-mis...#ixzz1UwtbRE9I

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[keg in kc]

I don't think there's any way Missouri goes. But I didn't think A&M was going, either.

I'm obviously biased, but I'd be contacting the Big 10 again were I MU. I think that would be a better fit for them long term than the SEC. But that said going to the premiere conference in football couldn't really be seen as a bad thing, either...