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Originally Posted by Solecismic
Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas and maybe Missouri meet that threshold. I don't think the Big Ten is even paying attention right now, unless Texas or Notre Dame calls.
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I'd totally disagree that the Big Ten isn't paying attention. They're just waiting in the weeds for the SEC or Pac-XX to pull the trigger. There are a lot of panicked admins right now in the big conferences that don't sit as well as the schools you mention above.
Saw this from an A&M board. There's more than one B12 team that would love for the other SEC team to come from the east side so they don't have to be the one to push a conference past 13 teams.
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I'm hearing from SEC sources that they have No. 14 in their back pocket but there's been a flurry of activity and phone calls to the SEC office today from several schools including some from the Big 12 that they are going to see what turns up before committing to this other school (would be east division).
It's like a department store on the day after Thanksgiving and people pounding on the doors at 5:00 AM waiting for the store to open. Everybody is jockeying for position...I'm not just talking SEC but the other major conferences as well.
This is going to a be one heckuva free-for-all. Good thing that A&M already has its seat and popcorn. If you ask me, there's a good chance the Big 12 doesn't survive.
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