Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

http://tamu.rivals.com/ I'm not a member so I couldn't open the story, but it's there.

I'll wait for a breaking news scroll on ESPN and not trust the always delusional a&m rivals site.

[Pokes]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

I'll wait for a breaking news scroll on ESPN and not trust the always delusional a&m rivals site.

This. I'll believe it when mainstream sites report it.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

This. I'll believe it when mainstream sites report it.

I'd probably buy it if there was actually an article. Right now all we have is a link to an aggie fan page with a vague head line that no one has a subscription to.

[AuburnAlumni]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

I'd probably buy it if there was actually an article. Right now all we have is a link to an aggie fan page with a vague head line that no one has a subscription to.

"Goodbye Big 12"

Your definition of "vague" differs greatly from mine.


It's gonna happen. Maybe not today. Maybe not next month. But that conference is toast and everyone knows it.

[TDenverFan]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

Yeah... has this actually been confirmed? ESPN has nada on it.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

"Goodbye Big 12"

Your definition of "vague" differs greatly from mine.


It's gonna happen. Maybe not today. Maybe not next month. But that conference is toast and everyone knows it.

The fact that the aggie rivals site is the ONLY source reporting it right now
Makes it vague. Rivals is all about misleading headlines anyways. I don't believe anything from Orangebloods, the Texas rivals site either.

[Psyblast]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

They will open up their recruiting base (Texas) to a multitude of competitors in their new conference.

As if they've had some kind of lockdown on Texas talent? They try to scrape together whatever is left over after Texas, Oklahoma and LSU are done. They battle Oklahoma State and Texas Tech and Baylor for their recruits. Joining the SEC isn't going to change anything. Big timers like Alabama and Florida and Auburn already recruit Texas (along with everywhere else). If anything, A&M will see their recruiting improve because they have the SEC brand to sell now.

They will go from a program that can be counted on for a solid 8 or 9 wins a year to one that will fight for bowl eligibility.

They haven't exactly been tearing it up in the Big 12. One 10 win season, one conference title 13 years ago, eight seasons of five losses or more since 2000. They've been a "fighting for bowl eligibility" program for a long time now.

[Husker_OS]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

Adding aTm in football is meh.

Baseball and basketball though? Roll tide.

[Redacted01]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

Texas A&M has the "Kill SWC Playbook" borrowed from Arkansas, more money, more chances, more visibility and one important thing

NO MORE TEXAS.

Texas is a cancer to any conference (are you listening B1G)

This. I don't know how many fake-nostalgia I saw this past year with people saying the Hogs would go to the Big 12 and reunite with it's SWC buddies... no.

And the Big 12 is done. Like people have been saying, it may not be really official yet, but this is twice now A&M has seriously talked about this. It isn't long before they pull the trigger, because the only other schools that can are OU and Texas. Ok, sure A&M may not win a national title any time soon in the SEC... oh wait! They weren't in the Big 12 either. Too many positives in the SEC.

I wouldn't be surprised if OU moved as well. Have seen them mentioned less than FSU and Clemson this time around, yet I believe OU was one of the teams talked about going to the SEC last year. Not like OU and Texas haven't been in difference conferences before.

[acts238shaun]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

This. I don't know how many fake-nostalgia I saw this past year with people saying the Hogs would go to the Big 12 and reunite with it's SWC buddies... no.

And the Big 12 is done. Like people have been saying, it may not be really official yet, but this is twice now A&M has seriously talked about this. It isn't long before they pull the trigger, because the only other schools that can are OU and Texas. Ok, sure A&M may not win a national title any time soon in the SEC... oh wait! They weren't in the Big 12 either. Too many positives in the SEC.

I wouldn't be surprised if OU moved as well. Have seen them mentioned less than FSU and Clemson this time around, yet I believe OU was one of the teams talked about going to the SEC last year. Not like OU and Texas haven't been in difference conferences before.

For real, and Arkansas left the SWC for the same reason A&M's leaving...like RebelHog said Texas is the mob affiliated union head that always wants more than they should get. How UT doesn't end up in front of Congress with Orin Hatch's BCS anti-trust inquiry is beyond me, especially when UT was getting 50% of all Big12 revenue.

[acts238shaun]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

And Arkansas never gave a serious thought to leaving...it was just a misdirection by OrangeBloods to try to keep A&M and OU.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

It's AggieYell(the rivals site) versus the other 3 big a&m sites right now over this. Each of them have their sources saying it's a certain way.

[coogrfan]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

But that's impossible.

All of our Big 12/Texas friends on OS told us that it would never happen.

It hasn't happened yet, and the Texas Legislature has yet to be heard from on the subject.

[acts238shaun]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

After A&M leaves the Big12 is gonna be like this:



I like ISU, hope they end up in B1G.

Kansas will get bum rushed bcuz of the B-Ball team by B1G, will end up there or with K-State in MWC. Would love to have them in SEC, but we don't want K-State.

K-State to MWC.

Baylor to MWC/PAC.

Texas Tech to MWC/PAC.

OU to SEC/PAC. Maybe Indy.

OSU to SEC/PAC/MWC.

Mizzou to B1G probably, maybe SEC.

Texas goes Indy.

[Perfect Zero]

Re: A&M to the SEC starting to blow up again on Twitter

I've been talking to some friends from A&M, and many of them believe that this deal is going to go through whether it is tonight or next year. The reactions are split though with some saying that they are going to miss the divisional rivals and what was left from the SWC, and others saying that its time for Texas to reap what they sew and saying that they really want what the SEC is offering. Plus, it means that there will be new names in College Station and there will be exciting match-ups against some of the best competition in the nation.

I wouldn't be posting this if I didn't think it was going to happen. I really like the Big XII, but I think that you have to go with what you feel is right. As long as the Aggies are in the Big XII, they will always have to deal with the headache from Texas. Yeah, I'm going to miss the rivalry that the Aggies built up with Baylor and Oklahoma, but there will be new rivalries with Louisiana State, Mississippi, Tennessee and a continued rivalry with Arkansas. If they keep the same divisional structure, it could also mean a great permanent rivalry with Clemson or Florida State (I don't know too much about the politics with the eastern non-SEC schools). Hopefully the SEC will fix the schedules so that they don't have to play more than eight in conference games (adds some variety).

Looking back at all of this, I really feel bad for the rest of the Big XII especially in the former Northern Division. I think Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will be packaged together for a good fit, and perhaps Missouri and Kansas can find themselves in the Big East. The rest of the teams are going to have a tough time finding a new place to play. Geography doesn't matter anymore, so maybe these teams can find some good fits.

Boy, Texas played this conference like a fiddle. They pulled all of the power plays, got their own money press, and then told everybody to go bugger off. Now with their brother heading for greener pastures, they are basically cutting off everybody else that helped to make them a success. The problem is that Texas can go independent. I hope that they do; maybe they will find that burning bridges is a bad policy.