Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[Jr.]

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

TU has publicity stated they want the game, why wouldnt A&M want it?

Who is TU? Isn't Texas, UT?

[lonewolf371]

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

Who is TU? Isn't Texas, UT?

There's several. Tulane, Towson, Trinity, Temple...

[TDenverFan]

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

There's several. Tulane, Towson, Trinity, Temple...

The Temple Texas rivalry is intense! Man, if you haven't seen that game at least once in your lifetime, you're missing out!

[doom41]

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

However, there is a really good chance of a Texas vs. Notre Dame game replacing the Texas vs. Aggy game on Thanksgiving. Those talks with the Irish are serious and there's a good chance of it happening when TAMU leaves.

Not according to the ND AD. He said there are no plans for an annual game with Texas.

[doom41]

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

TU has publicity stated they want the game, why wouldnt A&M want it?

You've got that mixed up. A&M said they want to keep playing the game. Texas has said they would stop playing A&M if they left.

[choadler]

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

Another reason why the Irish will never join the Big (not quite) XII:

"Additionally, the Irish love having their other sports in the Big East and I am not just talking about basketball. The Irish care about many sports that simply aren't even sponsored in the Big 12 (men's soccer, ice hockey, lacrosse, etc...)."

1 reason. You can have your own television deal in the big 12 or whatever iteration this becomes. You can't do that in the Big 10.

Let's say Texas, OU, OSU, Tech form a conference with Pitt, BC, BYU, ND and whoever else, most likely a play for having your own television deal will not be an issue.

Texas is making more than any school in the nation with it's deal in the dead big 12. Imagine if a new conference was formed, a national conference. They are picking up $300M over 20 years for the LHN and they are making about $20M in the Big 12 right now. That pretty much blows the SEC out of the water.

[cdawg44]

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

And our friend Chip Brown chimes in with this little piece of information that A&M will be leaving the Big 12 tomorrow and will pay between 10 to 12 million plus forfeit all TV money this year. I know, I know his word is questionable at best.

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1257714

[untrugby]

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

You've got that mixed up. A&M said they want to keep playing the game. Texas has said they would stop playing A&M if they left.

Yeah i misread it was Mack Brown who said he wanted to keep the rivalry even if the teams were in different conferences. Typical Mack talking out of his backside

[TripleCrown9]

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

New York Times breaking that A&M president sent letter of withdrawal to Big XII chairman. I'll find a link when I get home in a few minutes.

[cdawg44]

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

New York Times breaking that A&M president sent letter of withdrawal to Big XII chairman. I'll find a link when I get home in a few minutes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/sp...r=1&ref=sports

Here you go bro

[TripleCrown9]

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/sp...r=1&ref=sports

Here you go bro

Ah thank you. Just got home and started looking, lol.

[TheGamingChef]

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

All indications from all sources are that this is the real deal. On an Auburn board someone said A&M got 9 yes votes from the 12 SEC presidents. 9 was the minimum needed for approval. If not Tuesday, it will be no later than Thursday that this becomes official and A&M is gone. Now time for Notre Dame!

P.S. Thanks for the free cash Aggies!

[Aggies67]

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

Now time for Notre Dame!

Don't kid yourself. Notre Dame will not join the Big 12.

P.S. Thanks for the free cash Aggies!

Several pages ago, you were slamming A&M left and right for this move, and saying you were worried about what would happen if it went down. And now you're posting smilies and thanking A&M for leaving? Yeah, right....

[TheGamingChef]

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

Several pages ago, you were slamming A&M left and right for this move, and saying you were worried about what would happen if it went down. And now you're posting smilies and thanking A&M for leaving? Yeah, right....

We in the Big XII will happily take your money as you descend into eventual irrelevance in the SEC, all because your eternal pissing match with UT - or, I'm sorry, "TU" - finally reached such a climax that you decided it was a good idea to drive yourself off a cliff as long as the Longhorns were in the car too. News flash - no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, the University of Texas will ALWAYS be the premier institution - athletic, academic, and otherwise - in the state of Texas. Deal with it. If you want to rip on me for being an ISU fan, do it, I've heard it all a million times, but then we'd all know what you'd really be doing... deflecting the conversation away from what it's really about (A&M).

Also, in light of all of the new facts I could not be less worried about the Big XII. The situation has changed dramatically. We will be fine, worst case scenario is replace A&M with BYU. And that is the worst outcome. Looking forward to a yell leader-less conference!

[AuburnAlumni]

To quote a certain poster from way back in this thread...

"its time to chuckle at some folks in this thread"

Texas A&M is gone from the Big 12 and will be a member of the SEC shortly.

Look forward to it.