(NEW) Aggie rumors of going to the SEC

[ryne candy]

Until I hear something from a bigger site, I'll just file this away but....

Multiple sources in Texas tell me today that a deal to allow Texas A&M to join the SEC has been agreed to in principle. An additional source – unconfirmed at the moment but typically reliable – tells me all 12 conference members have voted unanimously to accept A&M into the league. Speculation out of Texas has the Aggies playing football in the SEC during the 2012 season, not in 2013 or 2014 as I first heard.

We’ll update as rumors are confirmed or denied. If this is all true, it tracks with information I was given late last week that a deal between Texas A&M and the SEC was imminent.

More later…

FOR THE RECORD: It needs to be understood that we are not journalists. Adam, Jeff, and I work on this blog part time, typically during lunch breaks and at night. Unless we specifically say otherwise, please understand that we are “talking out loud” as we track down stories and send/receive information from our sources and journalist friends.

UPDATE I: I have a second source with ties to Aggie administration officials that confirms the Aggies and the SEC have been discussing a contract for membership. No one is willing/able to confirm that the deal is complete, though.

http://bloghawgs.com/2011/08/09/aggies-to-secede/

 

[KNUBB]

This merely means that the LSU/aTm Rivalry will be a yearly thing.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

If they get TAMU, they really need a 14th member. Only 13 is gay

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

If they get TAMU, they really need a 14th member. Only 13 is gay

The SEC will probably try to get Clemson or Georgia Tech to join the conference. This may be the start of the super conferences.

 

[KNUBB]

The SEC was already a super conference :smug:

 

[Bmore]

The SEC will probably try to get Clemson or Georgia Tech to join the conference. This may be the start of the super conferences.

I disagree

If the aggies leave to go to the SEC then UT would most likely follow. Both are cash cows and generate a lot of money. Texas has always had Arkansas as rivals, so it would make some sense.

The ACC wouldn't depart with any teams (IMO), unless it was a football only departure. Because the ACC is the highest grossing conference in Basketball.

 

[KNUBB]

I disagree

If the aggies leave to go to the SEC then UT would most likely follow. Both are cash cows and generate a lot of money. Texas has always had Arkansas as rivals, so it would make some sense.

The ACC wouldn't depart with any teams (IMO), unless it was a football only departure. Because the ACC is the highest grossing conference in Basketball.

If UT comes with them then OH God the SEC West. Bama might move to the East but fuck

 

[BrntO4Life]

If the aggies leave to go to the SEC then UT would most likely follow. Both are cash cows and generate a lot of money. Texas has always had Arkansas as rivals, so it would make some sense.

Won't ever happen. Texas doesn't fit in culturally and never will.

Texas will try to hold the Big 12 together as long as they can to maximize profit on the LHN. If it doesn't work, they go Independent and work on putting their super conference together in the next 10 years.

As for A&M, they've done a lot of crying this Summer, but they'll be doing a LOT more once they have to compete with the SEC for wins and recruits. I say go for it and good riddance to our yearly matchup.

 

[Champ]

This is a bunch of stupidness. Same blog said that this was a done deal last year.

 

[KNUBB]

Won't ever happen. Texas doesn't fit in culturally and never will.

Texas will try to hold the Big 12 together as long as they can to maximize profit on the LHN. If it doesn't work, they go Independent and work on putting their super conference together in the next 10 years.

As for A&M, they've done a lot of crying this Summer, but they'll be doing a LOT more once they have to compete with the SEC for wins and recruits. I say go for it and good riddance to our yearly matchup.

The SEC is too hardcore :smug:

The Longhorns can't hang

 

[BrntO4Life]

The SEC is too hardcore :smug:

The Longhorns can't hang

It's more of the fact that nearly all SEC schools don't give two shits about academics (outside of Florida). UT-Austin has an academic reputation that it cares to uphold.

Also, the numerous recruiting scandals that have occurred (and their propensity for originating in SEC country) is not a game Texas wants to play. They refuse to play the street agent game and would be at a severe disadvantage in a conference where that has become the norm.

Texas would have gone to the PAC-10 in the past, but this new network deal has them either holding the Big 12 together or going Independent. Why secure yourself in another conference when you can make just as much money on your own?

 

[KNUBB]

It's more of the fact that nearly all SEC schools don't give two shits about academics (outside of Florida). UT-Austin has an academic reputation that it cares to uphold.

Also, the numerous recruiting scandals that have occurred (and their propensity for originating in SEC country) is not a game Texas wants to play. They refuse to play the street agent game and would be at a severe disadvantage in a conference where that has become the norm.

Texas would have gone to the PAC-10 in the past, but this new network deal has them either holding the Big 12 together or going Independent. Why secure yourself in another conference when you can make just as much money on your own?

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They can't hang :troll:

 

[BrntO4Life]

Texas has played SEC schools twice in the BCS era. They're 1-1 (with the victory coming against your Tigers).

I don't think there's any indication that they can't hang. It's more a position of "why make things any harder on yourself". A&M will find out soon enough, if reports are true. I don't even know if they can place any higher than 5th in the SEC East (and Miss. St. certainly seems prepared to have something to say about that).

 

[KNUBB]

Texas has played SEC schools twice in the BCS era. They're 1-1 (with the victory coming against your Tigers).

I don't think there's any indication that they can't hang. It's more a position of "why make things any harder on yourself". A&M will find out soon enough. I don't even know if they can place any higher than 5th in the SEC East (and Miss. St. certainly seems prepared to have something to say about that).

LSU had no place in that Cotton Bowl that season.

 

[BrntO4Life]

LSU had no place in that Cotton Bowl that season.

And they sure did show it on the field.

 

[Boucher]

lol at florida holding Academic prestige

 

[BrntO4Life]

lol at florida holding Academic prestige

They're in the AAU. No one else in the SEC is.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

It's more of the fact that nearly all SEC schools don't give two shits about academics (outside of Florida). UT-Austin has an academic reputation that it cares to uphold.

Also, the numerous recruiting scandals that have occurred (and their propensity for originating in SEC country) is not a game Texas wants to play. They refuse to play the street agent game and would be at a severe disadvantage in a conference where that has become the norm.

Texas would have gone to the PAC-10 in the past, but this new network deal has them either holding the Big 12 together or going Independent. Why secure yourself in another conference when you can make just as much money on your own?

Florida
Georgia
Vandy

That is about it in regards to the SEC caring about academics. The rest are bad semester away from a community college.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

lol at florida holding Academic prestige

Very good school.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Vanderbilt is obviously the best academic school in the SEC