i don't know how this will shake out, but there seems to be real momentum building among my aggy friends for the sec. they all say that the sec is a fit culturally. (pac 10 and big 10 are not) they want out from underneath our shadow. they seem to think it will help their recruiting. (i'm not sure going 5-7 or 6-6 every year will help) they also seem to think that they can negotiate a better money deal for themselves as part of the sec. like i said, i don't have a clue, but i do know that aggy will continue to be aggy.
Valmy is right. Schedules are made several years in advance usually and not every good team wants to play Texas and s Valmy also pointed out Utah and Arkansas have backed out as has Minnesota. When one backs out you not only lose them but probably lose someone else that might have played you and it leaves you with having to find who you can get.
Aggy's not going anywhere, despite what some fans may want. Here are just a few of the reasons why. 1. Rivalry with UT. This is a 100+ year rivalry that, in part, defines them as a program (not a knock - vice versa is true as well). 2. Big Xii Exit penalty. They cant afford it. 3. 20mil in new Big XII revenues - They cant afford to leave it. 4. ESPN sway. ESPN is not going to be real excited about renegotiating their SEC contract to benefit A&M, to the detriment of their newly created ESPNUT. I would highly suspect they would flat out say no. Without modification to the SEC TV deal, A&M would make significantly less in the SEC and that is even if the other teams were willing to reduce their take -- A highly unlikely event.
"Bama played VT and PSU last season." ______________________________ Uh, no.... They played PennSt in Tuscaloosa. The previous year they played VT in the Georgia Dome to open the season. One tough ooc game a yr is enough for Nick. Next season will be his 1st true road game ooc when they play at PennSt.
#5 Rick Perry will face political ramifications , A&M's AD Byrne and Pres. Loftin answer to him and his popularity will plummet if A&M managed to bring 11 SEC coaches and their "rogue" "agents" into Texas
Just a quick list of OOC powerhouses that SEC division winners and runner-ups conquered last year: Miami (OH) South Florida Appalachian State Southern Miss Furman Troy Clemson (2) Arkansas State Louisiana-Monroe (2) Chattanooga Tennessee Tech Texas A&M* UTEP
Not sure this thread deserves the bump, but Frank the Tank has the ag to SEC discussion in his crosshairs (like a silf in the tackle-box). Interesting and cogent discussion of the topic. you can't alway get what you want, aggies
I say we keep letting aggy think they have an open invite to the SEC. That makes life a lot more fun.
Not sure this is bump worthy but, FWIW, an ESPN report echos Frank the Tank's take on the Aggy-Open-Invitation-to-the-SEC pipe dream: Linky
If it helps aggy to ward off the winter cold, they can think they have some kind of preferred "open invitation" from the SEC, and bless 'em. Never try to confuse a fan of agricultural with facts. I don't doubt for a minute that when the SEC thought the Pac 10 was going all "mega-conference" they whispered sweet nothings to okie and aggy. That would make sense at the time. Now? Not so much. If ag goes SEC, you'll have 13 teams splitting the same tv money 12 are now. ESPN and CBS have already indicated there'll be no additional tv money following expansion, and the contracts run for a few years. I seriously doubt current SEC members want the cult cutting into their revenue. Zero-u's smart enough to realize they can make theirs by staying right where they are, with UT. I guess that shows that the folks north of the Red River get it much better than those in Bagdad on the Brazos. It actually makes my winter more bearable thinking about the agriculturally-inclined dreaming of heading to the southeast for a decade or more of butt-whippings, while secretly realizing that they'll go nowhere if UT doesn't want them to.
