Texas A&M coming to the SEC????

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#804
droski said:
they dont' want to go to the pac-10. their fanbase couldn't handle being in the same conference with those hippies and liberals.
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IIRC, however, the Pac 12 looked at them as early as back when they added the two schools to go from the Pac 8 to Pac 10. They were going to bring them and Texas to go to 12 teams then but it didn't happen.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
It's not like the Pac 10 hasn't looked at them multiple times. We're just the first to look at them solo. It's also the first time they've said enough is enough and decided to break from Texas.

If you don't understand that they are fairly close to Houston (#4 media market?), student body of 50K at a time, and even as #2 team in Texas will probably come in in the top half, if not third of fanbase size, then I don't know what to tell you.
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because they are not any good. It will not add the huge dollars and will actually do little for the local area as few will make the trip to see away games. The reason I won't travel to watch the Vols play MSU is the same for tamu. Maybe once for the novelty but it won't be a destination. I'll save my money for a better opponent
 
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#807
tigervol9802 said:
IIRC, however, the Pac 12 looked at them as early as back when they added the two schools to go from the Pac 8 to Pac 10. They were going to bring them and Texas to go to 12 teams then but it didn't happen.
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pac-12 would gladly take them. that is not up for debate.
 
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#808
utvolpj said:
and that helps football how?



how does Vandy's academic program help the SEC or UT right now?



which you've been doing the whole time! Maybe a .500 team is the best we should hope for and we'll just enjoy the wins we get against them. Really can't understand the love
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Well for starters without Vandy or UF, the SEC is third tier national universities, which is a joke. So, it helps in that regard, its not gonna help get recruits or anything like that, but if you can't see the relevance then I guess there is not rationale to help here. Why can't we still be an excellent football conference and add money and better academics? And you still have not mentioned any other schools that fit the bill. I answer our questions, your turn to answer mine.
 
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#809
utvolpj said:
are you really comparing ND to tamu? Sorry but I can't see any similarities
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i'm not, but the travelling fanbase should not be discounted. nor should the size of the media market. A&M is a strange school. in reality they should be oklahoma or nebraska. it doesn't make a lot of sense.
 
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#811
utvolpj said:
because they are not any good. It will not add the huge dollars and will actually do little for the local area as few will make the trip to see away games. The reason I won't travel to watch the Vols play MSU is the same for tamu. Maybe once for the novelty but it won't be a destination. I'll save my money for a better opponent
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You do realize they were a screwed up formula away from playing for the Big 12 title last year, right?

Please tell me how adding the Dallas and Houston markets will not increase the SEC TV drastically.

And you don't think opposing fanbases will travel there for games?
 
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#812
knucklehead_vol said:
Well for starters without Vandy or UF, the SEC is third tier national universities, which is a joke. So, it helps in that regard, its not gonna help get recruits or anything like that, but if you can't see the relevance then I guess there is not rationale to help here. Why can't we still be an excellent football conference and add money and better academics? And you still have not mentioned any other schools that fit the bill. I answer our questions, your turn to answer mine.
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so it adds nothing except for academic rankings which are very important in your mind. That has clearly led to the ACC being head and shoulders above the SEC
 
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tigervol9802 said:
You do realize they were a screwed up formula away from playing for the Big 12 title last year, right?

Please tell me how adding the Dallas and Houston markets will not increase the SEC TV drastically.

And you don't think opposing fanbases will travel there for games?
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since when did division "titles" mean anything? And no, I don't think travel to tamu will increase after everyone gets their first visit
 
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#824
knucklehead_vol said:
Oh, and before you forget, you didn't mention those teams, cowboy.
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you seriously want a list of teams than have equaled or exceeded 19-19 over the past 3 years? For a guy hung up on academics you sure do seem to have an aversion to research

tigervol9802 said:
I'm just saying we're not exactly adding another Vandy with them.
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ok then we'll use USCjr since it almost matches perfectly
 
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