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

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volmanbill said:
It's running on the ticker. Says A&M is joining and FSU, Clemson and Missouri are "likely" to join.
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Since expansion is imminent I really do hope it goes to 16 so we can go to a playoff with 4 divisions. Screw the legends and leaders.

But then again, this move to 16 so quick, it could be setting up a move to 20 in the future. which would be one more division.
 
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volmanbill said:
It's running on the ticker. Says A&M is joining and FSU, Clemson and Missouri are "likely" to join.
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Just saw that...Holy macaroni and cheese batman...Now how in the hell is the alignment gonna work now? :eek:hmy: This conference is gonna be insane
 
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milohimself said:
Actually, Arkansas has been about as middle-of-the-pack as it gets, 6th in the SEC in conference winning % and division titles since 92 IIRC. Aside from about half of the Frank Broyles tenure, mostly in the 60's, they have had about the same level of success in the SEC that they had in the SWC. Relatively close in-conference winning % and frequency of division titles to conference titles/co-titles with no championship game.

I think A&M could step into the west and expect to be in the SECCG on a semi-regular basis right off the bat.
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Arkansas also has no conference championships. I don't even think A&M will be as good as Arkansas.
 
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ToddyHill said:
With all due respect, that just isn't true. That said, I believe you'll come to see Aggies are passionate about our team, but also realistic.

True, we haven't set the athletic world on fire, nor do we have the National Championship tradition that UT has in football or women's basketball. The potential was always there, but inept management running the A&M athletic department kept us from reaching that higher ground.

That all changed a few years ago when under the tenure of then A&M President Robert Gates (who just retired as the Sect. of Defense), Bill Byrne left Nebraska and became the Athletic Director. In the eight years as A.D., Byrne has quietly molded A&M Athletics into a competitive force. Slowly but surely, the success Byrne achieved at Nebraska (8 National Championships in various sports), is happening in College Station...the most recent being the Lady Aggies title in Women's Basketball.

I'll miss our Big 12 Rivalries, just as I miss the days we used to play TCU and Houston in the old SWC. But the thought of seeing A&M at Neyland, or watching the Aggie Women playing a Pat Summit team far exceeds any memory from the past.

A&M's inclusion in the SEC is really going to be special. In time, I'm confident we'll earn the respect of rival SEC schools.
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Nice post
 
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