Texas A&M/SEC megamerge thread extravaganza

#551
#551
I can apply to Yale Law School at any time; it doesn't mean I'm going to get in.
Posted via VolNation Mobile
 
#552
#552
GreveHaller said:
Could always be a power play to see if Beebe and/or Texas blinks
Click to expand...

Could be but given my proximity and number of Aggie friends I know there is a real sentiment to move on. Texas just doesn't play nicely with its neighbors and Nebraska, Colorado and now A&M are done putting up with it.
 
#554
#554
HSVol said:
List of media markets and college football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Click to expand...

This link makes a great point.

The SEC doesn't make tons of money right now because we have the best media footprint in the biggest media markets. We make tons of money because we have the best football teams.

People in other markets don't need to tune in because we have a team in their area that they cheer for. They tune in because they want to watch the best teams play football - just like I will watch 7 Stanford/3 Oregon, 1 Oklahoma/9 aTm, 11 Wisconsin/10 Nebraska, etc.

While it's good to add new markets (St. Louis, Raleigh, Pittsburgh, etc.), it's also very important to keep the quality very high so that people all over the country will watch. Not that F$U will ever happen - but that's the argument for a team like them. They don't increase our footprint, but the demand for FSU/UF, FSU/Bama, etc. would be very high and thus lucrative.
 
#555
#555
I can't imagine them announcing their desire to join another conference without sending out feelers first to determine if they would get in if they applied.
 
#557
#557
CT_Vol said:
I can apply to Yale Law School at any time; it doesn't mean I'm going to get in.
Posted via VolNation Mobile
Click to expand...

yes you are right.... but I bet you don't if you know you can't get in or there has been at least some door left open for you
 
#558
#558
Well in any case A&M should beat Texas anyways this year. Texas sucks right now. How can a team with all that talent go 5-7 in a crappy wash conference. It's beyond me but I will be willing to bet A&M beats them by 2 td's this year any takers ?
 
#559
#559
Dan Beebe has run that conference into the ground. It all started when they decided to move the Big 12 headquarters from Kansas City (former Big 8 Headquarters) to Dallas.

He has done nothing to prevent this collapse and its amazing that he still has his job.
 
#560
#560
BigALWiLson said:
Well in any case A&M should beat Texas anyways this year. Texas sucks right now. How can a team with all that talent go 5-7 in a crappy wash conference. It's beyond me but I will be willing to bet A&M beats them by 2 td's this year any takers ?
Click to expand...

I will take that bet. A&M is very overrated. A&M also has Mike Sherman as their coach.
 
#561
#561
CT_Vol said:
I can apply to Yale Law School at any time; it doesn't mean I'm going to get in.
Posted via VolNation Mobile
Click to expand...

There's nothing at stake if you apply and don't get accepted. There are tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars at stake if aTm does this and doesn't get accepted.

The consequences of failure are much different in these cases.
 
#564
#564
CT_Vol said:
I can apply to Yale Law School at any time; it doesn't mean I'm going to get in.
Posted via VolNation Mobile
Click to expand...

you're fooling yourself if you think they didn't make these moves without some assurance from the SEC that they'd be taken
 
#565
#565
BigALWiLson said:
So your saying that Texas and the washed up Mack Brown is any better ? But ok wanna go for $20
Click to expand...

Mack's back is against the wall this year. A&M has been the most overrated team the last 2 seasons and are way overrated going into this year. Yes, I will take that bet all day long.
 
#566
#566
A&M to the SEC is a done deal man If you think any different you don't have much sense. With the amount of MONEY envolved there not leaving anything to chance. It is done move on with it. They got the invite when they all met and they will be playing big boy ball next year
 
#567
#567
sammyjoey said:
This link makes a great point.

The SEC doesn't make tons of money right now because we have the best media footprint in the biggest media markets. We make tons of money because we have the best football teams.

People in other markets don't need to tune in because we have a team in their area that they cheer for. They tune in because they want to watch the best teams play football - just like I will watch 7 Stanford/3 Oregon, 1 Oklahoma/9 aTm, 11 Wisconsin/10 Nebraska, etc.

While it's good to add new markets (St. Louis, Raleigh, Pittsburgh, etc.), it's also very important to keep the quality very high so that people all over the country will watch. Not that F$U will ever happen - but that's the argument for a team like them. They don't increase our footprint, but the demand for FSU/UF, FSU/Bama, etc. would be very high and thus lucrative.
Click to expand...

the big 10 though also makes somewhere around....believe it's 6 million more per school (would be around $66 million more overall) than our schools do. so it is still kind of important

(i think the pac 10's tv deal with ESPN is also supposed to be better than ours, but i'd have to check on that again)

Adding an A&M or a Mizzou isn't going to mean the good teams in the conference are going to start playing any worse either
 
#570
#570
I can't believe the stuff some people are willing to cling onto.

If you don't like expansion, fine.

But, tamu is in.

Tamu will make more money in the league.

The league will make more money from expansion. 13 universities are not signing off on this to lose money
Posted via VolNation Mobile
 
#571
#571
give_him 6 said:
Dan Beebe has run that conference into the ground. It all started when they decided to move the Big 12 headquarters from Kansas City (former Big 8 Headquarters) to Dallas.

He has done nothing to prevent this collapse and its amazing that he still has his job.
Click to expand...

seriously.

that and Texas has pretty much made their relationship with him into a puppet-puppet master one
 
#572
#572
Muschump said:
And A&M adds what?

The TV dollars myth has been exposed. What do they add now?
Click to expand...

Well, they add that regimented, automaton noise they do on every opponents' possession. You know the one....it's the noise Jim Carrey makes in Dumb and Dumber right after he says, "Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" Also, lots and lots of male cheerleaders, inline cheer screamers and shouters robotically twirling hankies.....plus a great road trip....you can visit Houston (where no birds sing) in only an hour and a half if you have a breathing apparatus.
 
#573
#573
Response to aTm out recruiting Texas I don't know but I bet it will help them in recruiting Texas. State schools normally get better recruits anyways. aTm has beaten Texas lately and that helps there cause also. But now they can say well we went to the SEC and Texas plays little man football:loco:
 
#575
#575
You know what's kind of funny?

aTm had apparently already scheduled to play Arkansas yearly up until 2018 or so
 
Last edited:
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top