Horns & Aggies Going Their Seperate Ways ?

[MeanGreen61]

Thread from Pony board sez Chip Brown.... Texas, Tech, Oklahoma & Oklahoma State to Pac10

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[MeanGreen61]

Aggie Scout board.

Posted: Today 1:37 PM

Latest A&M Realignment Scoop

We reported on the premium board that A&M did receive an unconditional offer yesterday morning. They are working on getting the details worked out and into written form before A&M makes a decision on what to do.

Timing will be everything as Texas and the Pac-16 alliance is pressuring A&M to make a decision, and I could see the A&M admin get nervous and fall in line. Still, the A&M donors have overwhelmingly called the 12th Man Foundation and Bill Byrne to demand that A&M go to the SEC. That has made a difference, as it has caused the decision-makers to take pause and really buy time for the SEC option. They just need to see the details in writing.

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[cwb]

A PAC opening for Baylor?

[MDH]

A PAC opening for Baylor?

They'd do better to take BYU or Utah.

[MeanGreen61]

A PAC opening for Baylor?

PAC10 won't take a private Baptist university.

[CMJ]

PAC10 won't take a private Baptist university.

Would love to see conference meetings between Berkeley and Baylor tho!

[keith]

Aggie Scout board.

Posted: Today 1:37 PM

Latest A&M Realignment Scoop

We reported on the premium board that A&M did receive an unconditional offer yesterday morning. They are working on getting the details worked out and into written form before A&M makes a decision on what to do.

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Unconditional offer from the SEC or PAC-10 (or both)? What offer are they waiting to get in writing?

Keith

[ColoradoEagle]

I'm betting Missouri is tripping all over themselves right now to be included in this. That Big Ten invite dried up pretty fast.

[cwb]

Would love to see conference meetings between Berkeley and Baylor tho!

That would be as fun as the 2008 Price of Gas thread.

Edited June 11, 2010 by cwb

[NorthTexan95]

Can someone explain to me why Texas doesn't want to go to the SEC? Is it simply because of academics?

[El Paso Eagle]

Can someone explain to me why Texas doesn't want to go to the SEC? Is it simply because of academics?

PAC 16 -> Texas = The Big Fish

SEC -> Texas = One of a Group of Big Fish

Edited June 11, 2010 by El Paso Eagle

[DeepGreen]

Can anyone believe that Texas and Texas A & M would part ways? It's so un-American.

[MeanGreen61]

Unconditional offer from the SEC or PAC-10 (or both)? What offer are they waiting to get in writing?

Keith

Appears they have the PAC10 offer but some of their backers prefer the SEC & they're trying to sort things out.

[CMJ]

PAC 16 -> Texas = The Big Fish

SEC -> Texas = One of a Group of Big Fish

I don't think Texas would be superior to USC. At least not once the Trojans get off probabtion -- too much talent in the LA area. They'd be the big fish plural.

In conference politics tho, I think Texas would take awhile to get the prestige of some of the other schools out here. Stanford is good at the political game

[Censored by Laurie]

Would love to see conference meetings between Berkeley and Baylor tho!

It's kind of like the World Cup Final I'm praying every night for:

Netherlands vs. South Africa.

[El Paso Eagle]

I don't think Texas would be superior to USC. At least not once the Trojans get off probabtion -- too much talent in the LA area. They'd be the big fish plural.

In conference politics tho, I think Texas would take awhile to get the prestige of some of the other schools out here. Stanford is good at the political game

USC will be down for at least 5 to 7 years if the 30 scolarships are lost

[TheTastyGreek]

It's kind of like the World Cup Final I'm praying every night for:

Netherlands vs. South Africa.

Somebody remind me to come back and +1 this tomorrow.

[CMJ]

USC will be down for at least 5 to 7 years if the 30 scolarships are lost

Of course this super conference we keep hearing about is still like 2 years away right? Also, UCLA might get a lot of the kids that USC doesn't. Wasn't but a decade or so ago that the Bruins were the king of the hill out on the West Coast, could happen again. They don't have the tradition of USC, but they still have a lot of it. Edited June 11, 2010 by CMJ

[NT80]

USC will be down for at least 5 to 7 years if the 30 scolarships are lost

Hey, lost scholarships didn't hurt us... oh, wait...

[VideoEagle]

Can someone explain to me why Texas doesn't want to go to the SEC? Is it simply because of academics?

More than anything, yes. Their regents take an active interest in making sure every part of the university is as highly rate academically as possible. Academics do still matter.

Plus there is more money in the Pac 16 deal. There is also more money for A&M in the Pac 16 deal, at least for now.

[Quoner]

Statesman just said all of the Big 12 suspects have agreed to Pac 10 except for A&M, who is still weighing the SEC.

Wiener.

[ColoradoEagle]

Plus there is more money in the Pac 16 deal. There is also more money for A&M in the Pac 16 deal, at least for now.

A&M going for the SEC makes more sense. They've done almost nothing since the 90s except live in the shadows of Austin and Norman.

[UNTFan23]

A&M going for the SEC makes more sense. They've done almost nothing since the 90s except live in the shadows of Austin and Norman.

So living in the shadow of LSU and Florida is better?

[CMJ]

So living in the shadow of LSU and Florida is better?

They wouldn't be competing for recruits as much with those as they were against UT and OU

[ColoradoEagle]

Living in the shadow of LSU is a risk they'd probably have to take. Florida isn't 100 or 300 miles away. Pretty much they give themselves the option during recruiting to say, "Sure, you could go to Austin and play Oklahoma, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Washington State, etc. Or you could come here and play LSU, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, etc."

Instead of being the 3rd/4th (or worse) pick in the Pac 10 for Texas recruits, they're the 1st/2nd pick in the SEC.