[Husker] Oklahoma and Texas A&M were invited to join SEC

[David Strong]

And Oklahoma opted to stay in an easier conference where they will win more games and thereby have a better shot at BCS bowls and national titles.  Staying in the Big Longhorn conference was an easy and correct decision for them, all things considered.

Dave

--- On Tue, 6/29/10, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
> Subject: [Husker] Oklahoma and Texas A&M were invited to join SEC
> To: husker at romaine.tssi.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 12:38 PM
> The President of the University of
> Oklahoma has said that OU and
> Texas A&M also had invitations to join the SEC, though
> ultimately
> they chose to turn down both the Pac 10 and the SEC in
> favor of
> the new slimmer (and hopefully much richer media contract
> laden) 
> Big XII.  
> 
> The SEC declined to commented on that report.
> 
> Also, the Pac 10 invitation was apparently an 'all or none'
> invitation.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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