[Husker] A&M Jumps to the SEC on Monday

[David Strong]

I read that too Mike.  Slive made it clear that the SEC does not wish to
appear to be the catalyst of a school leaving a conference.  A&M must make
the first moves.  This will be interesting to watch.  This is so different
from a year ago when there was so much upheaval.  This is a single school
wishing to leave a lucrative BCS conference for another BCS conference.  Why
would they want to do that?  It's not financial, lots of money in both
places.  Nope, they want to leave because they don't want to be in the same
conference with the University of Texas.  Some people are just not cut out
to be lackeys.  Not the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and apparantly not the Texas
A&M Aggies.

Dave

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The SEC just released a statement:
>
> “The SEC Presidents and Chancellors met today and reaffirmed our
> satisfaction with the present 12 institutional alignment.  We recognize,
> however, that future conditions may make it advantageous to expand the
> number of institutions in the league. We discussed criteria and process
> associated with expansion.  No action was taken with respect to any
> institution including Texas A&M.”
>
> At first, it reads like a "No" to A&M. But a second reading is that since
> "no action" was taken, that wasn't a "no" either. Instead, it appears that
> the SEC wants A&M to make the first move. They don't want their fingerprints
> on the first domino.
>
>
> Mike Jaixen
> http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> http://www.cornnation.com
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>
> To: RJ Wessel <da_huskers at cox.net>
> Cc: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Husker] A&M Jumps to the SEC on Monday
>
> Well, I couldn't speak about Clemson or FSU leaving the ACC with the same
> surety as I did about Duke.  I suppose it could happen, but I'd have to
> doubt it.  I have been trying to think what either school would gain by
> such
> a move.  Both schools, if they had to pick one, would rather be good in
> football than anything else.  All of the ACC schools make a ton of money
> through their ESPN contracts and the ACC Network (formerly RAYCOM), so they
> wouldn't be leaving for money reasons.  All ACC schools share revenue
> equally, and historically the schools all get along very well.  It is also
> a
> BCS conference (ugh) so there would be no step up there.  The football
> programs would be moving to a tougher conference in the SEC thereby making
> it harder to win more games.  I don't see a recruiting advantage to being
> in
> the SEC, if anything the competition for talent is even tougher.  I'm sure
> I
> am missing something.
>
> Dave
>
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM, RJ Wessel <da_huskers at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > The three other  teams rumored to be the targets are Clemson, FSU and of
> > all schools Missouri.
> >
> > Seems to be an odd choice over Oklahoma, unless they are worried they
> would
> > have to take OSU and OU both
> >
> > And it sounds like the big 12 is after the likes of BYU, Airforce or
> Notre
> > Dame
> >
> > It would be interesting, BYU or ND could join and keep their own tv
> > contract. Texas set that precedent
> >
> >
> >
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