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

Sun Aug 14 22:23:11 CDT 2011

It will likely be like when Nebraska applied to the Big XII.  Tomorrow, the A&M board of regents will approve the president to look into alternatives, and likely vote to leave the Big XII. Once that's done, A&M will then apply to join the SEC...and of course, A&M will have the unofficial promise that the SEC will say yes if A&M asks. Think of it like your junior high school dance.  When you asked your friends to find out from some girl's friends that if, say, you were to ask her out, she would, like, say yes.

Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com

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From: Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com>
To: George Rapp <george.rapp at gmail.com>; husker <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] A&M Jumps to the SEC on Monday

What "move" can the Aggies make? They can't really "invite themselves"
into the SEC, and they can't leave the Big 12 without another
conference to accept them. What is the SEC looking for from them, do
you think?

On 8/14/11, George Rapp <george.rapp at gmail.com> wrote:
> New proposal for a Big XII - II (III?) theme song...
>
> "All My Ex's, Because Of Texas"
>
> (to the tune, naturally, of George Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMNw_-yUm_0)
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM, David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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