Aggies can't even sell their ticket allotment to a game down the road in Dallas and their athletic dept revenues were so bad that they borrowed money from the school just a couple of years ago. Just don't think they're going to bring much value from a revenue standpoint even with an SEC network. Again back to my point; if you want a lot households nationwide, make it must see tv by adding winners. Big 10 network is now on my cable here in Georgia in SEC country. No doubt an SEC network will make it nationwide because of its reputation for winning. Adding an Oklahoma would increase that reputation and increase interest even more nationally. Adding A&M adds regionally and that's about it.

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Posted by H-Town Tiger

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 10/3/11 at 11:26 pm to mre

Exactly, that's why scooping up A&M was a great move.

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Posted by H-Town Tiger

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 10/3/11 at 11:40 pm to LSU NO Tigah

LSU ATL TIGAH.

You need to stop looking at small samples 1 school and recent events. TV deals are sold on the market reach of a conference, not individual schools seperately. The TV deals are sold on the reach of the conference, not the recent ratings for each team. No offense, but your comment about the cable deal shows you don't know how these things work. Things like the SEC or B1G Network are sold based on number of housholds it reaches, not based on on field success. A&M fans will not demand the SEC network because SEC teams have won 5 BCS titles. Their first interest is their team and their are more people in Texas. With all due repect, Mike Silve and the SEC presidents have better info about this stuff than you. You are too focused on game success. Deals like this are bigger than that. Being the best on the field does not guarentee the most revenue.

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Posted by wmr

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Posted on 10/4/11 at 10:12 am to Sao

As drunk as I was at JerryWorld, I'd probably JoeBob every last Aggie in that picture.

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Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 10/4/11 at 11:53 am to LSU NO Tigah

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The key to ratings is winning. Adding A&M and Missouri will do nothing to help that.

adding South Carolina and Arkansas was a great move for the SEC - in spite of them not doing anything special in the 20 years since being added

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Posted by darkstarr_drgga

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Posted on 10/4/11 at 2:10 pm to mre

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If West Virginia is our best option then we're already reduced to settling for scraps.

I haven't seen where this has happened? If it does, I could think of far worse teams. And looking at the bigger picture, as far as conferences that have gotten stronger through realignment, if we end up with A&M or Missouri/WVU, we're still doing better than everyone else. What other conference has added two schools like that? We would have gotten the two best additions hands down. I'm not advocating WVU here. I'm just being realistic.

PAC 10 added Utah and Colorado and went to 12, Big 10 added Nebraska, and now the ACC is adding Syracuse and Pitt. Our additions are far greater than those. Not to mention, WVU and A&M with SEC backing and membership can become stronger and dip into areas that aren't SEC territory and make it such.

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