re: aTm / Mizzou fans - Explain to us the tangible benefits of the AAU

Texas A&M and Missouri Have worked together on several projects in the past and them moving into the SEC will make Florida and Vandy really happy. They will probably all try to partner up in research projects and get more grants.

For instance Texas A&M and MU put together a team of scientists to apply for a grant and on April 15 of 2011 it was announced the MU and Texas A&M received a 14.2 million grant to study Bovine Respiratory disease. Long story short it's study to find a way to keep cows more healthy thereby making our food supply more plentiful and safer.

It could also add to the appeal of the SEC to an ACC School that is a member of the AAU if they want to switch conferences. The amount of research dollars brought in by a conferences AAU schools can be a lure to other AAU schools.

Oklahoma not being an AAU school was said to be a reason why the Pac 12 wouldn't consider them without Texas who is an AAU school. Whether we like it or not the AAU adds to the prestige and budget of those schools that are members.