A&M To Announce Departure This Week?

The Big 12 is expecting an announcement this week from Texas A&M about leaving the conference. A source who was on a conference call with the Big 12 directors said...

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''No major surprises,'' said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the talks. ''A&M didn't say they were leaving, but certainly gave every indication that's what they plan on doing.''

As for the timing of such a move, that person said, ''it would not be a surprise that it would happen sometime this week'' and likely the only thing that could keep that from happening would be if the 12-team SEC determines it is not ready to add any more teams at this point.

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