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Posted on 8/21/11 at 6:52 pm to Clydep
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I'll just leave it up to people that are a lot smarter than I to determine if the positives of adding A&M outweigh the negatives. I'm sure if Slive needs any help he'll make an appearance here at TD to get any clarification on geography, academics or whatever other criteria they are using to make the decision.
once again...my issue isn't with A&M, rather expansion as a whole. I guess it's about A&M, Missou, Ok State, OU, FSU, VaTech, Clemson, and anybody else who has been sniffed.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 7:03 pm to TexasTiger08
Still, by all accounts Slive is a very very smart businessman, the best commish in the country. I don't see any way the current system stays in place much longer. If he waits until it explodes and is a free for all, then he risks losing one of the largest opportunities to grab eyeballs that exists.
I'm not asking this sarcastically, I really don't know. Are there any other schools out there that the SEC could add that would provide as much bottom line impact and negotiating power as A&M right now?
You have a very willing partner, and a school that at least somewhat fits the SEC mold.
I really do think it's a no-brainer for Slive, or he wouldn't be going through the pains that he is right now to get us added.
This after we turned down the opportunity last year because we were idiots.
I'm not asking this sarcastically, I really don't know. Are there any other schools out there that the SEC could add that would provide as much bottom line impact and negotiating power as A&M right now?
You have a very willing partner, and a school that at least somewhat fits the SEC mold.
I really do think it's a no-brainer for Slive, or he wouldn't be going through the pains that he is right now to get us added.
This after we turned down the opportunity last year because we were idiots.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 7:19 pm to HawgAlude
They fit as much as Arkansas, so I'd be quiet before throwing claims like that around.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 7:23 pm to Clydep
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This after we turned down the opportunity last year because we were idiots
Not sure how serious that opportunity was after this circus.
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Are there any other schools out there that the SEC could add that would provide as much bottom line impact and negotiating power as A&M right now?
Maybe Florida State...
Posted on 8/21/11 at 7:26 pm to TexasTiger08
FSU wouldn't because of UF.
And it was easier last year with NU and CU bolting
And it was easier last year with NU and CU bolting
Posted on 8/21/11 at 7:41 pm to TexasTiger08
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Yes, in the old days. Now, why are we expanding? What is the purpose? What is wrong with the current system?
I can't answer your questions. What I can tell you is that like it or not conferences are going to expand and I'd prefer the SEC to be proactive rather than reactive. Because when it happens do you want good schools in our conference or suffer the humiliation of adding teams that no one else wants like Louisville, ECU and CFU? That is what you must ask yourself.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 8:11 pm to RhodeIslandRed
The SEC has its own BCS tie in, they do not have to expand if the others do. The league is in the drivers seat and will still win the BCS National Championship around 80 percent of the time when playing another out of conference team.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 8:30 pm to Clydep
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Gig'em
Like a gig-pole with a sharp point. i.e. crab-gigging, frog-gigging.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 9:10 pm to CassiusClay
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crab-gigging
Crab-gigging? What y'all use for that? Football bats?
Posted on 8/21/11 at 9:24 pm to HawgAlude
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TAMU sticks out like a sore thumb
Like a sore thumb?
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:07 pm to HawgAlude
Hawg, A&M = more money = better facilities/coaches pay = better recruiting = more wins.
Get it? To stay on top this move needs to be done. Proactive. Status quo is warm and fuzzy but it's time to take the next step. A&M is done with the Big XII. If the SEC passes we will contact other conferences. The SEC can't afford to miss the Texas market in realignment
Get it? To stay on top this move needs to be done. Proactive. Status quo is warm and fuzzy but it's time to take the next step. A&M is done with the Big XII. If the SEC passes we will contact other conferences. The SEC can't afford to miss the Texas market in realignment
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:16 pm to Big Kat
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If the SEC passes we will contact other conferences.
Truth. A&M's AAU membership qualifies it for the B1G and the PAC-12 would look upon that favorably as well.
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The SEC can't afford to miss the Texas market in realignment
And they won't. Slive was sweating bullets last year with the PAC-16 rumors. They won't make the first move, but they will make the last -- acceptance of A&M's application to the SEC.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:23 pm to HawgAlude
Who cares about Academics this is the SEC.
The conferences measure's its success on the football field not in the Classroom.
The conferences measure's its success on the football field not in the Classroom.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:28 pm to I Bleed Garnet
Good thing we will bring both says the school currently ranked #8 in football 
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:29 pm to Big Kat
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Good thing we will bring both says the school currently ranked #8 in football
I'm happy for the addition.
Welcome.
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:31 pm to I Bleed Garnet
Thank you for having us. Your check will be in the mail
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:49 pm to Big Kat
I would laugh very hardly if Texas squared out TAMU and put them in the cold by joining the SEC. They must have bigger fish on the line if they met and said no thanks to TAMU.
just saying
just saying
Posted on 8/21/11 at 10:54 pm to HawgAlude
Hawg, you don't really believe anything you posted. You're lying through your tooth
Posted on 8/21/11 at 11:30 pm to Big Kat
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You're lying through your tooth
not as much as your SEC fanaties.
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