re: A&M to SEC Question

The dynamics have drastically changed since conference realignment talk this summer. The t.u. fanbase was the one crying "what about our rivalry?" while the A&M fanbase sent a clear message to our administration that we are a lot more excited about playing in the SEC where pretty much every game is against a big time program. I work in the Texas Legislature and I can tell you that there was a great deal of pressure being applied by the Baylor and Tech crowd to keep it together. Texas was with them because they served their purpose of dragging us all to the PAC-10. While A&M may have appeared to be following t.u., that is absolutely not the case. If so, we would have just followed them to the PAC-10 as they wanted. Staying in the Big 12 essentially bought more time to make a more informed decision instead of just reacting. Our administration is absolutely aware that 90% of our alumni want to go to the SEC. We know we'd get killed for a good many years, but it would energize our program in an immeasurable way.

A&M would be a much better fit for the SEC. Your schools actually have traditions. Some of you may make fun of ours, but go check out the other Big 12 schools. Zero culture whatsoever. No atmosphere. The tailgating is either 100% lame and/or 100% corporate sponsored (t.u.). Fans are ridiculously hot and cold. SEC fans seem to stick with their schools through thick and thin as do we. The other Big 12 schools (aside from Nebraska--RIP) see loyalty as a negative.

In response to a couple of things:

1) Before you rag on our Yell Leaders too much, please remember that you all have male cheerleaders that are doing very cheerleader-like things. Yell Leaders are student leaders that lead yells. Its like having 5 student body president-type guys out there. We do have a dance team that you will like.

2) Don't judge us by TexAgs. Unless you paid to be on there, you are in the Zoo area with a TON of trolls who have decided to raid your site as well when they aren't over there. The paid boards are where you will find the typical Aggie fans. Most of whom are pretty horrified at the behavior of the Zoo. Aside from some extraordinary game-day trash talk that we will need to get used to, we look forward to dealing with fanbases that are more objective.

Sorry for the long post.