Texas/A&M/OU/Okie State

IF we have to go to 16, I think that would be pretty incredible.

I think I'll just quit watching Kentucky football altogether if that happens.

Yea. A&M, OU, UNC, and VT

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If that happened then nobody is coming out the SEC with fewer than 2-3 losses.

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so what? Winning the SEC of that caliber would be a tremendous goal/accomplishment and probably have more meaning than a mythical national title.

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I think I'll just quit watching Kentucky football altogether if that happens.

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If that happened then nobody is coming out the SEC with fewer than 2-3 losses.

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I don't know......Bama's recent title team and Auburn's recent title team would have probably still been undefeated. Texas in 2005 would have probably still been undefeated.

I know someone in A&M's Athletic Department. He told me last week that Texas' administration considers the school to be too good academically for the SEC. They feel that they are a better fit for the Pac 12. The sticking point right now is the LHN. The Pac 12 wants it to become a regional outlet for the national Pac 12 network. You would have it cover Tech, OU, and OSU.

OU wants an easy path to a BCS bowl...
...ummm, I mean they are choir boys who don't like sleazy SEC recruiting. This article is a bit dated, but it's one of the most disingenuous things that I have ever read.

Texas A&M departure would leave future of Big 12 a Big Mes

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Besides, why does anyone think the SEC would stop at A&M? If the SEC needs another team for its western frontier, Missouri's bags are packed.

The Sooners aren't a candidate. That's one thing they all agree at OU; no one wants any part of the SEC recruiting culture.

Which takes OU, and probably OSU, back to the Pac-whatever.

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I post this hypothetical because someone I know who has decent connections is hinting that Texas and the SEC are having informal conversations.

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I would take it in a heartbeat. However, it won't happen imo.

i wouldn't care if tu wanted to join the SEC. we've beaten them half the time in my lifetime.

but i don't want them if they want to join the SEC AND keep the Longhorn Network. that's just common sense...

There is no doubt that the Cal-alum president of Texas is an academic snob and has always wanted Texas in the Pac 12 BUT the regents value the LHN above all else.

The Texas legislature just slashed $67 million from the operating budget at Texas in a belt-tightening move. It is impossible to get at the PUF endowment money for operational expenses. Texas really needs the LHN money dedicated for the academic side of the university. If the SEC allows for schools to control their own 3rd tier TV revenue rights, Texas could keep the LHN, and the academic money, rolling in. If the Pac and the ACC and the Big 10 make this a headache, the SEC looks a lot better and the Regents will override the President.

Yesterday, the Texas BOR said the Texas president could make the decision to stay in the Big 12 BUT the regents kept the right to say if/when Texas could change conferences. They want control to make sure Texas doesn't lose the LHN $ for academics.