It took me longer to convince you than usual. I must be losing my touch. :yelwink2: Plus I just like saying the words 'pitiful' and 'mediocre' in relation to aTm as often as possible. :wave:
There's talk about them heading to the PAC too. They're just pissed at being the UL/Tulane of Texas and want out. UT's television deal sent them over the edge.
Just joined the forum a few weeks back, but have been reading it for some time now. I'm a huge Tigah fan from the Houston area, but am now living in Baltimore with my beautiful wife and Great Dane. Enough about me..... I have to think that eATMe joining the SEC (which they could never handle) would have to hurt Mack Brown's recruiting at Tea Sip U. Right now he pretty much picks what he wants and leaves the rest for the Ags after LSU and Oklahoma have a say, but being in the SEC could lure some athletes away for Austin. A scenario in which I would lose ZERO sleep.
WELCOME !!! I agree that UT would take a harder hit than LSU. Lets face it as long as we having winning seasons and play in a major bowl game LSU will continue to pull top national talent. aTm can not touch Tiger stadium on a Saturday or our facilities plus they dont have the SWAGGER that LSU has!!!I do not see aTm as a threat. I would worry more about UA and the Barners. Just my 2 cents:tigereye:
I just don't see how this even works. What are we going to have a 13 team league? Or maybe we dump Vandy? I mean, who needs any kind of academic reputation right?
Sure it does. The Texas tv market cause CBS and ESPN to have to renegotiate the TV deals bringing in more money to the whole Conference which LSU will benefit from.
NOOOOO! LSU and A&M compete for east Texas recuits and this will only help A&M. We do not need Texas A & M in the West Division. It is already hard enough to win in the West.
I'm struggling a bit with deciding if I want A&M in the SEC. I don't think they'd get any of our prime Louisiana recruits and think we'd still get a few good players out of East Texas. A&M may begin getting higher quality recruits from Texas that the Horns had traditionally owned in the past. That could elevate A&M to a program that could compete well with LSU/Bama/AU. If I were selling LSU to a 16-17 yr old kid over A&M; Golden Girls, female cheerleaders, and the best looking co-eds would easily trump the male yell leaders from A&M and their practice of "humping it" by bending down and putting their butts in the air. Although I usually root for A&M over Texas b/c of the underdog factor, I can identify more with the Horns than the Aggies. To me, the Horns have a mix of vastly different viewpoints that include both conservative & liberal and everything in between. To the Aggies, the Horns are equally as liberal as California. I kind of view A&M as everyone having the exact same opinion about everything.
