You have a good point, I think it would come down to SEC teams having a CRAP OOC sched b/c the supper confs will hardly have room to sched for say, LSU. Also, the OOC sched is a big factor in BCS rankings come end of the year.

This is the prob ND will run into as teams in these supper confs will ultimately be forced to play really weak OOC b/c they will only have 1-2 weeks off of conf play. I would assume.

I honestly do not understand where this is all coming from? Is it b/c these other confs just want more money? Do they look at the SEC in envy? I am not sure if they know this, but adding 6 more teams to a conf isn't gonna make fans in more interested and the fans of the SEC are the exact reason our teams do so good. More fans = more money which goes back into getting better players/coaches.

The love for sports is just not the same as it is here in the south.

nationally, it is, because that is where the money comes from.

but I'm looking at all sports (ok, only the big 3) when I say I want A&M.

Football: their fanbase is SEC caliber loyal and loud. team would currently be a middle of the pack type, but I think they can become a consistent competitor for the West. SEC caliber stadium as well.

Basketball: not great. fits in well with most of the SEC not named Kentucky

Baseball: usually solid. no titles, but a regular in the postseason. one of only 4 non-sec schools to finish in top 10 in attendance.

aTm and that much farther west than LSU.

the SEC has little/nothing to gain by adding FSU, Louisville, Georgia Tech, or Clemson.

if you head out that direction, you gotta go:
UNC: up and coming in football, top notch in basketball (yeah I know they sucked this year), solid in baseball. plus gets the SEC into a new state.

Virginia Tech: gets you into the DC market. SEC type football team and facilities, good baseball program,

I could have hit quote reply on a few different post here but the bottom line is you have to win ball games. The same reason the shorthorns don't want any part of the SEC is the same reason we shouldn't want them in the SEC. Let them cake walk through the SLACK10 and meet us at the end of the road and we will see who the man is. Same goes for the big whatever the hell they will end up calling themselves. The SEC is tough enough as it is and the entire CFB world knows it. It is why we got in as a 2 loss team and it is why future 2 loss teams will probably get in given the circumstances in the future. We are bad ass and the rest are chasing which is the way it should be.:thumb::geaux:

Anybody think Nebraska was influenced in its decision to jump ship and thereby initiate the disintegration of the Big 12 because of the way the refs in the Big 12 championship game put seconds back on the clock allowing Texas to score the winning field goal?

I remember Bo Pelini being more than just a little ticked off after the game.

I only mention it because Nebraska seemed so eager to get the ball rolling...everyone else seems to be taking their time in comparison.

Thoughts?

its the incentive of the $$$$ from the big ten network.

NO, I don't think that had anything to do with it. Hell mizzou has been all over some big ten knob and as of yet they are still left out and looking for a home. The corn shuckers were sought out by the BT because it is a good fit. They are the only D1 school in that entire wide open corn growing wasteland so why not? Big time profits for their 3 yrds and a cloud of dust network. If coaches being pissed and moving conferences because of what the zebras did during a game had any influence on where teams aligned themselves, wooo weee now that would be a huge mess.

Texas will not join the SEC, which more than likely means neither will Texas A&M.