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Wouldn't surprise me, but 95 would probably have more info on thisDon't see it, but he states Texas A&M and ND as they next to be added to the BIG. Seems far fetched.
Aggie tears very saltyTAMU was promised Texas would not be invited to join SEC. They're very salty about it. Not the craziest thing I've heard, but agree that Swaim is a moron.
First paragraph - you couldn't be more offLOL…neither Texas nor Texas A&M will be in the big ten…makes no sense…the SEC is where each belongs. The SEC affords each quasi regionally, a semblance of cultural and traditional homogeneity (as much as that can happen now) and Olympic sports travel that makes sense.
Big donors at A&M would revolt unserious and very meaningful ways (💰💰💰💰💰💰)
The off season is rough on many.
PS: what’s a “third party talk?” Is this code for some nobody yahoo with no decision-making power just talking out of his ass?!
Texas and Oklahoma were actually talking to the B1G since at least the early 2010s, but the B1G schools couldn't come to an agreement over admitting Oklahoma, and SEC had no such issue. Oklahoma's old president David Boren was pushing very hard after the Nebraska/Maryland/Rutgers move, but at the time some of the B1G schools were more stringent about AAU status and weren't seeing the bigger picture financially, and it backfired once UT and OU went and spoke to the SEC.LOL…neither Texas nor Texas A&M will be in the big ten…makes no sense…the SEC is where each belongs. The SEC affords each quasi regionally, a semblance of cultural and traditional homogeneity (as much as that can happen now) and Olympic sports travel that makes sense.
Big donors at A&M would revolt unserious and very meaningful ways (💰💰💰💰💰💰)
The off season is rough on many.
PS: what’s a “third party talk?” Is this code for some nobody yahoo with no decision-making power just talking out of his ass?!
I heard Rice ???They are very excited in Denton, word is that a B1G offer to North Texas is imminent.
Not sure how much of a chance there is of them joining, but Texas A&M is a member of the AAU....Down the line, I definitely can see the B1G trying to correct that error that they made trying to expand southward and trying to bring in those schools that fit from an athletic profile while loosening the AAU necessity - Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Colorado, Arizona State, North Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Georgia Tech, Duke all being serious candidates, and the academic and political prestige of the B1G being a factor in pulling schools from the SEC.
Well yeah I mean the B1G will still want universities with excellent academics, but with their known interest in FSU and having had multi year discussions over Oklahoma, it'll probably loosen to AAU schools and schools within ear shots of AAU, hence why Georgia, Oklahoma, Florida State and maybe even Clemson.Not sure how much of a chance there is of them joining, but Texas A&M is a member of the AAU.
Actually, all of the schools on your list are members of the AAU except Oklahoma, Georgia and Florida State, so I don't think much loosening of the AAU requirement would be needed for expansion to the South.
Clemson and Virginia..?I check out a podcast here and there. One ACC "insider" says when the ACC dust settles, Clemson and Virginia will be in the B1G with UNC and FSU in the SEC. The Virginia thing would be a non starter with the Va Legislature passing a law years ago that UVA and Va Tech have to be in the same conf.
To me it would seem that very, very few truly know what's going on.
Adding Virginia and Virginia Tech would mean there would be five teams within a five hour drive of the Atlantic coast and render the ACC practically irrelevant in all areas north of the Raleigh metro. Also, the state of Virginia has almost nine million people.Clemson and Virginia..?
Maybe Clemson and Miami ..... and I don't see Clemson.
log off, go to bedTexas and Oklahoma were actually talking to the B1G since at least the early 2010s, but the B1G schools couldn't come to an agreement over admitting Oklahoma, and SEC had no such issue. Oklahoma's old president David Boren was pushing very hard after the Nebraska/Maryland/Rutgers move, but at the time some of the B1G schools were more stringent about AAU status and weren't seeing the bigger picture financially, and it backfired once UT and OU went and spoke to the SEC.
Down the line, I definitely can see the B1G trying to correct that error that they made trying to expand southward and trying to bring in those schools that fit from an athletic profile while loosening the AAU necessity - Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Colorado, Arizona State, North Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Georgia Tech, Duke all being serious candidates, and the academic and political prestige of the B1G being a factor in pulling schools from the SEC.
you are getting the 'moron button'Well yeah I mean the B1G will still want universities with excellent academics, but with their known interest in FSU and having had multi year discussions over Oklahoma, it'll probably loosen to AAU schools and schools within ear shots of AAU, hence why Georgia, Oklahoma, Florida State and maybe even Clemson.
Don't see it, but he states Texas A&M and ND as they next to be added to the BIG. Seems far fetched.
Kathy Ireland at her finest!You missed the pop culture reference.
ThisGreg Swaim is not a credible source
That being said, his best contacts/scoops are within Oklahoma/Texas circles
Regardless, this also just makes sense
B1G wants a national conference. Fox/CBS/NBC want a national conference. You don’t have a national conference if you’re not in Texas. Football = Texas.
If B1G/Fox can use A&M rift with UT to wedge them away before next media deal (ie 2029), then why not?
UT would have been ideal — but Longhorn Network likely made it impossible (re. ESPN) and not necessarily the Oklahoma problem
Like others have said, I also wouldn’t underestimate just how ticked A&M is to now be playing second to UT. When they were promised it wouldn’t happen
AAU/academics/research consortium very appealing to A&M brass.