A&M to the SEC is approved

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At tonight's SEC Presidents Meeting, early word filtering out from Atlanta indicates that Texas A&M received the sufficient votes to gain an invitation to join the Southeastern Conference effective 7/1/2012.
Sources at Texas A&M have indicated that a press conference will likely take place tomorrow following tonight's vote. It is expected that President R. Bowen Loftin will accept the invitation at the press event.

In other news, details are sketchy but sources also indicate that the SEC presidents gave SEC Commissioner Mike Slive the authority to negotiate with both Missouri and West Virginia to possibly be the fourteenth conference member.
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Smart money is on Missouri--overall, they bring more to the table than West Virginia.

Of course, the schadenfreude will be off the charts if Missouri does become the other SEC transfer, considering they're chairing Beebe's search committee for Big XII replacement schools.

 
With all the rambling about OU & friends packing up for the super-Pac, it would be ridiculous for Mizzou to not be running to the SEC with open arms if they are entertaining 14.

I don't know what to think anymore. Super conferences within the framework of the BCS system will be even worse and multi-billion dollar TV deals with no changes to the NCAA regime will just mean more scandals and corruption year after year. I'm just glad we're in the B10 and if the rest of CFB is consumed by awfulness, at least we're on an island of stability with great conference matchups.

 
Aggie boards are in meltdown mode claiming their admittance is contingent upon no lawsuits being filed in their leaving by the big 12 members. Which is exactly what Baylor has been threatening.

Which apparently is what good ol' Chip Brown reported. How anyone even reads what he writes without laughing is a mystery.

 
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redblooded said:
Aggie boards are in meltdown mode claiming their admittance is contingent upon no lawsuits being filed in their leaving by the big 12 members. Which is exactly what Baylor has been threatening.

Which apparently is what good ol' Chip Brown reported. How anyone even reads what he writes without laughing is a mystery.
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I don't see how Baylor could seek relief--they subscribed to the Big XII, just like everyone else, and as long as Texas A&M is leaving per Big XII guidelines and agreements, Baylor shouldn't have a leg to stand on.

Plus, once there's a lawsuit, any and all emails and communique from the past two years regarding realignment could very well become public. That could potentially be damning to certain pointy-uterused schools...

Frankly, if Baylor is suing someone, it should be the University of Texas for putting all of this in motion in the first place.

 
matthew_m_g said:
OmahaPlaya said:
Baylor is just asking to get reamed if they sue. I guess they are that scared know they will be relegated to C-USA.
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Fixed for accuracy. :)
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Bingo!! Baylor knows the Big 12-2-1 is their only (long) shot at being in a BCS game. They know without the Big 12, there is no chance in hell they'll land in another conference with automatic BCS ties. They see the writing on the wall.

 
Well my understanding is that the sec said they want reassurance there will be no lawsuit or they won't invite a&m so baylor said if that's all it will take to block this...

 
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