The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Surfah]

The Super Pac can still happen without Texas. If OU and OSU buy in then Scott won't have any problem find another two schools to come along as well.

Isn't OU working on having it's own channel as well? I know early this year they planned to launch one too. In fact I know they're represented by Learfield.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

One of the myths about the Pac these days is that it's free from some of the political strife you see in the Big East, Big 12, etc.

There are actually some pretty significant divides, mostly between the Oregon/Washington bunch and the LA and Arizona schools. For example, regardless of what happened with Utah, if it was up to USC, UCLA, ASU and AZ to decide, BYU would have been in the Pac as early as the 1996 season.

Ten years is an eternity in the big-business world of college sports, and what is true today will not necessarily be true tomorrow. You don't have to have a very long memory to realize that.

I'm curious to learn about the Oregon/Washington divide. No insiders I know are talking about it. Must be on double secret probation. Please share!

[falafel]

I'm curious to learn about the Oregon/Washington divide. No insiders I know are talking about it. Must be on double secret probation. Please share!

I think he means the divide b/t the Oregon/Washington schools and the LA/AZ schools.

[Surfah]

Front page of Aggie Yell, TAMU's Rivals site:

http://tamu.rivals.com/

Wish I had access.

[falafel]

Front page of Aggie Yell, TAMU's Rivals site:

http://tamu.rivals.com/

Wish I had access.

Whoa.

[Surfah]

Whoa.

Yup. Saying it's a done deal. Flying all over Twitter now. Nobody else reporting it yet though.

[Coach McGuirk]

Front page of Aggie Yell, TAMU's Rivals site:

http://tamu.rivals.com/

Wish I had access.

Can't find confirmation as of now, but I am trying....

[SteelBlue]

Yup. Saying it's a done deal. Flying all over Twitter now. Nobody else reporting it yet though.

Crazy. Unfortunately though, I think MRD is probably right about the 9 team Big 12.

[Uncle Ted]

Here is Tarp's post from Aggie Yell:

I just got off the phone with someone on campus who I had been trying to talk to over the last few days because he's very well connected. Unlike a lot of things we had heard over the past few days which might have contradicted something else we heard or came from outside the university itself, his stuff comes from the highest levels and it's like God handing Moses the Ten Commandments.

A&M's going to the SEC.

This is what was said:

When the LHN was announced last fall, A&M officials took a long hard look at the economics of the deal and decided that they couldn't compete with Texas unless they did something different. They have been in discussions with SEC officials since that time. The person he talked to said that all future alignment discussions would be based on economics and that A&M was ahead of the curve in this regard.

On August 22, the A&M BOR will make it official. It doesn't matter what the NCAA decided today regarding the LHN or if the Big 12 has any further meetings or whatever penalties are assessed by the Big 12 for A&M leaving the conference.

There's nothing that can be done at this point to stop this. The BOR has determined that A&M's future lies in the SEC and away from Texas and will ratify this officially.

He was told that although Rick Perry will be in Birmingham and South Carolina this weekend, he has nothing to do with it. He was also told that he didn't have anything to do with the events of last summer. The timing of Perry's trip to the south has to do with his announcement that he is running for president which will be made Saturday on the same day that the Iowa straw polls are being done.

I apologize for not having much prior to this but this is the conversation that I waiting to have because there has been no better source on A&M over the years and because this comes directly from the highest levels. Prior to that, I wanted to be cautious but there's no need to be cautious at this point.

It's over.

[TripletDaddy]

[Surfah]

If this happens, what is the next domino to fall? Does the SEC add another team before the Big 12 moves? FSU? Clemson? I can't imagine they'll stand pat at 13 for long.

[Coach McGuirk]

If this happens, what is the next domino to fall? Does the SEC add another team before the Big 12 moves? FSU? Clemson? I can't imagine they'll stand pat at 13 for long.

My Guess, The SEC grabs at least FSU, and maybe Miami and Clemson, or Georgia tech.

Then, The ACC is going to scramble for Big East teams or combine some how, but one is going to be left in shambles. My guess is the ACC is the victor.

But, what does Texas do and if the Big East does end up damaged, the bigger question becomes what does ND do?

[Uncle Ted]

Mack's thoughts on A&M going to SEC (starting around 2:50):


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No comment.

[falafel]

This is very original.

[USCoug]

I doubt Texas would leave OU unless it was to go independent.