Conference carousel to start spinning again?

"Let’s go ahead and make the call, Election Night style, and give Texas A&M to the SEC. On Wednesday, Texas governor Rick Perry, a former Aggie yell leader, told the Dallas Morning News, “As far as I know, conversations are being had.” A&M soon released a statement that was in no way a denial, and Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe told the Austin American-Statesman he was taking the reports “very seriously.”"

http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-bl...k_bradley_blog

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Originally Posted by JimmyTwoTimes37

On Wednesday, Texas governor Rick Perry, a former Aggie yell leader,

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We had one of those in the White House already.

Mass expansion at Big 12’s expense looms with A&M looking SEC’s way

Dan Beebe walked onto a makeshift stage last month, music from “The Natural” blaring and the booming voice of an emcee proclaiming the “man who held it all together” cutting through the cheesy moment at the Big 12 Media Days.

Fast forward to late last night, when Beebe, the embattled Big 12 commissioner, all but admitted Texas A&M was ready to leave for the SEC. In three weeks, the Big 12 has gone from a rebranded conference with renewed confidence, to plugging leaks all over the good ship Beebe.



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Apparently FSU is now in talks with the SEC as well

Texas AM Rivals site reporting Texas A&M to SEC is "A DONE DEAL"

LET THE DOMINOES FALL(Hopefully)

Texas is already talking to SMU and Houston about joining Big 12(allegedly)

That would give the Big ?/Southwest Conference 11 teams; they'd need one more team to get their FB championship game back.

They would add the Dallas and Houston markets; do you then go after Tulane and the New Orleans market?

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Originally Posted by X-band '01

That would give the Big ?/Southwest Conference 11 teams; they'd need one more team to get their FB championship game back.

They would add the Dallas and Houston markets; do you then go after Tulane and the New Orleans market?

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The question is does Oklahoma follow? Or are they still a package deal with OSU?

What will Missouri do? Will Kansas and Kansas State stay put?

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Originally Posted by JimmyTwoTimes37

The question is does Oklahoma follow? Or are they still a package deal with OSU?

What will Missouri do? Will Kansas and Kansas State stay put?

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If A&M can't tolerate this UT money and power grab, you can be assured that the Sooners cannot and will not tolerate it. They're way too proud and, as we all know, the other marque program, along with Texas and Nebraska, from that part of the country.

To have Texas this far out of balance is the issue. This is like the old Harrison Ford/Robert Shaw movie: Force Ten From Navarone. You're beginning to see the water come through the damn, so it's a matter of time.

On a more pleasant note: Barbara Bach.

Another line of thinking I shared on the A10 board:

It's early in the process, but this move most likely will lead to a direct impact on the A10.

If this is official - and it certainly appears to be credible - then the SEC obviously needs to add one more program. There is a lot of noise coming out of Tallahassee that FSU could get the nod to take the SEC to 14 teams. If that's true, I believe that is the scenario that most likely rips at the existing fabric of the BE football conference, because the ACC is going to have to replace FSU and will want to do so within some semblance of its existing footprint. Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse become obvious candidates for the ACC's hole. In fact, recall that Syracuse was targeted by the ACC, during its earlier raid on the BE.

Now play that one out for a minute. IF you're the ACC, why not take all three, if you can make the math work out right. If the SEC is going to 14, why not go there as well, now, while you have the opportunity to be more selective, especially knowing all three of those schools are in the Atlantic-type footprint.

I always thought the BE would finally split due to expansion. I had not considered a scenario that involved implosion.

The ultimate losers: WVU, UL and UC. The thought of UC ending up back in some kind of C-USA conference makes me laugh. Damn shame.

Another scenario? The balancing team also comes from the BigXII, having the effect of probably caving in that conference, with the BE picking up major remnants and still splitting. With A&M gone and another major conference program also leaving under this scenario, would Texas remain involved? Doubtful, but maybe in order to protect its Olympic Sports. The point here is that I doubt the remaining BigXII would look to schools like Houston, etc. to backfill. They would probably end up becoming weaker than the ACC and BE in football at that point.

Put on your seat belts. This is going to be an interesting ride.

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Another line of thinking I shared on the A10 board:

It's early in the process, but this move most likely will lead to a direct impact on the A10.

If this is official - and it certainly appears to be credible - then the SEC obviously needs to add one more program. There is a lot of noise coming out of Tallahassee that FSU could get the nod to take the SEC to 14 teams. If that's true, I believe that is the scenario that most likely rips at the existing fabric of the BE football conference, because the ACC is going to have to replace FSU and will want to do so within some semblance of its existing footprint. Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse become obvious candidates for the ACC's hole. In fact, recall that Syracuse was targeted by the ACC, during its earlier raid on the BE.

Now play that one out for a minute. IF you're the ACC, why not take all three, if you can make the math work out right. If the SEC is going to 14, why not go there as well, now, while you have the opportunity to be more selective, especially knowing all three of those schools are in the Atlantic-type footprint.

I always thought the BE would finally split due to expansion. I had not considered a scenario that involved implosion.

The ultimate losers: WVU, UL and UC. The thought of UC ending up back in some kind of C-USA conference makes me laugh. Damn shame.

Another scenario? The balancing team also comes from the BigXII, having the effect of probably caving in that conference, with the BE picking up major remnants and still splitting. With A&M gone and another major conference program also leaving under this scenario, would Texas remain involved? Doubtful, but maybe in order to protect its Olympic Sports. The point here is that I doubt the remaining BigXII would look to schools like Houston, etc. to backfill. They would probably end up becoming weaker than the ACC and BE in football at that point.

Put on your seat belts. This is going to be an interesting ride.

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Well said. I cant wait....