re: I think its safe to say TAMU/MIZ bring more value to tSEC than Arky.

Back then Texas and A&M got together to discuss leaving the SWC. A&M was going to the SEC, and Texas was headed to the PAC-10... however, the rest of the SWC found out, and Anne Richards threw a hissy fit, and the Big XII was formed as a compromise. Never mind that it completely screwed TCU, Houston, and others - Baylor was taken care of. That is why it took A&M twenty years to right that wrong.

There's some great articles out there about it. I was in school back then and remember it REALLY well.