re: Texas A&M's 100 Year Decision to join the SEC

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The old Southern Conference. Its members formed the core of the current SEC. TAMU moved to a more Texas-centric conference

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Easy confusion to make but, incorrect

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association aka SIAA was founded in the late 1800's and was the brainchild of Dr. Dudley at Vanderbilt. TAMU was a member of this conference before being talked into joining the SWC with Texas.

In the 1920's the Southern Conference aka SoCon broke off from the SIAA and is still in operation today. Many of the FCS schools the SEC still plays today are current SoCon members.

In the 1930's 13 schools broke off of the SoCon to form the Southeastern Conference aka SEC. Three schools have since departed (Sewanee, Georgia Tech, and Tulane) with the last 2 leaving in the 1960's. Four teams have been added since (Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Missouri) and 12 of the current members have former membership in the SIAA or SoCon.

Most of the current ACC teams can also show heritage in either the SIAA or SoCon as they truly were the 1st "superconferences" in college football. It also helps explain the inter related scheduling between the 2 conferences.