Started By
Message
re: Texas A&M's 100 Year Decision to join the SEC
Posted on 10/23/14 at 8:54 am to AggieHank86
Posted on 10/23/14 at 8:54 am to AggieHank86
quote:
The old Southern Conference. Its members formed the core of the current SEC. TAMU moved to a more Texas-centric conference
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.
2
Posted on 10/23/14 at 8:58 am to Cheese Grits
quote:
Still, in the short term, it is impossible to defend against the argument that the move to the SEC was a disaster for A&M.
Because of the past 3 games?? You are an idiot.
Nice troll. Big 12..
Posted on 10/23/14 at 9:07 am to Cheese Grits
Mine was intended as a very short synopsis and was thus not comprehensive.
Your explanation is more-detailed and thus better. Thx
AS an aside, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) doesn't even seem to have been a "conference" in the modern sense. More like a "super-conference" or a mini/regional NCAA, which did not exist in anything resembling its current form until several decades later.
Also, TAMU did not "join" the SWC. It was a founding member.
Your explanation is more-detailed and thus better. Thx
AS an aside, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) doesn't even seem to have been a "conference" in the modern sense. More like a "super-conference" or a mini/regional NCAA, which did not exist in anything resembling its current form until several decades later.
Also, TAMU did not "join" the SWC. It was a founding member.
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 9:24 am
Page 1 of 1
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News