re: A&M player says no thanks to going back to the Big12

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Texas A&M will eventually go back to the Big 12 because that is where they belong

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Where we belonged was the SWC, but that's dead now.

The Big 12 is nothing more than an extension of the Big 8, where we never belonged.

As for distance:

Manhattan, Kansas is 661 miles away from College Station
Lawrence, Kansas is 686 miles away from College Station
Columbia, Missouri is 761 miles away from College Station
Lincoln, Nebraska is 808 miles away from College Station
Ames, Iowa is 949 miles away from College Station
Boulder, Colorado is 969 miles away from College Station

Why do I put all of the original Big 12 north schools on there? Every year, A&M would travel to between 1-2 of those schools.

To put it in contrast:

Baton Rouge, LA is 366 miles away from College Station. That's closer than Lubbock, TX (426 miles), Stillwater, OK (436 miles), and only 9 miles further away than Norman, OK (357 miles)

The furthest away west opponent (Auburn) is 744 miles away, which is closer than all of the north opponents except the Kansas schools.

Tuscaloosa, Oxford, Starkville, and Fayetteville are ALL closer than every single Big 12 North school.

The ONLY opponent that A&M plays every year that is further away than all of its Big 12 opponents is South Carolina, which is less than 60 miles further from College Station than Boulder, Colorado.

Here's the kicker...Morgantown, WV is further away (1300+ miles) from College Station than any SEC school is from any other SEC school.

So, in closing, your argument fricking fails on all counts because you didn't think this through.