re: Theory: A&M will never win anything of actual meaning, because they are a cult.

I just posted a pretty lengthy link above in my response to Texas Horn. The whole Big 12 fiasco is imprinted on the minds of most participants. There are plenty of books written about all this.

But the timeline alone should be obvious. Nebraska left the Big 10 in 2010 and the LHN was announced in 2011.

Most of the subsequent moves were a product of years long discussions. Another good article.

100 year Decision article

A&M was exploring the Pac-10 courtship in early 2010, well before the LHN announcement. The SEC discussions predated the LHN.

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"The Longhorn Network popped up and that's the straw that broke the camel's back after Nebraska and Colorado left," Adams said of UT's $300 million deal with ESPN in January 2011 that prompted A&M to again look at joining the SEC -- a topic that had been discussed by various coaches and regents since the 1990s. "UT doing their own network pretty much eliminated them from joining the SEC. We knew the SEC wanted a Texas team. We had the fan base, the alumni, the academics. And we fit in with them culture-wise.

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