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re: A&M turned down home and home with Texas
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:28 am to cardboardboxer
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:28 am to cardboardboxer
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And he couldn’t wait any longer because the SEC needed expansion to trigger contract terms that allowed for the SEC Network to launch.
Yes SEC Network helps, but other conferences are distributing revenues close to our levels without the SECN.
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It makes you seem like you have an axe to grind against A&M when you don’t accept these basic and well known facts.
Nah, old school SEC. Confernce realignment needs to happen in some way where it makes more geographic sense. Auburn used to play Florida and Tennessee about year, good games too.
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Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:29 am to Rhino5
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Mike Slive hastily jumped the gun by adding TAMU and Mizzou. Probably should've waited and added OU and Texas to the SEC West and sent AU and Bama to the East,
Hell to the NO on that. Texas likes to play by their own rules and only in it for themselves. The only reason they wanted to add A&M, notice the dates, was to try and save face and then add a game to their home schedule that would actually draw interest. After, Nebraska, Colorado, Mizzou, A&M left, UT is stuck with an abyssmal home schedule.
Ask Texas if they would leave Dallas and do a Home and Home with OU from here on out and add A&M yearly to a neutral field site like Reliant. Ask Texas to make a sacrifice to play A&M and not have A&M drop Miami to play Texas and see what happens.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:31 am to Rhino5
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Yes SEC Network helps, but other conferences are distributing revenues close to our levels without the SECN.
Last I checked the SEC is about 12-14 more per school than the ACC & Pac. The Big Ten is close and the Big 12 is living off of old contracts from when there were 12 members. The won't be able to get near the same money next negotiation & it'll probably trigger realignment. Basically you need the SECN or Big Ten to give you an edge at this point.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:33 am to Farmer1906
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The Big Ten is close and the Big 12 is living off of old contracts from when there were 12 members.
This is the last I saw as well. SEC leads but closer than I would've thought.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:34 am to Rhino5
And you know that is true only because of their network right?
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:35 am to Cdawg
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The only reason they wanted to add A&M, notice the dates, was to try and save face and then add a game to their home schedule that would actually draw interest. After, Nebraska, Colorado, Mizzou, A&M left, UT is stuck with an abyssmal home schedule.
Yep.
They need schedule help badly.
They’ve said it.
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Herman said that in a perfect world he would like to see Texas play one Power 5 non-conference opponent each season.
"To me," he said, "there's a very logical one an hour-and-a-half east of us."
A&M and Texas, most fans know, haven't played since 2011. Earlier this year A&M athletic director Scott Woodward and Texas counterpart Chris Del Conte told The News they believe the series will be renewed, eventually, though both schools' non-conference schedules are full through 2026.
"The University of Texas does not play a rival at home, ever," Herman said on ESPNU Radio. "Our only now-true historic rival is Oklahoma. We play them in Dallas at the State Fair."
Herman said that, rather than Thanksgiving weekend, he would like to see Texas and A&M play in Week 2 every season.
LINK ]DallasSports
Posted on 8/23/18 at 9:52 am to Rhino5
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Yes SEC Network helps, but other conferences are distributing revenues close to our levels without the SECN.
Revenue Distributions
SEC: $40.9 million
Big Ten: $34.8 million for teams getting full shares
Big 12: also right about $34.8 million
Pac-12: about $29 million
ACC: something like $27 million
Weird how the ACC takes less than the Big12. Makes me question the Big 12 numbers.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:00 am to Mr Shickadance
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:05 am to jj06
Since the series is so lopsided anyway (76–37–5) it is a lost cause really. Texas A&M is the very definition of a 'Little Brother' school. 
This post was edited on 8/23/18 at 10:06 am
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:06 am to Cdawg
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Ask Texas if they would leave Dallas and do a Home and Home with OU from here on out and add A&M yearly to a neutral field site like Reliant. Ask Texas to make a sacrifice to play A&M and not have A&M drop Miami to play Texas and see what happens.
That would be retarded. Texas/OU is a top 3 or 4 rivalry game in part because of its location and time during the state fair.
Texas/OU is irrelevant to Texas/A&M because the former has historically been a top game in college football (even though Texas hasn't done its part recently).
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:09 am to 80884
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80884
48 of your 51 posts are about Texas A&M.
I’m only going to say this once: We are never getting back together.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:09 am to oman
tu-ou MIGHT be a top 15 rivalry from a national perspective
Not even close to top 5
Not even close to top 5
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:10 am to CarolinaGamecock99
Schedule it out then....meet in a bowl game
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:11 am to Jake_LaMotta
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Since the series is so lopsided anyway (76–37–5) it is a lost cause really. Texas A&M is the very definition of a 'Little Brother' school.
The series is definitely lopsided.
Makes you wonder why anyone is even interested in it.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:13 am to jj06
This thread just goes to show, the teams that hide behind the strength of the SEC are the ones who haven't done anything to make the SEC strong.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:15 am to Old Sarge
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tu-ou MIGHT be a top 15 rivalry from a national perspective
Not even close to top 5
I'll admit, it's no Big Game.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:16 am to Rhino5
With all due respect, you're ignorant when it comes to conference realignment, and especially about Texas. People like you would be one of the first ones whining about Texas if they were in the conference.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:16 am to oman
That cover is priceless.
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:17 am to UAtide11
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This thread just goes to show, the teams that hide behind the strength of the SEC are the ones who haven't done anything to make the SEC strong.
I think A&M beating you that one year with all of their Big12 players made you, and thus the SEC, stronger.
This post was edited on 8/23/18 at 10:18 am
Posted on 8/23/18 at 10:18 am to Jake_LaMotta
Yep. From 1894-1908 Texas went 14-1-2 against us and from 1940-1974, Texas went 31-3-1 against us. What are ya gonna do.
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