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re: RUMOR: A&M to Big 10 with Notre Dame
Posted on 7/7/24 at 1:09 am to BigOrangeKen
Posted on 7/7/24 at 1:09 am to BigOrangeKen
I prefer A&M to stay but I believe this rumor has substance regardless of whether the deal is completed or not.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if some of the power brokers in College Station were salty about Texas joining the conference.
But joining a conference where your schedule would be Iowa, Minnesota and Maryland is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all if some of the power brokers in College Station were salty about Texas joining the conference.
But joining a conference where your schedule would be Iowa, Minnesota and Maryland is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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Posted on 7/7/24 at 2:42 am to Richard Dangler
I think UNC goes Big 10.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:21 am to tide06
I agree but I think it’s more the Big going after them then them actually looking to leave.
I honestly like having them in the SEC myself.
I honestly like having them in the SEC myself.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:29 am to OleVaught14
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A&M running from Texas again would be very on point, so this rumor is definitely believable.
Yup, aggy runs away crying to b1g after Texas whips them in Kyle field, AGAIN. Bwwaahahahaaa
Posted on 7/7/24 at 5:52 am to dragworm
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We scared aggy off.
Shhhhh. If we mock them they won’t leave and will stay to prove they’re not scared.
I applaud Aggie for this wonderful step towards greatness.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 6:39 am to tide06
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But joining a conference where your schedule would be Iowa, Minnesota and Maryland is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
No dog in this fight except to say from an outsider’s perspective, I think longer-term it would be a move A&M and their fanbase would come to regret.
Those shiny hook type matchups against Ohio State, Michigan, USC, etc. are not going to be the regular week to week fare.
What about all those weeks/years when A&M would be matched up instead with Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern, etc. instead of playing games with more direct regional interests and ties down South.
Better think about this one instead of just reacting. Buyer’s remorse kicks in a few years down the road and I doubt the SEC would be saying “well come on back!”
Posted on 7/7/24 at 6:55 am to Great Plains Drifter
Not just that but it makes no sense for any other sport. It would kill our baseball program. Travel for any other sport would be terrible.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 7:09 am to dragworm
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We scared aggy off.
Yeah that’s it we’re totally afraid of Texas but we decided to play Bama every year because they’re a lot easier to deal with than you.
(Unfortunately most sips won’t even realize that’s sarcasm)
Posted on 7/7/24 at 8:03 am to bamaoldtimer
Not sure where this rumor is coming from but there has been zero discussion of this move internally at A&M.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 8:17 am to Chingon Ag
Some idiot Auburn podcaster is pushing it.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 8:25 am to bamaoldtimer
SEC will add UNC to replace them.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 8:30 am to BigB123
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Not just that but it makes no sense for any other sport. It would kill our baseball program. Travel for any other sport would be terrible.
It would be a disaster.
You’re now in the conference that draws more attention than any other, playing all the teams you want to play with no restrictions to your recruiting in an era where if you choose to cut your boosters loose you can grab players where you need them while making tons of money.
Going to the B10 for A&M makes zero sense. You leave your geographic footprint, run from everything you’ve been working towards since you left the B12, kill your baseball team and lose all the annual games any fan would care about.
I mean this is an average B10 schedule for a western team (Iowa)
Ill St
Iowa St
Troy
@Minn
@Ohio St
@Wash
@Mich St
Northwestern
@UCLA
@Maryland
Nebraska
The only teams you’d ever care to play are Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, USC and maybe Oregon and you have no history with any of them.
To get them you take on all the northern teams you don’t care about, add bad weather football and have to travel coast to coast to do it. You could legitimately end the season playing in snow in NJ, rain in Washington/Oregon and youd have sandwich games against teams that wouldn’t travel that your own fanbase would be indifferent to leading to poor attendance.
Setting the football aside, I think the hardest truth of the entire deal is that while most SEC fans believe most of what you say about who Texas is as a program, if you make this move you will be irrefutably proving to all of them that what Texas says about your program is also 100% true.
Either deep down A&M fans don’t care about all the values they claim are so important, or Trev Alberts is about to make you into Nebraska v2.0 because a few big money guys are butt hurt about your ex wife joining the conference because we couldn’t let the Big 10 take them or it would lead to long term financial disparities.
This post was edited on 7/7/24 at 8:32 am
Posted on 7/7/24 at 8:51 am to Drydock
You speak of Jake Crain who is going national. He did not start the rumor. The discussion was started by a subscriber to his podcast who asked the question.
First trip to Kyle Field was 2013. Place was a dump with broken wheelbarrows, wood, trash under the students side. The locker room was 400 sq ft with wooden benches and no ventilation. Aubie had to leave most of the equipment on the trailer.
Fast forward….they have built a palace through raising gas prices across the US and the use of SEC revenue. If this does gather legs and they do even slightly consider leaving, the SEC should make it very expensive for them to do so.
First trip to Kyle Field was 2013. Place was a dump with broken wheelbarrows, wood, trash under the students side. The locker room was 400 sq ft with wooden benches and no ventilation. Aubie had to leave most of the equipment on the trailer.
Fast forward….they have built a palace through raising gas prices across the US and the use of SEC revenue. If this does gather legs and they do even slightly consider leaving, the SEC should make it very expensive for them to do so.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 8:54 am to bamaoldtimer
Notre Dame’s hand isn’t forced yet. When that time comes, the Big Ten makes the most sense.
I also think UF would go to the Big Ten first and before A&M.
I also think UF would go to the Big Ten first and before A&M.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 9:05 am to tide06
I don’t know what was going on behind the scenes with the Texas addition. There may be a lot of lost trust between A&M and the SEC brass. I think if we left it would have less to do with Texas specifically and more to do with the relationship with the SEC offices.
That said, I agree the optics would be that we are fleeing Texas and optics are all that matters. We have poor leadership though so we are probably too obtuse to understand that nuance though.
That said, I agree the optics would be that we are fleeing Texas and optics are all that matters. We have poor leadership though so we are probably too obtuse to understand that nuance though.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 9:07 am to hoojy
Notre Dame can always make more money off stir of echoes bs instead of sharing it with the big 10. I don't blame the pedos for that.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 9:07 am to GentleJackJones
UF is really SEC centric
Posted on 7/7/24 at 9:11 am to GentleJackJones
quote:I suspect the only way we would go is if they were also adding other schools in the south for travel and sport commonality. Florida makes sense, as do the Arizona schools (who are both AAU). That’s still not very geographically conducive but at least you have similar focus on baseball, softball, track, etc. I also don’t know why they didn’t add Stanford.
Notre Dame’s hand isn’t forced yet. When that time comes, the Big Ten makes the most sense. I also think UF would go to the Big Ten first and before A&M.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 9:16 am to bamaoldtimer
I will admit it.
I prefer Texas in the B1G rather than the SEC. If A&M goes to the B1G, the aggies win and we lose.
I prefer Texas in the B1G rather than the SEC. If A&M goes to the B1G, the aggies win and we lose.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 9:28 am to bamaoldtimer
We could ALL wish
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