re: RUMOR: A&M to Big 10 with Notre Dame

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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.

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If Texas and OU were allowed to go to the B10 along with USC and Oregon it would’ve caused a revenue schism that would likely spiral out of control when FSU & Clemson later joined along with ND as a result of that revenue bump.

I understand that A&M might’ve wanted to have a chance to veto Texas, but if Bama and UGA don’t get a unilateral veto, neither does A&M when the decision would cause irrevocable harm to the rest of the conference.

No one hates NIL era CFB more than me, but expecting the conference to injure itself due to what is perceived to be one schools insecurities/self interests isn’t how stable conferences work.

A&M left the B12 because that’s what was happening there, so turning around and leaving because they weren’t allowed to do what Texas was doing would be worthy of whatever scorn and ridicule would accompany that move.

Texas jumping to the SEC just increased A&M’s NIL fund. Boosters that were on the fence or only giving a little were galvanized. So in the NIL era them making this move just made A&M stronger.

Oh and for the posters saying A&M ran from Texas when we moved to the SEC. Are you really that clueless on how dumb that sounds?

ND already has a relationship with the ACC. Should the ACC survive, I would assume they would stay there. But the big 10 already has 18. You think they plan to go to 20 and have 2 divisions?

Better than Texas’s return on investment considering your comp the last 15 years.

Although I would like it, it isn't going to happen. Life is always better without sooners and whorns.

Not sure why this keeps popping up. My guess is the media is just trying to stir up shite in the offseason to get clicks.

My parents neighbor is a booster who played both football and baseball back in his time at A&M. He has heard zero rumors about this. As a matter of fact, he has heard just the opposite. Most of the boosters in his circle are excited about playing the’sips on a regular basis again.

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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.

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The funny thing to me is IF we are leaving because we want away from Texas we likely wouldn’t even achieve that because I could easily see Texas joining later on. Any decision we make needs to be about way more than just our friends in Austin. We may not trust the SEC brass as much as we did but the B1G has screwed up some things as well (see the Covid year flip flopping and scheduling).

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Oh and for the posters saying A&M ran from Texas when we moved to the SEC. Are you really that clueless on how dumb that sounds?

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Yes. They are. They believe that winning in the SEC was easier for us because they weren’t in it.

They actually believe they are more formidable to us than Bama. Or Georgia or LSU.

As crazy as that sounds. Yes, they are that clueless because they haven’t been here.

The B1G wanted tu/Oklahoma to come in with USC/UCLA.

The teasips were so desperate to steal A&M’s thunder that they leveraged that to get rubber stamped in to the SEC. I’m sure the tv contracts with those 4 joining were insane. The presence in the great State of Texas cannot be understated.

I’m sure the B1G reached out to A&M via legitimate measures once this failed, or even before while they were trying to get tu. Adding USC/UCLA/Oklahoma/tu/A&M/Notre Dame all at once would have probably been an even bigger windfall.

Maybe the money was so great that A&M leadership took these conversations further than anyone would believe, but I don’t believe that there is a unified consensus within Aggy leadership to leave the SEC. I think it’s a minority at best and completely non-existent at worst.

I don’t remember all the details from the last round of realignment, but there is no way that A&M’s Board of Directors would approve of the move if there was hesitancy within the alumni, much less the potential for outright revolt.

If A&M was leaving the SEC to the B1G with LSU and Arkansas in tow, for a $30 million a year pay bump, I could maaaaaybe see it. But without any regional rivalries, and the SEC being diminished in our region by taking powers with us, I don’t think the money alone could sway it.

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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.

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The price of oil in 2013 was like $95/bbl. It’s been like $80/bbl this year. So if you think it’s bad now, just wait til oil price actually do starting climbing.