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From the article:

1. We eat our young

You break the rules and we will turn you in. We will then leak the fact that we turned you in so our fans will know how clean we are. It's not that we're against breaking the rules. We're against other schools breaking the rules.

Don't worry, you must be thinking of Texas and Oklahoma.

8. You will have to take tailgating to a new level

I've been to Austin. Had a great time tailgating. But it was tame compared to what you will see in this conference. Crab boils, live entertainment, rows of Jack Daniels bottles, the Grove, Calhoun's. It's different here.

You've been to Austin? Good for you. Maybe when you know where the school is, you can judge our tailgating.

Speaking of the whole SEC stuff, new news posted today:

Texas A&M's time as a member of the Big 12 is all but over. In a conference call Saturday that included the Big 12's university presidents, R. Bowen Loftin, the president of Texas A&M, essentially said that the Aggies were leaving, and there was nothing the Big 12 could do to keep them, according to a person with first-hand knowledge of the call.

Multiple presidents on the call used the words "amicable divorce" when discussing the Aggies departure. That would seem to suggest that there will not be any protracted legal wrangling. Paramount in the negotiations to free Texas A&M from the conference is the university's buy out, which is estimated in $15 million range. While no specific timetable was discussed, the feeling on the call was that it the Aggies' departure could happen as soon as the end of next week.

fishman wrote:Talking about winning in womans sports or track just does'nt fly. What have they WON in the big 3 sports??? By the way I agree the move will help in the long run, but they will get killed in the sec the 1st couple years. Remember pre-season polls mean nothing.

Free to have your opinion. Frankly, you're talking about the big 3 money makers. The other sports are no less important, or easier to win things in by any means. Its not like we're the only college in the US with a track team...but we do have the best one.

Our AD has the right idea, I think. Its not enough to be good in one or two things, even if its the "popular" sports. You want to be good at everything. Looking at our record over the past 10 years, you literally cannot argue that we have not improved in ALL sports across the board.

By the way, my sister played college soccer. Just because you don't enjoy a sport, doesn't mean it isn't competitive or worthy of recognition. So, I think winning in track and womens sports IS a big deal. Its not like they hand championships out, in any sport.

Your reading comprehension is fantastic. Basketball and Baseball make playoffs every year. Ags are ranked 8th in the polls heading into football season.

We're not at the top of everything, but we'd like to be. Joining a good conference will help us get there.

AggieMM wrote:As someone tweeted on TAMU: Texas A&M just changed their relationship status from "It's Complicated" to "Single"....... :)

Ryan

Love it.

Another step in the process complete today.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... xploration

Can we now officially call the Big 12 by its proper name, the Longhorn 9?

Good article on the legal issues that will arise from all of this, and why the SEC may be trying to lay the groundwork to deny lawsuits later:

http://outkickthecoverage.com/how-espn- ... c-deal.php

fannypacker wrote:They better stay on the porch. They can't run with the big boys.

You do understand that playing better teams makes you play up to their level, right? Which teams should we play to get better? Iowa State and Baylor, or LSU and Alabama?

There are only 2 SEC teams ranked higher than us in preseason. Granted, preseason rankings don't mean much...after all, if the tea sips can fail to qualify for a bowl last year and still get ranked... . LSU quit their series with us in the 90s because they were tired of being beat. If all you know or remember of Aggie football is the Fran era then I can see why you'd be so skeptical.

Let's just take a look at Aggie Athletics real quick:
3x defending National Champions in mens and womens track and field.
defending NC in womens basketball. Our mens BB team makes the playoffs every year.
baseball and softball teams make the playoffs every year
NC is golf and equestrian
on and on.

We have a state of the art new track facility, new baseball stadium is being built right now, a large and very active Alumni fan base..

Anyone who thinks Texas A&M athletics as a whole and football in particular aren't on the rise are either mad about it, or not watching.

Texas A&M board of regents meeting moved from 8/22 to Monday. SEC meeting is Sunday. Looking mOre likely these rumors have some legs!

Lots of rumors so far but no confirmation. As an Aggie, I'm excited about the possibility.