I'm sitting here watching Mestchicken play Blablablama and thinking to myself how tired I am of the same old teams playing for the MNC virtually every year and it got me wondering about the Aggies and your thoughts on your new conference mates.
Disclosure that I am an old guy and I really miss the SWC, and I really miss Tech being in the same conference with A&M.
Anyway: The upside is that whoever wins the SEC will likely make the CFP in its current state, and likely for the long-term future.
The downside is that to do that, you've got to beat out
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Texas
I don't follow the SEC well enough to know how long it has been since someone other than those top four won the conference, but it seems to my memory that it has been a long time, and pretty rare.
And as much as I ****ing hate Texas and OU, those six schools above are likely to be the prohibitive favorites year in and year out. Heck I don't know how many national titles are represented among those six, but I know it is a huge number.
So I am wondering: realistically, when do you good Ags think that you'll have a realistic shot at running that gauntlet? From the outside looking in, OU and Texas are entering the SEC stronger than A&M, and A&M is no better now than y'all were when you left the Big 12. Do you think that's accurate?
And I am wondering as well: given OU's and Texas admission to the SEC, would you ever want A&M to change conferences?
I know as a Tech fan that Tech won't ever be in the SEC, and I also know as a Tech fan that if they ever had the chance to do so, I would rather them stay put. I hate what the BDF has become. Hate it. But Tech will be competitive in the BDF and that gives us a slugger's chance that we wouldn't likely see in the SEC.
Affectionately yours,
Skubs/TechDiver
Disclosure that I am an old guy and I really miss the SWC, and I really miss Tech being in the same conference with A&M.
Anyway: The upside is that whoever wins the SEC will likely make the CFP in its current state, and likely for the long-term future.
The downside is that to do that, you've got to beat out
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Texas
I don't follow the SEC well enough to know how long it has been since someone other than those top four won the conference, but it seems to my memory that it has been a long time, and pretty rare.
And as much as I ****ing hate Texas and OU, those six schools above are likely to be the prohibitive favorites year in and year out. Heck I don't know how many national titles are represented among those six, but I know it is a huge number.
So I am wondering: realistically, when do you good Ags think that you'll have a realistic shot at running that gauntlet? From the outside looking in, OU and Texas are entering the SEC stronger than A&M, and A&M is no better now than y'all were when you left the Big 12. Do you think that's accurate?
And I am wondering as well: given OU's and Texas admission to the SEC, would you ever want A&M to change conferences?
I know as a Tech fan that Tech won't ever be in the SEC, and I also know as a Tech fan that if they ever had the chance to do so, I would rather them stay put. I hate what the BDF has become. Hate it. But Tech will be competitive in the BDF and that gives us a slugger's chance that we wouldn't likely see in the SEC.
Affectionately yours,
Skubs/TechDiver