There is a huge advantage for A&M, tu and ou to be in different conferences.
Think of how the state of FLA has dominated College Football. One of the reasons is that their power programs were in 3 different conferences up until the new ACC grouped U of Mia and FSU together. UF is still alone in the SEC.
Instead of knocking two of the three out of a NMC title shot every year, the 3 FLA schools were in three different conferences. That gave all 3 teams a clear unobstructed path to win their respective conference and get to the NMC game. They could even possibly face each other in the NMC and did at times.
It used to be:
UF - SEC
UM - Big East
FSU- ACC
Now on to our screwed up situation:
In the BIG XII, A&M, tu and ou have to compete directly against each other just to get into a conference title game. We have been beating up on each other and canceling each other out while the FLA schools did it the smart way - up until recently.
One can see the obvious advantages that the FLA schools just gave up by grouping two schools into the ACC together.
I should have been:
A&M - SEC
tu - somewhere else. who cares?
ou - Big 8
or lump tu, ou and itt together in a conference, angain, who cares?
We could still play tu in a nonconference game every year but would also have the privilege of never having to deal with classless clown of itt. And the Ag's would be in the premiere conference to boot.
As far a A&M competing in the SEC, our recruiting would be great as the best players want to play in the best conference. That's why you see so many Texas high school blue chip players leaving for the SEC. With A&M in the SEC they could stay instate and still be in the SEC.
It's win-win for the Ag's. And that is why you have a sip on here saying it's a bad idea.
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"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women." [This message has been edited by TxAginAz (edited 4/24/2007 3:38p).]