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[SUPERCOACH]

Statement from Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin regarding athletic conference discussions:

"As we have seen over the past several days, there has been a considerable amount of misinformation regarding these discussions and any associated timelines. The chairman of our board has indicated that the regents will proceed with tomorrow's agenda item, which authorizes the president of Texas A&M to take all actions related to athletic conference alignment. I will also accept Chairman Branch's invitation to participate in his committee's hearing on Tuesday. These are extremely complex issues, and it is imperative that we proceed methodically and in the best interests of Texas A&M."

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[2Stater]

Latest tweet from the Pete Thamel of the NY Times:  Click here for link

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A high ranking SEC official called today's statement a way to "tap the brakes" so the Texas A&M can "get its house in order."

SC, we all may be having to unload e-creds on you if this pans out.  

[SUPERCOACH]

Guys, I have been sifting through this stuff for 3 days now trying to find as much reliable info as I can possibly get my hands on.  Whether you like it or not, this will be a huge change for college football if it happens.  Here is the latest from the Arkansas chancellor who was at the SEC meeting:

Arkansas Chancellor Dave Gearhart was at the meeting and said A&M was among a number of topics discussed.

"It was really an open discussion, not just about A&M but about the future of the conference and the future of other conferences," Gearhart said. "We did talk about Texas A&M. It's a great university, a great place. But I think the decision was to make no decision at this particular time."

Gearhart said the SEC presidents and chancellors are "very comfortable" with the 12-team alignment, financially and competitively. But he, too, said they wouldn't rule out expansion.

"If some other conference is going to make changes, it behooves us to take a look at that," said Gearhart.

He added: "I think everybody will sort of be watching what happens in Texas and what they do."

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[SUPERCOACH]

The Southeastern Conference hasn't received an application for membership from any university, USC President Harris Pastides told The Daily Gamecock Sunday afternoon.

He further said Sunday's meeting of the 12 SEC member presidents was held in order to prepare for the possibility of such an application and determine the criteria and steps associated with any potential expansion. Pastides, speaking after USC's New Student Convocation at the Coliseum, said the league presidents "love" the current conference landscape, but that it was necessary to drop what they were doing and hold such a meeting in order to best plan for the league's best interest in the future.

Regarding rumors of Texas A&M's desire to leave the Big 12 Conference and join the SEC, Pastides said the proverbial "ball" is in the school's "court."

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[2Stater]

The Southeastern Conference hasn't received an application for membership from any university, USC President Harris Pastides told The Daily Gamecock Sunday afternoon.

He further said Sunday's meeting of the 12 SEC member presidents was held in order to prepare for the possibility of such an application and determine the criteria and steps associated with any potential expansion. Pastides, speaking after USC's New Student Convocation at the Coliseum, said the league presidents "love" the current conference landscape, but that it was necessary to drop what they were doing and hold such a meeting in order to best plan for the league's best interest in the future.

Regarding rumors of Texas A&M's desire to leave the Big 12 Conference and join the SEC, Pastides said the proverbial "ball" is in the school's "court."

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[SUPERCOACH]

Here is a great article from a respectable, unbiased source (Sports Illustrated):  Click here for link

Remember, ESPN has 300 million invested in the Longhorn network, so I don't trust them to report on this without spinning things in their favor.

[2Stater]

Here's a more accurate translation.
If we can make more money from our TV contracts, we're probably going to expand. But no one has applied for membership yet. So we didn't vote today. If we had voted to extend an offer to a school that hadn't applied for membership, we might have left ourselves exposed to a big, fat lawsuit. So don't sue us, Big 12. If someone, perhaps a land-grant institution based in College Station, Texas, happens to authorize its president to seek new conference membership -- maybe at a special Board of Regents meeting Monday afternoon -- and that president happens to ask us to consider his school for membership, than we might strongly consider that school.

 

[pmull]

According to Cecil Hurt expansion is delayed, not dead.

"Hold your horses, boys."

Despite the stampeding stories out of Texas last week, there was no compelling reason for the SEC to rush to embrace Texas A&M, which could have bolted the Big 12 last year and didn't. That doesn't mean there isn't any interest in Texas A&M. Machen's statement didn't permanently seal the SEC borders to the Aggies, or to anyone else. But it did slow things down to a more orderly pace.

There are legal reasons for caution, primarily television contracts that amount to millions of dollars. Texas A&M has plenty of money, but does not want to breach those contracts, for good reason.

The SEC has plenty of money, too, but doesn't want to deal with charges of tortious interference by extending its hand to a school that is already married to another league. The marriage may get done, but it won't be a midnight elopement. It has been done in the proper way.

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[pmull]

A Texas fan had to put this attachment together. It is pretty funny. Check out the Ole Miss President.

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[Jamos]

From what I've read and heard on this, the SEC has to get all of the legal and conference jargon established before adding anyone, and from what they said there is a lot of it.

[2Stater]

A Texas fan had to put this attachment together. It is pretty funny. Check out the Ole Miss President.

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Bwaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Jamos]

Per the link below it is being stated that the TAM merge will happen in 3 weeks. Just one more opinion I guess.

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[ricky023]

I still stand by my choices of who makes the steps into the SEC. This is going to be fun to watch. RTR!

[Marshal Dillon]

Finebaum was saying something will happen in 21 days or less. I still think we get FSU, too.

[Jamos]

They're a likely choice of the SEC.

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