Texas A&M Vying For SEC, Gets Turned Down

Not going to happen. For now.

Thursday evening, Aggieyell.com reported that Texas A&M is on its way to the SEC, pending approval by Board of Regents at an August 15th meeting and final SEC approval by league presidents. Obviously, it did not go through like A&M expected. University of Florida president Bernie Machen, the chairman of the league's presidents and chancellors committee, said the group met Sunday and reaffirmed the satisfaction of the present 12 institutional alignment. Machen also said no action was taken regarding Texas A&M or any other schools. He didn't, however, close the door on change. 

Two weeks ago, Slive and SEC lawyers met with A&M officials, when the league requested that the school work out the possible legal ramifications surrounding its contract with the Big 12, the report said. The Board of Directors for the Big 12 held a conference call Saturday to discuss Texas A&M's plans.

Summer Fever: Expansion Style

Setting the dominoes in place

As many of you know, the summer of 2010 was a monumental one for college football. No team was safe in the expansion move, as virtually every team was a potential move. Notre Dame, Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, Pitt, TCU, Boise State, and more were the favorites to be moving. Nebraska moved to the Big Ten, while TCU headed to the Big East, and BSU fell into place in the Mountain West. There were more moves, such as Colorado to the Pac 10, as well as Utah joining the same conference.

There was also fear for every team, as we weren't sure whether or not the traditional college landscape would collapse, and we would move to 2 Super conferences with 16 or more teams. Surprisingly, the SEC didn't budge. Now, with that, it brings us to today's news.

Boise State joins the MW.

In breaking news, Boise State joins the Mountain West as it's 10th member, and will play in the MW in the 2011 season.

"Broncos coach Chris Petersen, who has compiled a 49-4 record and won three WAC titles in four years, said Monday the decision doesn't change anything about his plans for next season.

"We have a very challenging non-conference and conference schedule ahead of us and we are not planning to change our goals because of today's decision," he said."

via ESPN.com

Awesome.  More Expansion.