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.

In my opinion, it just seems that no conference wants to start the dominoes falling that would lead to 16 team super conferences. It came very close last summer, and could still happen soon. I don't personally think it will, with the season on the near horizon, but anything can happen.

Of course, this might have been inadvertently caused by Texas raking in cash with the Longhorn Network and A&M feeling just a bit left out. So not only would they be in one of the top conferences, but they would also start rolling in the money for themselves.