BOL Round Table

A&M has a storied history. It will be a success in the SEC. They will draw away recruits from Texas because they are in the SEC and kids want to play for winners. I really get ticked off when people say the SEC was dumb to get A&M. It was a great move. The Missouri move I am a little stunned by, but I'm sure they will be just fine. Texas A&M has the $ to run with the big dogs in the SEC and will be number 2 in the West, maybe not this year or the next, but I see them being a big powerhouse!

I've said it 1000 times, and I've been laughed at each time. If I were in the east, I wouldn't be sleeping on Missouri...

I will at least look forward to the misso and UK in bball. TAM will give Arkansas fits for 3rd In the west.

I keep thinking of the irony if TT had gotten the HC job at A&M AND ended up in the West of the SEC..............wow!

RTR

Don't understand why people cannot understand this was about NEW territory. Our contracts with ESPN & CBS pay more when more televisions are watching SEC games. When re-negotiating time comes this will pay off huge which only helps the SEC members.
I also don't get the negativity regarding A&M. They are a huge school with decent tradition and following/alumni. Missouri was just a filler but, IMO, have more potential to be good down the road than Ole Miss, Miss St or Kentucky.
Just curious, who do you think we should have pursued that we didn't?

,Tuskstider, you must live in a deep, dark hole in the ground!
You are so dumb you don't know how stupid you are ~~~[

I saw statistics that adding just those two schools will increase the viewership by 33% or 1/3! THAT is impressive. This is all just positioning for better leverage when we either 1) renegotiate with ESPN, or 2) start the new network and need to show carriers how much it's worth to them to subscribe...

WOW! Not too often we get a free thinker on here.

You sir are completely correct and mizz will compete for the East right off the bat. Y'all along w/ the natl' pundits love you some aTm but mizz the past few years has OWNED aTm in every way.

Just like when miami and f$u went to the ACC and were supposed to run the table in fball and suck in bball. How'd that turn out?

Mizz will be better than most think in fball and not as good as some think in bball.

Also, for the umpteeth time.............it's NOT ALL ABOUT FBALL!

aTm and Mizzou instanly make our conf twice as smart being AAU members. Post any list you want but no list compares to having AAU status.

Here's as 'inside' as you get w/ the details of mizz to another conf' FWIW.......

Originally, yes mizz was headed to the Big 10 and it was a done deal BUT........the Big 10 wanted mizz to accept the same Jr. status as nebraska currently has but mizz refused to and long story short the Big 10 was always planning on inviting nebraska down the road but offered it then and nebraska jumped on it.

When Slive (w/ KC connections who knows all about the state of MO) heard mizz was on the market it was aTm and either mizz or va tech. They crunched the numbers to see who was the best fit and voila! Say hello SEC tv contract very soon! That's not saying we were mizz's second choice. No, actually if any of you have any knowledge of mizz you know they've been wanting in the Big 10 for years(academic reasons) and it was always assumed that's were they'd end up until Delaney decided to get cheap.

So when you complain about mizz and aTm all you're doing is showing your lack of knowledge of the 'big picture' and grand scheme of things in this latest 100 year decision. If we were talking about starting a minor league NFL league based on the current SEC teams and a couple new ones then no you wouldn't invite aTm or mizz.

I'm right there with you taking my lumps as well. People forget because Missouri had a bad year, but they were a preseason national title darkhorse by several pundits. Now, that is preseason. But, they aren't chopped liver.

Mizzou basketball? Aren't they pretty good? That is an upgrade for that sport at least. And they mOney they will receive from ESPN for having TEXAS and Missouri markets are pretty big.