🏈 Guess who the Big 12/10 is trying to get from the SEC

[rick4bama]

Texas columnist suggests Big 12 should poach LSU, Texas A&M and Arkansas from SEC

Do any of you see this happen? I don't why would any SEC school drop to that.

Here’s a bold suggestion.

The Big 12 received a bunch of heat for choosing not to expand last Monday. The announcement capped a three-month expansion exploration process that involved 20 potential candidates for inclusion. After all the talk, Big 12 members decided the league should remain at 10 schools for the time being.

Whether or not that decision was wise is debatable. But Gil LeBreton of The Star-Telegram wrote in a piece published last Thursday that the Big 12 would be best off having Texas leave and luring LSU, Texas A&M and perhaps Arkansas into the fold.

Here’s part of LeBreton’s column:

The Big 12 could survive if only Texas leaves. But it would have to be aggressive and innovative in its TV negotiations. Fox and ESPN are only two networks.

If Texas left, wouldn’t there be some TV network that would help bait a lucrative hook that might lure, say, A&M, LSU and either Nebraska or Arkansas into a true Big 12 dozen?

If you’re laughing, you probably thought Texas A&M would never leave Texas, either.

This is a fascinating take. Still, there are a few holes in his reasoning.

First off, it seems unlikely that the Big 12 could survive in any form without Texas, which LeBreton says holds “a disproportionate share of power” along with Oklahoma. But it’s interesting to consider the league without the Longhorns, and the schools LeBreton mentions make sense geographically.

Nonetheless, it seems like a long shot that Texas A&M would consider going back to the Big 12. The Aggies appear to be in a better place after moving to the SEC in 2011.

LSU and Arkansas also seem to be snug fits within the SEC. A Big 12 without Texas would lack prestige, and selling the Tigers and Razorbacks on a new-look league would be a tough task.

Chances are, we won’t see the Big 12 without Texas for a long time, if ever.

 

[252BAMA]

Anything they do right now is just a smoke screen to keep the focus away from Baylor. Or is it Baylol?

 

[UAgrad93]

I doubt that A&M or Arkansas would want anything to do with the Big 12 to be honest. I know there is a history going back to the Big 8 and even the Southwest Conference days, but it seems A&M was more than happy to leave Texas sorry azz and enter the SEC. As for Arky, I think the SEC has suited them well in their other sports and they receive a pretty good check from the SEC office.

I have seen some LSwho message boards and they like to bitch about wanting to leave the SEC. They talk about BAMA bias!!! I guess getting beat 5 in a row and knowing 6 is coming gets on their nerves a bit!!

 

[94 Grad]

Actually, I could see that going down IF Texas was to leave.... I don't think it would be a high percentage chance, but the lure of being the big dog and having an easier route to the final 4 might draw LSU, aTm and Arky to the Big 12. It would never happen as long as Texas rules the roost... and I really don't see Texas leaving it's "cash cow" for any other league at the moment...

 

[alabama mike]

Personally, I would like to see the SEC pull a couple of teams into our league and make it a 16 team league. The league could be divided into 8 and 8 with some changes made to get Missouri in the west. If I just happened to be in charge, I would go after Oklahoma, TCU, Dallas/Ft. Worth market, Houston or maybe a current member of the ACC. Just not sure who on the ACC at the present time. Disagree if you would like but this is my post and my plan.

:tank:

 

[TUSKtimes]

LSU often speaks of this, but only in their frustration over annual losses to Alabama. Could just see them taking their ball and going over to the big 12 and have to play little brother to Texas and their longhorn network. razorbacks and aggies have lived through it and had their fill years ago.

Besides money talks the loudest:
The SEC makes more money than every other conference, and it's not ...

 

[BamaFan334]

Bwahahaha, poach. Shit, A&M and Missouri won the lottery getting into the SEC. Anyone able to see the revenue differences from their switch? I say no way in hell anyone in the SEC wants to jump anywhere else.

 

[rammerjammer]

Bwahahaha, poach. ****, A&M and Missouri won the lottery getting into the SEC. Anyone able to see the revenue differences from their switch? I say no way in hell anyone in the SEC wants to jump anywhere else.

Agreed. I remember when the expansion was going on and all the conferences were trying to expand, there was a big stink about fines for teams leaving their prospective conference.
I remember a radio interview and someone posed the question to Mike Slive about the cost/fine to leave the SEC. He said, nothing. $0.
If you don't like it here, leave. Big difference as opposed to what all the others had to pay to jump to different conferences. I think aTm paid a fine to leave the Big 12, but I'm sure they have made up for it many times over.

 

[planomateo]

The state of Louisiana has some well documented financial challenges which are impacting LSU. They aren't gonna be leaving the equal revenue sharing SEC for a tiered Big-XII.