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Saturday, August 13, 2011
The latest on conference expansion
Around this time of year the buzz in the college sporting world is usually all about fall camp. However, this year conference realignment is a competing "buzz" in university boardrooms, media airtime, and living rooms across the country.
The news has broke that Texas A&M is leaving the Big XII Conference for the South Eastern Conference.
Here are links to the latest developments:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/14/3289148/texas-ams-move-to-the-sec-still.html - Good Article on the hurdles Texas A&M still face.
http://www.youtube.com/user/kxan - You tube video of KXAN (Austin, TX) reporting on the Big XII response to changes. The Big 12 would like to Texas A&M to stay in conference.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/sports/sec-presidents-to-discuss-texas-ams-admission.html?_r=2&ref=sports - SEC to meet Sunday to Discuss the addition of Texas A&M and possibly others. No school from a current SEC state will likely be invited.
Schools Denying meeting with SEC:
Missouri and Clemson: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/08/missouri-mike-alden-denies-sec-move-no-no-no/1
Virginia Tech: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/ukbeat/2011/08/12/virginia-tech-to-the-sec-east-not-likely/
The news has broke that Texas A&M is leaving the Big XII Conference for the South Eastern Conference.
Here are links to the latest developments:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/14/3289148/texas-ams-move-to-the-sec-still.html - Good Article on the hurdles Texas A&M still face.
http://www.youtube.com/user/kxan - You tube video of KXAN (Austin, TX) reporting on the Big XII response to changes. The Big 12 would like to Texas A&M to stay in conference.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/sports/sec-presidents-to-discuss-texas-ams-admission.html?_r=2&ref=sports - SEC to meet Sunday to Discuss the addition of Texas A&M and possibly others. No school from a current SEC state will likely be invited.
Schools Denying meeting with SEC:
Missouri and Clemson: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/08/missouri-mike-alden-denies-sec-move-no-no-no/1
Virginia Tech: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/ukbeat/2011/08/12/virginia-tech-to-the-sec-east-not-likely/
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