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Adding post-season bowl game with SEC a brilliant move by Big XII
This time last season, college football fans and media were writing off the Big XII conference as all but dead and gone. In just two years, the conference lost four schools to other conferences; the Nebraska Cornhuskers ran off to the Big 10 and the Colorado Buffaloes, perhaps afraid of being left out, left for [...]
TweetKameel Jackson Announces Transfer From Oklahoma To Texas A&M, Aggies Aware?
Freshman wideout Kameel Jackson’s produced decent numbers (12 catches, 165 yards) for the Sooners in 2011 but it’s his use of social media that’s drawing headlines during the offseason. Jackson told the Oklahoma Rivals site that he was transferring and the destination was Texas A&M. He tweeted out confirmation: The move wouldn’t shock considering Jackson [...]
TweetBob Bowlsby Accepts Offer to Serve as Big XII’s New Commissioner
Earlier today, Rant Sports reported that the Big XII conference had extended an offer to the Stanford University athletic director, Bobby Bowlsby, to serve as the conference’s new commissioner. It has just been reported that Bowlsby has indeed accepted the offer. The Big XII has been looking to gain some stability after suffering a tumultuous [...]
TweetWest Virginia’s Oliver Luck Calling For More Big 12 Expansion
West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck believes the Big 12 should seriously considering expanding. ESPN/ABC and the conference are currently negotiating an extension (for 10 teams) of first-tier television rights with escalators in place. Add some combination of Louisville, BYU and Cincinnati and the annual payouts per school increase. The Big 12 will focus initially [...]
TweetTexas A&M Moving Forward With Renovation or Replacement of Kyle Field
Texas A&M isn’t really in need of anything new considering their conference affiliation changes this summer but the Aggie administration felt what the hell, let’s double down on exit fees and throw some loot at the stadium. According to a release from Texas A&M Athletics, the university hired Populous, a sports facility design firm to [...]
TweetBig 12 Exit Fees In For Texas A&M & Missouri
Bolting to the Southeastern Conference may elevate the Texas A&M and Missouri programs, but their Big 12 exit isn’t free. The Aggies and Tigers owe $12.41 million on their way out, the price of playing the realignment game. Attorneys for both schools obviously earned their legal fees as West Virginia paid nearly $20 million to [...]
TweetChuck Neinas Exits Big 12 July 1st
Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas successfully kept Texas from joining the AFC South, Oklahoma from holding Larry Scott hostage, Baylor from suing the Vatican and now intends to vacate his post by the end of June. The Big 12 plans to have his replacement by July 1st according to ESPN. A search committee, those [...]
Tweet2012 NFL Mock Draft: Top 5 Texas A&M NFL Prospects
We’re in the middle of the College Football season and it’s time to start looking at prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft. The next draft could be one of the most memorable for Texas A&M, with 7-8 players expecting to be drafted. That said, let’s look at the top five I have in mind. 5. [...]
TweetTexas and Oklahoma Board of Regents Meeting Monday
The Board of Regents for the University of Texas and Oklahoma University are each meeting on Monday—gee, I wonder what it could be about! There is no secret that they are meeting to discuss what to do moving forward in terms of their conference affiliation. Do they stand strong and add members to the Big [...]
TweetSEC Commissioner Mike Slive States the Obvious while Oklahoma and Texas Discuss the Future
Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive said in a statement Monday he expects Texas A&M to be a member of the SEC in 2012. Slive also said they are looking at schedules for 2012-13 involving 13 teams. SEC members actually voted to accept the Aggies into the conference last week, but the threat of law suits [...]
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