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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 886893" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Was it obvious? Go back to the beginning of this thread, and other threads the past 2 years that talked about expansion. LOTS of posters on here dismissed the idea of national conferences and colleges turning into a de facto minor league with payments to players. I said years ago that the B1G and SEC were operating on a completely new model that us fans couldn't envision at the time, and there would be an entirely new college sports landscape. The tea leaves were being dropped slowly into the water, but not too many people could see it...or didn't want to believe it. Here we are, and I don't think it's close to being over.</p><p></p><p>Texas will most likely not leave the SEC. They are comfortable operating within their region and among members who have the same ideology. That's why they were slow to leave the Big 12...they wanted to rule their region for as long as possible. They saw the tea leaves dropping, and knew they would fall too far behind their arch rival TAMU to continue to stay in the Big12. The B1G definitely does not have the same ideology as the Texas. I can see TAMU leaving the SEC due to how the situation with the Texas was handled by the SEC. TAMU is NOT happy at all that Texas is in the SEC.</p><p></p><p>The B1G's ambitions are far higher than the SEC's. The SEC is just fine being a "regional" conference that dominates the South and Southwest. They are currently the kings of college football, so I think the powers that be in the SEC are happy with that. In 10-20 years after the college sports landscape changes? We'll see...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 886893, member: 360"] Was it obvious? Go back to the beginning of this thread, and other threads the past 2 years that talked about expansion. LOTS of posters on here dismissed the idea of national conferences and colleges turning into a de facto minor league with payments to players. I said years ago that the B1G and SEC were operating on a completely new model that us fans couldn't envision at the time, and there would be an entirely new college sports landscape. The tea leaves were being dropped slowly into the water, but not too many people could see it...or didn't want to believe it. Here we are, and I don't think it's close to being over. Texas will most likely not leave the SEC. They are comfortable operating within their region and among members who have the same ideology. That's why they were slow to leave the Big 12...they wanted to rule their region for as long as possible. They saw the tea leaves dropping, and knew they would fall too far behind their arch rival TAMU to continue to stay in the Big12. The B1G definitely does not have the same ideology as the Texas. I can see TAMU leaving the SEC due to how the situation with the Texas was handled by the SEC. TAMU is NOT happy at all that Texas is in the SEC. The B1G's ambitions are far higher than the SEC's. The SEC is just fine being a "regional" conference that dominates the South and Southwest. They are currently the kings of college football, so I think the powers that be in the SEC are happy with that. In 10-20 years after the college sports landscape changes? We'll see... [/QUOTE]
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