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Pete Thamel rips Texas A&M
Posted on 8/13/11 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 8/13/11 at 10:41 pm
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No one is in charge.
For all the billions of dollars, millions of fans and boundless passion that surround college football, that has always been its glaring and bizarre flaw. No one is looking out for the greater good of the game. No one is guiding the sport toward long-term prosperity and short-term sensibility. No one is building consensus and channeling all of the ratings, financial success and popularity toward an outcome that is positive for everyone in the sport.
And with the conference plate tectonics poised to shift with Texas A&M’s possible move to the Southeastern Conference, the college sports world finds itself, yet again, panicking about a major paradigm change.
Imagine if the Kansas City Chiefs could cause upheaval in the N.F.L. or the Baltimore Orioles could force a major realignment in Major League Baseball. That is the situation college football appeared to find itself in Friday, just hours after Mark Emmert, the president of the N.C.A.A., proclaimed that the university presidents, not the conference commissioners, were calling the shots in college athletics.
Will the great conference land rush that nearly happened in 2010 come to fruition in 2011? No one is sure. But the relative calm of the past nine months ended on Friday, with Texas A&M finally finding national relevance by preparing to sprint out of the Big 12 like a kindergartner whose lunch money was taken. That means the SEC will probably search for another team — Virginia Tech? Florida State? Clemson? — and the Big 12, the Big East and the Atlantic Coast Conference will be circling the wagons and reaching for the antacid.
The same forces that drove expansion in 2010 — ego and money — have re-emerged this summer. Only in this era of college sports could a university like Texas A&M prompt potential seismic changes in the landscape. Consider that the Aggies’ last Big 12 title in football was in 1998 and their lone bowl victory since 1995 came in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl. But as they walk the plank to be devoured in the SEC — hello, Louisiana State, Alabama and Auburn — at least Texas A&M’s leaders can revel in having the college sports world breathlessly follow them for a few days in August.
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Posted on 8/13/11 at 10:59 pm to Bench McElroy
ESPN trying to cover their arse yet one more time. They never thought someone would stand up to UT & mama ESPN
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:00 pm to Tigerntx
They are just trying to save a sinking investment.
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:05 pm to Bench McElroy
ESPN trying to cover their arse yet one more time. They never thought someone would stand up to UT & mama ESPN
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:09 pm to gatorprincess815
The NY Times is completely unaffiliated with ESPN as far as I know. They're an unbiased source and all of Thamel's criticisms about A&M are correct. What is the big hubbub about Texas A&M? They have one bowl victory since 1995. Are they really worth all this effort to get them into the SEC?
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:10 pm to gatorprincess815
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They are just trying to save a sinking investment.
yep. screw the bastards.
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:26 pm to LSU GrandDad
Did I just read NY Times and unbiased in the same paragraph while talking about A&M from a TCU fan?
If so that has objective written all over it...
If so that has objective written all over it...
This post was edited on 8/13/11 at 11:27 pm
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:27 pm to ULMaggie
Bench McElroy has been a cry baby bitch throughout this entire process. Take it with a grain of salt.
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:28 pm to ULMaggie
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:34 pm to ULMaggie
Pssst....he's an Alabama fan.
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:42 pm to Tigerntx
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ESPN trying to cover their arse yet one more time.
Their arse is already covered. Are you people retarded? ESPN has been the SEC's pimp and financial partner the past couple of years. The UT deal is the least of their financial investment - which is promoting and the selling the SEC to the public.
Posted on 8/13/11 at 11:50 pm to Zamoro10
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UT deal is the least of their financial investment
$300 mill. isn't much of an investment? Really?....really?
Posted on 8/14/11 at 1:13 am to Bench McElroy
i cant believe i agree with you 100% 
Posted on 8/14/11 at 1:22 am to Bench McElroy
He is legit that it is a little strange a team like A&M may be the school which starts off the dominos falling of conference realignment, but he fails to address a main point.
That going to the SEC is the best move for A&M. The aggies arent doing this for shits and giggles.
And while A&M may not be on the level of Ohio St., ND, Bama or even a LSU or Oregon it's still not like La tech or Boston College is setting this move off.
That going to the SEC is the best move for A&M. The aggies arent doing this for shits and giggles.
And while A&M may not be on the level of Ohio St., ND, Bama or even a LSU or Oregon it's still not like La tech or Boston College is setting this move off.
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