SEC Presidents to Meet Sunday at Secret Location

[Jim Morris]

Pete Thamel of the New York Times is reporting that eleven of the 12 Southeastern Conference presidents will meet Sunday at a secret location to discuss the admission of Texas A&M to the league, according to a high-ranking SEC official with first-hand knowledge of the talks.

The official said there was a 30 to 40 percent chance that the presidents could vote against Texas A&M’s membership. He also said there was the issue of which university would become the 14th team, something many in college sports will monitor.

“We realize if we do this, we have to have the 14th,” the SEC official said. “No name has been thrown out. This thing is much slower out of the chute than the media and blogs have made it.”

The official said that three weeks ago, Texas A&M’s president, R. Bowen Loftin, called the SEC commissioner, Mike Slive, and said the Aggies regretted not joining the league last summer. Two weeks ago, Slive and the SEC counsel met with Texas A&M officials. The SEC requested that Texas A&M figure out the legal viability of leaving the Big 12 contract they signed last year.

Thamel's source also says SEC Presidents would be more apt to approving aTm should the get reassurance that no team will be added from their state. If true the rumors surrounding Florida State and Clemson would be put to rest.

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[Drewy26]

Eleven of the twelve? Does this strike anyone else as being strange?

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[Jim Morris]

From information I'm receiving one SEC President cannot make the meeting but will join by conference call.

 

[DrBama]

The statement about the presidents possibly requiring that assurances made against other schools in their state being invited is very interesting. I can't see the SEC standing at 13 (for numerous reasons already stated in other threads). That would eliminate most of the "geographically logical" schools from the discussion. Will be interesting to see how it shakes out....

 

[Jim Morris]

As the Worldwide Leader in Sports often does, they are now softening their stance on FSU, Mizzou and Clemson. Now saying SEC likely to pursue these schools. Earlier reports by ESPN said Mizzou, Clemson, FSU likely to be added.

 

[SavannahDare]

Yet again, the media firestorm far outpaces the actual news.

 

[DiamondDust]

Anyone want to bet this happens at The Bright Star?

 

[uafan4life]

It would leave (theoretically) Oklahoma, Missouri, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia Tech, and Virginia on the table.

Personally, I don't care for adding Virginia / Virginia Tech, for two reasons. First, they'll almost certainly come as a pair. I would prefer Va Tech only if we took either of them. Second, if we take both to take one, then that leaves out the two North Carolina schools. I don't like skipping a state.

Personally, I'd prefer to add:
Missouri
North Carolina
Duke

My second choice would be:
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Duke

 

[Crimson Cat]

Lol @ certain "state school" teams having a problem adding another rival school from their state to the SEC...see Alabama/*barn. Buncha pansies...

 

[SavannahDare]

Lol @ certain "state school" teams having a problem adding another rival school from their state to the SEC...see Alabama/*barn. Buncha pansies...

I totally agree! They're afraid to lose their "we're in the SEC, but they aren't" recruiting tool. Weaklings. No wonder Coach Saban crushes them all. He's like the honey badger. He don't give a you-know-what; he's not afraid. :biggrin2:

 

[BamaFlum]

Eleven of the twelve? Does this strike anyone else as being strange?

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Wasn't it 11 members present? One could be by telephone or video conference.

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

It would leave (theoretically) Oklahoma, Missouri, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia Tech, and Virginia on the table.

Personally, I don't care for adding Virginia / Virginia Tech, for two reasons. First, they'll almost certainly come as a pair. I would prefer Va Tech only if we took either of them. Second, if we take both to take one, then that leaves out the two North Carolina schools. I don't like skipping a state.

Personally, I'd prefer to add:
Missouri
North Carolina
Duke

My second choice would be:
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Duke

Interesting point about the Carolina schools. So far, no one's really talking about it, but what's to say we have to stop at 14?

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[formersoldier71]

Anyone want to bet this happens at The Bright Star?

If you want to lose. According to my sources, it's 50/50 that the meeting is at Green Top. If not there, it'll be across the road at Wesley's.

 

[MVKTR2]

This makes a lot more sense and seems legit rather than the blog, fansite, driven 'news' out there right now.

To me adding TAM, another TX team or Okla St, Oklahoma, and Missouri makes a lot more sense than adding any of the NC teams that some seem so enthralled with. Haven't seen College Station on a map in quite some time but isn't it the most westerly TX based university in the Big12/10 other than perhaps Tex Tech. Point being that's as far west as the SEC is going and there are lots of viable options between here and there.

 

[DiamondDust]

If you want to lose. According to my sources, it's 50/50 that the meeting is at Green Top. If not there, it'll be across the road at Wesley's.

I figured Mal Moore and Steve Spurrier gave everyone a good recommendation about The Bright Star.

 

[WylieTexasTider]

This makes a lot more sense and seems legit rather than the blog, fansite, driven 'news' out there right now.

To me adding TAM, another TX team or Okla St, Oklahoma, and Missouri makes a lot more sense than adding any of the NC teams that some seem so enthralled with. Haven't seen College Station on a map in quite some time but isn't it the most westerly TX based university in the Big12/10 other than perhaps Tex Tech. Point being that's as far west as the SEC is going and there are lots of viable options between here and there.

Actually College Station is east of Waco, Austin, Norman, Stillwater and Lubbock. Only Missou, Kansas and K State are further East....

 

[GrayTide]

I totally agree! They're afraid to lose their "we're in the SEC, but they aren't" recruiting tool. Weaklings. No wonder Coach Saban crushes them all. He's like the honey badger. He don't give a you-know-what; he's not afraid. :biggrin2:

Honey Badger don't care he is fearless :biggrin2:

 

[Vinny]

Is there a master plan for the future scheduling? We are in the last year of the 10 year cycle and I would have to believe the SEC would have thought this through by adding additional schools in order for them to fit in their future scheduling. Just a thought? I don't see this as a spur of the moment chioce by TA&M to want to leave the Big XII and they knew this was in the works since last year and now it is all coming to the surface.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I have it on good authority that the meeting will be in a 15-passenger church van at the red light in Gordo. ESPN said it so it must be true. At which point 2 thoughts came to mind:

1) Do cell phones work there for the conference call?

2) The non-attending Pres in such a scenario is the fattest one. Who would that be?

Just say NO to expansion. Abstinence does work every time it's tried.

 

[VT89]

The NC schools (Duke & North Carolina in particular) basically run the ACC. They're basketball schools and the ACC is a basketball conference. There's no chance Wake, Duke or UNC are going anywhere. There's the slightest chance NC State goes, I suppose, but you'd have more luck sneaking into Area 51 than you would breaking up Tobacco Road.