According to reports from all over, the SEC has decided to accept the Texas A&M Aggies, who in turn are set to announce the announcement (yes, that's how it works) any minute now. But according to Chuck Carlton, Billy Liucci, Jimmy Burch and Chip Brown, one item remains: making sure the Baylor Bears don't sue.
When the SEC first acknowledged expansion a few weeks ago, Mike Slive made it clear he didn't want any legal snags. The SEC told A&M to handle its business within its conference to ensure a clean break. That's looking like a wise course of action, with Baylor's traditional meddling coming into play.
Some might be surprised to learn Baylor, a smaller school with a subpar football program, holds the last card here. But the university has outsized connections all throughout Texas politics and zero shame in using them.
Ken Starr, longtime legal tormentor of Bill Clinton, is Baylor's president. Former Texas governor Ann Richards is an alum. The school forced its way into the Big 12 in the first place, then forced the thing to stay together last summer. Traditionally, what Baylor wants, Baylor gets. If A&M's move to the SEC is contingent on Baylor not suing, I'll be impressed if it actually happens this week.
For more, head to Texas A&M blog I Am The 12th Man and SEC blog Team Speed Kills.
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A&M should sue Baylor!
Texas and its “politics”. Why doesn’t Texas just secede from the Union like the current governor wants? That way all the schools will be happy and they can isolate themselves from the rest of the country and world. Baylor would love that I guess. They could have a conference all to themselves and play each other more than once per year and have their own playoff and “Texas Championship”. What a joke they are down there!
by frencha2 on Sep 7, 2011 9:45 AM EDT reply actions
Totally right!
Good post! Texas is the only state with politics! Politics doesn’t ever come into play in college football in other states! Especially up north, where are the erudite lacrosse players live! If only the northeastern illuminati would consent to instruct us groveling dirt farmers down in Texas in the fine art of conflict-free political negotiation and sportsmanship, then we poor, unwashed, dreaming-to-reach-just-hoi-polloi-status Texans could live contented lives filled with pleasant Acela train rides, youth hockey, and snow. If only reverie were reality ….
Clever sign off pending.
by Slum C on Sep 7, 2011 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Ann Richards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards
I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
by Sailor Ripley on Sep 7, 2011 11:53 AM EDT reply actions
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