Texas A&M Leaving The Big 12? Big 12 Blogger David Ubben on the reports that Texas A&M is insomuch as affecting to the SEC Tags: , , , , , Texas Gov. Rick Perry says his alma mater, Texas A&M, and the SEC are discussing the Aggies conceivable prospective membership in the league, according to a blast in the Dallas Morning News. Perry was asked by reporters from the daily on Wednesday about new swirling theory neighbourhood the move. "I'll be truthful high-minded with you. I just present about it the same tempo as y'all did. … As far as I know, conversations are being had. That's frankly all I know.
I just send you to the university and the outcome makers over there." Perry once served as a squall band leader for the university, whose president, R. Bowen Loftin, recently acknowledged that there was "uncertainty" in the matter of the university's subsequent membership in the Big 12.
Texas A&M released this declaration to multiple media outlets: "President Loftin is committed to doing what is best for Texas A&M not only now, but also into the future. We perpetuate to have wide-ranging conversations pertaining to all aspects of the university, including both academics and athletics." Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe is compelling Texas A&M's plausible make a move "very seriously." "I've been talking to a crowd of people.
" Beebe told the Austin American-Statesman. "Obviously, there are a significant reckon of Aggie supporters who are prejudicial in present in that (SEC) direction. "There's a jumbo danger if an organization leaves its geographic contiguousness and rivalries. In the big run, it can generate a lot of problems.
" Texas A&M discussed membership in the fraternity remain summer with the Big 12's to be to come in doubt, but university leaders chose to endure in the Big 12. Texas A&M leaders have expressed disturb about the Longhorn Network's make happen on the longterm solidity of the Big 12, and rumors of renewed talks between the university and the forum have persisted in just out weeks. David Ubben covers the Big 12 for ESPN.com.
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