by Brett Kaplan
brettkaplan
RANT It!
BREAKING: Texas A&M Officially SEC’s 13th Member
Thomas Campbell-US PRESSWIRE

Well, all the speculation is official. Every school from the Big 12 has given their consent and the Texas A&M Aggies are now officially part of the SEC. Per the SEC Digital Network:

Texas A&M, welcome to the #SEC! http://t.co/uPYt7eVx
September 25, 2011 2:59 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SECPRGuy
Charles Bloom
Texas A&M brings a history of athletic excellence to the #SEC. http://t.co/upRyFkDM
September 25, 2011 3:04 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SECPRGuy
Charles Bloom
#SEC and Texas A&M have plenty of connections before today.http://t.co/M5N7jv7a
September 25, 2011 3:06 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SECPRGuy
Charles Bloom
Texas A&M brings a lot of tradition to the #SEC http://t.co/g4lWfri2
September 25, 2011 3:10 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SECPRGuy
Charles Bloom

So now the question is, who will be the 14th member? There have been talks Missouri has informally agreed to be the 14th team and they are pushing pretty hard to join. They created www.mizzou2sec.com the day Texas A&M was accepted with their stipulations. Missouri would be a great fit for the SEC, bringing in the St. Louis and Kansas City markets, while having a great academic and strong athletic program. Should the SEC add Missouri as their 14th team, Auburn would move to the SEC East. Meanwhile, Texas A&M plays future SEC foe Arkansas this week at JerryWorld in Arlington, TX. Kind of ironic they get everything settled the week they play a current SEC team. More on this as this story progresses.

For more information, click here to go to Texas A&M Blogger Jeff Shull’s take.

Like the column? Hate the column? Feel free to comment or hit me up on Twitter @GatorBK.

Tweet
Get more Traffic

Leave a Rant

Agree? Disagree? Have a different opinion? Let us know what you think...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!