SEC games with Florida State, Clemson circling drain, but will Hogs' battles with Texas A&M Aggies, Missouri Tigers go down with them?
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – If Arkansas fans had hopes and dreams of SEC showdowns with the likes of Clemson, Florida State and Miami in Razorback Stadium, it appears they may be slipping away.
Neither Clemson, nor Florida State, are AAU accredited, so the Big Ten is out of the question barring a major shift in philosophy. Miami meets the criteria, as do Virginia and North Carolina, so with geography no longer a thing in the Big Ten, each are possible targets. It too is an AAU accredited school and a natural fit for the Big Ten, but Penn State already gives the conference a huge stake in the Pennsylvania market, so there's a chance the Big 12 could snag a basketball rich school instead of Georgia Tech. The Panthers would give West Virginia, Cincinnati and Louisville a geographic partner.
It's often the butt of jokes in the weekly SEC comedy sketch circuit as they are shown to be outsiders no one wants around that everyone thinks is in the Big Ten already. A lot of people legitimately think the Tigers were once in the Big Ten, but, instead, they hail from the variations of the Big 12.
That's not the case for Texas A&M. The Aggies have multiple national championships in track and field, were a Texas meddling away from being national champions in baseball this year, and have a strong argument to have been in the playoffs for football back in 2020. Plus, flying to all corners of the earth for football and basketball from that area of Texas to play Big Ten teams in Washington and across the lake from Toronto, Canada is wildly unappealing. Also, the idea of trading in SEC baseball for Big Ten baseball is a miserable proposition for pretty much anyone.
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