SEC does not extend invite to Texas A&M

Despite what many people think, it was Texas A&M that approached the SEC, not the other way around, about joining the conference. Although the Southeastern Conference showed interest in Texas A&M last season, the vote to extend an invite fell through, partly because they couldn't find a fourteenth team to add to the conference. The Aggies, upset about ESPN's Texas Longhorn Network and the power it would give the school among other problems in the Big 12, hoped tojoin the SEC in competition this fall. About the issue of conference expansion, University of Florida President Bernie Machen, the chairman of the league's presidents and chancellors committee, said that meetings on Sunday "reaffirmed our satisfaction with the present 12 institutional alignment." Even though they are satisfied for now, he did leave the door open for expansion in the future saying "We recognize, however, that future conditions may make it advantageous to expand the number of institutions in the league," Machen said. "We discussed criteria and process associated with expansion. No action was taken with respect to any institution including Texas A&M."

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