The Bodda Getta

FROM GIGEM247.com

Let’s go ahead and get right to it. The topic that has been in the forefront of the minds of A&M fans since last summer is the potential of jumping to the SEC. It’s filled up internet message boards, and basically created a fan base of impatient fans dreaming about Saturday’s in the Southeast.

Well, from what we’re hearing, those dreams have never been closer to reality. There’s no need to delve back into what you already know about A&M’s concerns with the Longhorn Network and some concern over the long term stability of the Big 12, so we’ll just get into what we’re hearing.

From what we were hearing a few weeks ago, it sounded like A&M was potentially setting the stage for a possible move to the SEC starting in 2013, with an announcement to come sometime next year. Now, however, we’re hearing that timeline has possibly been pushed up.

It appears the decision makers at A&M are all on the same page, and are moving forward with plans to join the SEC. In fact, we’ve heard that the Aggies could make an announcement as early as in the next couple of weeks. From our sources it sounds like the A&M higher ups have no desire to wait around and see what happens with the Longhorn Network, and are taking matters into their own hands.

That’s not all. Not only could an announcement come soon, but more than one source has told us that the Aggies could be playing in the SEC as early as next season. That’s right, if a deal gets done in the next couple of weeks, this would be the Aggies’ final season in the Big 12.

It’s also our understanding that from the SEC’s end, things are already good to go. If A&M is ready to make the move before the end of the month, we’re told the SEC is ready to go as well. You might be wondering what that means as far as a potential 14th team, but from what we’ve heard the SEC isn’t worried about that for now, they just want the Aggies on board.

In fact, as recently as this morning we’ve heard that the SEC could be in the process of drawing up the paperwork for the Aggies to join the conference.

Now, we also have some sources saying that the original timeline is still the most likely, but the buzz around an early announcement has started to really grow in the last couple of days. By “buzz” we don’t mean internet speculation, but talk from sources.

In the last 24 hours there’s also been a rumor that perhaps Texas Tech could actually be the one to make the first move, our sources do not believe that to be the case. While you can be sure that Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and the rest of the conference for that matter are making contingency plans, there’s no reason to think that anyone other than A&M will strike first.

Now to be clear, nothing we’ve heard is 100% at this point, but it’s become loud enough that we wanted to go ahead and share what we’ve been hearing.