Texas A&M in the SEC Means Search for Number Fourteen

2012 SEMINOLES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

September 1
MURRAY STATE
W 69 -3
(1 - 0) (0 - 0)

September 8
SAVANNAH STATE
W 55 - 0
(2 - 0) (0 - 0)

September 15
WAKE FOREST
W 52 - 0
(3 - 0) (1 - 0)

September 22
CLEMSON
W 49 - 37
(4 - 0) (2 - 0)

September 29
at South Florida
W 30 - 17
(5 - 0) (2 - 0)

October 6
at NC State
L 16 - 17
(5 - 1) (2 - 1)

October 13
BOSTON COLLEGE
W 51 - 7
(6 - 1) (3 - 1)

October 20
at Miami
W 33 - 20
(7 - 1) (4 - 1)

October 27
DUKE
W 48 - 7
(8 - 1) (5 - 1)

November 8
at Virginia Tech
W 28 - 22
(9 - 1) (6 - 1)

November 17
at Maryland
W 41 - 14
(10 - 1) (7 - 1)

November 24
FLORIDA
L 26 - 37
(10 - 2) (7 - 1)

December 1
GEORGIA TECH
W 21 - 15
(11 - 2) (7 - 1)

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2012 GATORS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

September 1
BOWLING GREEN
W 27 - 14
(1 - 0) (0 - 0)

September 8
at Texas A&M
W 20 - 17
(2 - 0) (1 - 0)

September 15
at Tennessee
W 37 - 20
(3 - 0) (2 - 0)

September 22
KENTUCKY
W 38 - 0
(4 - 0) (3 - 0)

October 6
LSU
W 14 - 6
(5 - 0) (4 - 0)

October 13
at Vanderbilt
W 31 - 17
(6 - 0) (5 - 0)

October 20
SOUTH CAROLINA
W 44 - 11
(7 - 0) (6 - 0)

October 27
at Georgia
L 9 - 17
(7 - 1) (6 - 1)

November 3
MISSOURI
W 14 - 7
(8 - 1) (7 - 1)

November 10
UL-LAFAYETTE
W 27 - 20
(9 - 1) (7 - 1)

November 17
JACKSONVILLE STATE
W 23 - 0
(10 - 1) (7 - 1)

November 24
at Florida State
W 37 - 26
(11 - 1) (7 - 1)

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UFR - SEC Expansion Means Finding a 14th Team [ 28:24 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Multiple media outlets report that Texas A&M may be leaving the Big 12 conference for the Southeastern Conference as soon as the 2012 college football season. Texas A&M turned down an offer to join the SEC during the 2011 off-season. Now it appears the Aggies have buyers remorse, and want to make the move.

The rumors appear to be real. According to the New York Times, the SEC scheduled a meeting for Sunday of its member presidents. The meeting will be to vote on admitting Texas A&M as a member of the SEC.

With the addition of a thirteenth team to the conference, the new question becomes who will become the SEC’s fourteenth member. Early indications are that presidents of SEC schools will not vote to allow a new team from a state where they already have current members. That stipulation would preclude some very obvious members such as Florida State University and Clemson. Missouri becomes the name of choice in that situation.

But does FSU offer the opportunity for bigger revenues for the SEC? Adding FSU to the SEC schedule would mean even more big match-ups from week-to-week. That could mean an even bigger television contract. Money talks, and everything walks as they say. The benefits of adding FSU could out-weigh the negatives.