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Originally Posted by alnorth
If they wanted to "play in the best conference, have the highest chance of getting drafted into the NFL", they would have. They aren't. LSU and Arkansas get a small handful just due to proximity. Their games are already televised and they already get to play in front of friends and family (they'd actually do that more often with 3 Texas schools in conference rather than just one).
The "SEC is the NFL bullet train!!!" argument has not worked. Big 12 out-recruits everyone because Texas kids want to either play for Texas/OU, or against them. Texas A&M won't change things. Good Texas players are not going to be saying "damn those Aggies for not giving me a scholarship, I'ma goin' to go to Columbia!"
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I agree heartily with this. Texas A&M is going to have to fight pretty hard to maintain its current Texas recruiting.
Missouri would have an even harder time continuing it's recruiting success at the same level in Texas if it moved to the SEC. Which is one reason I strenuously oppose the move. Right now, Missouri beats oSu, Tech, Baylor, Iowa State, kansas, Arkansas pretty consistently for Texas kids. If Missouri left and the Big 12 stayed together, oSu, Tech and Baylor win many more of those battles.
The SEC is a lot of things in football, but it isn't recruiting magic.
Recruiting Texas kids to the SEC while the Big 12 exists has not been easy for Arkansas, LSU, Auburn, etc. It would not be easy for Mizzou.