Teaxs A&M to leave Big 12

[AXOmom]

MCR - You lost me with Boise State. Boise State does an outstanding job with what they have, but they don't get big name recruits. They are nowhere near the top on any recruiting list. They weren't even ranked in the top 10 for recruiting on Scout or Rivals. Texas A & M was ranked 4th on Scout and 8th on Rivals, so they are keeping up with Alabama and Oklahoma already in recruiting and considerably ahead of Boise State.

As to the rest - I don't care about Texas A & M one way or another, but in their defense - after Texas started in with their own network - they had to expect every school in the Big XII was going to start to rethink. I can totally understand why Texas A & M wants out - they're seeing the writing on the wall. The Bix XII almost fell apart last year. They are currently the least stable of the big conferences.

And the SEC, while certainly the strongest overall football conference isn't strong top to bottom. There are plenty of teams in that conference Texas A & M can handle. They've been in a conference with Texas, Nebraska, Okalahoma, and Oklahoma State for years, so they haven't exactly been going up against pansies. There are loads of SEC teams ranked well below them.

I don't see it changing recruiting much either. Everyone recruits in Texas -shoot, we're in the NW and WE recruit in Texas. Everyone will continue to recruit in Texas (and Florida and Southern Cal). There are certain states where every division I program in the country recruits.

Edit - K Sig beat me to Boise State's recruiting.