Texas Football: 3 things that have to happen to join the SEC
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Overcome any opposition from SEC schools
What is clear is that Texas would have some major opposition namely from one school in the SEC to join the mix. And that would be the Lone Star Showdown rival Texas A&M Aggies. It already looks like Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork and head football coach Jimbo Fisher are severely opposed to the idea of Texas or Oklahoma joining the SEC.
Namely, Texas A&M would likely oppose Texas joining the SEC over Oklahoma. They probably wouldn’t want either school in the SEC, but Texas getting added would be worse for them.
BIRMINGHAM -- Armed with classrings Texas A&M cadets have surrounded the Southeastern Conference offices to protect the building from Oklahoma and Texas administrators. pic.twitter.com/pWeWKk543y
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) July 22, 2021
But it’s not just the opposition from the in-state rival Texas A&M that could hurt Texas and Oklahoma’s chances of getting into the SEC. There could be opposition from really any school in the SEC that you could make a valid case for.
On the surface, it seems like it would be some of the lower-tier programs in the SEC that could likely share a division with Oklahoma and Texas that would also oppose this move. Joining the likes of the Ole Miss Rebels, Arkansas Razorbacks, Mississippi State Bulldogs, etc., with these two blue bloods could hurt those program’s already thin chances of winning the SEC.
The conversation has long occurred for the SEC of what teams to add if expansion did occur. Teams like the Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Clemson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, are often mentioned. But one school you never really hear about in this expansion conversation for the SEC is Texas.
That is a significant hurdle for the school to overcome to join the SEC.