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What did Texas A&M do with its decade-plus head start in the SEC?

Jul 02, 2024, 1:57 PM

The Texas Longhorns have officially joined the SEC, ending the Texas A&M Aggies' 12-year run alone in the nation's premier football conference. What did Texas A&M do with that head start?

What did Texas A&M do with its decade-plus head start in the SEC?

Brent Zwerneman had the scoop that would break college football as we knew it, and he couldn’t connect to the damn WiFi at the Wynfrey Hotel to post it.

He excused himself from the 2021 SEC Media Days and wandered a hundred yards in the 95-degree heat, laptop in one hand and phone in the other, until he could connect to his phone’s hotspot. Then, he hit send. When he returned to the hotel, shirt sticking to his back with sweat, he saw media members poking each other, looking at their phones. The Houston Chronicle reported that Texas and Oklahoma had contacted the SEC about joining the conference.

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