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I think both sides are going to be trying to make the best of the situaiton.  The piece raises a good point.  In the context of a very diminished and uninteresting Big12, does Texas really want A&M to leave, and are they second guessing the bluster of the Longhorn Network in the context of chasing A&M off and then being all dressed up with no place to go.

I read it as A&M doing what they need to do, which is justify their decision.  In the context of A&Ms increasing success in overall athletics and the fact that the SEC is one of the top two leagues, they really don't have to work all that hard at justification.

[oman]

I think both sides are going to be trying to make the best of the situaiton.  The piece raises a good point.  In the context of a very diminished and uninteresting Big12, does Texas really want A&M to leave, and are they second guessing the bluster of the Longhorn Network in the context of chasing A&M off and then being all dressed up with no place to go.

I read it as A&M doing what they need to do, which is justify their decision.  In the context of A&Ms increasing success in overall athletics and the fact that the SEC is one of the top two leagues, they really don't have to work all that hard at justification.