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Well at least they have standards in the SEC. Actually following them may be voluntary.

"Mike Slive said, 'Working in the SEC is a privilege...if you knowingly break NCAA or SEC rules, I hope you get fired. You don't belong in the SEC,'" Scogin said. "Then he shut the door and the meeting was over."

This has to be a joke.........right?

I might get drilled for this, but with Missouri and TAMU moving to the SEC, when it comes to academics, that conference actually has higher-rated schools than the Big 12.

After Texas, the Big 12, academically speaking, is pathetic.

The Big 12 was a strong academic conference in its original form. NU, CU, Texas, MU and aTm were all power research universities. The Sec had Florida and Vanderbilt. With the attrition in the Big 12, it is now Texas by its lonesome and the SEC has 4 of the top research schools with the addition of aTm and MU.

As an aside, I went to a Foundation meeting and Bill Powers spoke frankly about conference realignment. At the end of the day if Texas had moved it would have been east to the ACC largely because of the academics. The negative with the SEC in his opinion was the rampant cheating in almost every sport, both mens and womens.

C'mon man I mean OU? Texas Tech? Iowa State? Devry...I mean anything in Kansas? Oky State....Never mind.

No one would move to the SEC for their academics, but it might keep a school from wanting to join. It is irrelevant whether the SEC or the Big 12 is stronger academically. Texas is already in the Big 12. If Texas were to shift conferences, we would never consider the SEC because of the academics. It would not matter a whit if the SEC were stronger academically than the conference Texas was leaving. The SEC is not our standard. The Big 10, ACC, and the PAC 12 are all head and shoulders above the SEC. Academics will not be the primary driver, but some conferences - e.g., the SEC - are so lacking in academic prowess it would be enough to disqualify them.