Texas A&M AD Bill Byrne final tells the truth on SEC move...

[jharkins]

"My big concern was that when Texas A&M made the move from the Southwest Conference to the Big 12 conference [in 1996], they were not ready for the level of competition that was out there."

This guy may just need to keep his mouth shut... This dude has a history of saying some pretty outrageous things (http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/audio-texas-am-ad-is-ready-to-kick-some-***-28540).

The whole thing is here.
http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/09/am-athletic-director-on-move-to-sec-we-m.html

[badger]

Yeah, the aggies are fuming because they are very, very pro-SEC on the internets (read: texags.com). the truth is that we were provided additional money to not change the entire landscape of college football by making 16-team conferences the norm... and that moving to the SEC would not have been a good idea for either us for A&M without them hacking a few of their teams to make it about the same number.