Longhorns aren’t the SEC school in Texas trying to throw weight around

Texas A&M is the only SEC school from Texas that appears to be making demands.

An SEC school in the state of Texas is making demands, albeit not the school you might expect. Many anticipated Texas would try to control their future conference the way some claimed they bullied the Big 12.

In reality, it’s Texas A&M elevating its interests over SEC foes.

At the SEC’s spring meetings, Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork continued to insist the Aggies and Longhorns would first meet in College Station.

Bjork appears to be trying to seize any degree of control he can after the conference refused to honor his wishes to keep Texas out of the league. Bjork’s exact words were, “We want to be the only SEC program in the state of Texas.”

Clearly, his fellow league members did not feel the same way. Now, Bjork appears to be using the power of the media to insist Texas resumes the rivalry on the same campus it ended on in 2011. It seems strange that the Aggies want to play back-to-back home games in the rivalry, but we haven’t received word that Texas would play A&M twice in a row in Austin.

A&M’s petulance might help them skip a trip to Austin that is more than 10 years overdue, but it will come at a cost. What little respect they may have earned from the league might be lost after how the school handled Texas’ entry.

Texas A&M is certainly making demands, and might win this one. Nevertheless, the program’s influence is dwindling. For that reason, the Aggies are the only Texas team that the SEC has given a reality check. It’s likely there could be more of that for Bjork and company in the coming years.