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2011 Football Week 1 Predictions

No eloquent openings, no whitty quips, I'm just gonna dive right in. Since I'm still working on a method to breakdown big games, I'll just give my picks of the SEC, ACC, Top 25 selections, and D1AA teams in South Carolina Remember to keep your tally and play along. Next week will be much more in-depth. Clemson over Troy South Carolina over E. Carolina Miss. State over Memphis Kentucky over W. Kentucky Auburn over Utah State Alabama over Kent State BYU over Ole Miss. Tenn. over Montana Arkansas over Mizzou. State Florida over FAU Vanderbilt over Elon Oregon over LSU Boise St. over Georgia Georgia Tech over W. Carolina Syracuse over Wake Forest Northwestern over BC Virginia Tech over App. State FSU over UL-Monroe UNC over James Madison Virginia over William and Mary NC St. over Liberty Duke over Richmond Maryland over Miami (FL) Wofford over Presbyterian Coastal Carolina over Furman UCF over Charleston Sou. Citadel over Jacksonville

If Texas A&M joins the SEC, who will follow?

It has been reported in the last few days by AggieYell.com , along with multiple sites, that the Aggies will leave the Big 12 (10) after the 2011 season and join the SEC in the 2012 season. This deal still has a long way to go , because it has to pass the Texas legislature and the Texas A&M board of regents . The legislature which is a muddled mess where football and politics are blended together (I guess the saying is true...football is a close second to God in Texas). Also, SEC presidents have to agree for this to happen. It is also rumored that A&M would have to pay back 80 percent of the past two years revenue to the Big 12. Safe to say they would make that back pretty quickly with the SEC's revenue-sharing system. All-in-all, a good move for both sides : The Aggies get out of a conference dominated and ran by big brother Texas, and the SEC moves into the Texas TV market. And both sides will get the cash rewards. But if the Aggies move goes through, an