It's gonna be hard for TAMU to keep that rivalry with Texas going. SEC play will eat up most of the schedule with 8-10 games then whomever they choose to play OOC for the remaining games. Not sure how many games In-Conference they SEC will have next year but if it's 10 then TAMU will only get 1 or 2 OOC games depending on if they schedule an 11 or 12 game season.
How about SMU re-joining most of the teams that played in the old SWC by jumping up to the Big 12? It would be a big leap for them but it would be a huge step on their continued recovery from the death penalty.