Texas A&M's maiden voyage through the Southeastern Conference is starting to resemble a very long road trip. A&M announced this week that it will add an away game at Louisiana Tech and host FCS member South Carolina State, while dropping FCS member McNeese State. Currently A&M has only four games in College Station on its 2012 schedule.
Both sets of Bulldogs will round out the month of September for the Aggies, with A&M opening at Louisiana Tech at a "neutral site" - the Independence Bowl in Shreveport. The game will be played on August 30, a Thursday night, although no official TV partner has been named yet for the game. Since the non-conference game is designated as road game for A&M, it doesn't fall into the automatic broadcast agreement for the SEC.
The addition still leaves the A&M with one hole in their schedule, a TBA date they've listed as November 17, meaning they'll take a bye week on October 13 between games against Ole Miss and LSU. Also yet to be determined is the location of the Aggies' game against now-division foe Arkansas, a contest that, before SEC expansion, was part of a ten-year contract at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
Courtesy of the official A&M athletics site, here's the schedule as it stands now:
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time (CT) | Results | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Aug 30 | Louisiana Tech | Shreveport, LA | TBA | ||
| Sat, Sep 08 | Florida * | College Station | TBA | ||
| Sat, Sep 15 | SMU | Dallas, TX | TBA | ||
| Sat, Sep 22 | South Carolina State | College Station | TBA | ||
| Sat, Sep 29 | Arkansas * | TBA | TBA | ||
| Sat, Oct 06 | Ole Miss * | Oxford, MS | TBA | ||
| Sat, Oct 20 | LSU * | College Station | TBA | ||
| Sat, Oct 27 | Auburn * | Auburn, AL | TBA | ||
| Sat, Nov 03 | Mississippi State * | Starkville, MS | TBA | ||
| Sat, Nov 10 | Alabama * | Tuscaloosa, AL | TBA | ||
| Sat, Nov 17 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| Sat, Nov 24 | Missouri * | College Station | TBA |
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