Statement from the SEC

"The SEC Presidents and Chancellors met today and reaffirmed our satisfaction with the present 12 institutional alignment. We recognize, however, that future conditions may make it advantageous to expand the number of institutions in the league. We discussed criteria and process associated with expansion. No action was taken with respect to any institution including Texas A&M."
facebook.com

Same source on "meeting" today: Conf call/w SEC attorneys and prez of the SEC (Machen). Released legal statement to protect the league.
Matt_HayesSN

SEC official to NYT: "This thing is much slower out of the chute than the media and blogs have made it." ... Realignment slower than Twitter
SEC official to NYT: "No name has been thrown out (for 14th)." ... Supports view that Slive not interested in Clemson. Wants new states.
wilnerhotline

14th team holdup: SEC presidents have "gentlemen's agreement" not to expand to states w/existing SEC program
McMurphyCBS

MT @BlairKerkhoff: As I recall from 2010, withdrawing from a conf. happens before formal acceptance of conf invite.
ChuckCarltonDMN