In 2011, when Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin announced the Aggies were departing the Big 12 for the SEC in what he called a "100-year decision," the Aggies were ridiculed, scorned and even threatened with legal action by Baylor president Ken Starr to block their departure.
Now, a decade later, after striking out on their own, the Aggies and the SEC fit together like a Yell Leader and a pair of overalls, and, outside of Group of 5 schools who crashed the Power 5 party like Utah and TCU, they seem to be the clear winners of realignment.