A&M didn't leave "just to get away from Texas", they also left because the SEC was and even moreso is now THE best athletic conference. They can recruit significantly better classes here, because big recruits want to play vs the best on the biggest stages imaginable.

Seriously, money can't really solve that, other schools also have money. Whatever NIL deals A&M can offer can be matched by Texas, LSU, Clemson etc. Look not at endowments or fanbase size, but boosters that care about football. UGA may be poorer but their boosters would find a way to make comparable offers if that's what it took to be good at football, it's all they care about.

Anyway, if A&M is offering you 900k a year to come play Baylor, OK State, and TCU, and Texas/OU/LSU/Bama/UGA/etc is offering you 800k to play 5 top 10 games a year with massive crowds, TV audiences, national relevance, and prove your worth vs the top NFL prospects... which offer would you take?

A&M will never leave the SEC. They'd go from #5 classes to #10 (at best) instantly, which is such a big gap they'd never win a Natty