OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska's Bill Byrne came away with no job offer Tuesday after visiting with Texas A&M administrators about their soon-to-be-vacant athletic director's position.

Byrne, speaking on his weekly radio show on the Pinnacle Sports Network, characterized the meeting in College Station, Texas, as a "get-acquainted'' session.

"There's a lot I don't know about Texas A&M,'' Byrne said. "I had some questions. They had some questions to me. We had a nice lunch, and then I came back to Lincoln.''

Byrne said he didn't know how quickly A&M would move on filling the position, which will open at the end of the year when Wally Groff leaves. Neither did Byrne express his level of interest in the job.

Byrne has been at Nebraska since 1992. He said he felt compelled to oblige A&M officials when they asked to talk with him.

"I love this place,'' Byrne said of Nebraska. "I didn't go out looking for this job. They came to me.''

Byrne pointed out that the average tenure of a major-college athletic director is 3½ years.

That means Nebraska could easily have been working on its third athletic director in the time he's been in Lincoln, Byrne said.

"People can think what they want, but I think I've shown great loyalty to Nebraska.''