Conference Mock (as of now)

#77
#77
haven't taken the time to read all of the thoughts, but I think these conferences expanding is absolutely horrible. It dilutes traditional rivalries.

As an ACC hoops fan, I look at when some of the Big east teams moved to the ACC -- horrible, horrible.

IMHO -- this whole situation is a trainwreck.

I guess I'm just against change, but look at many of these conferences -- SEC, Big 10, pac 10 - we're talking old, pure rivalries. This is wrong, wrong wrong
 
#80
#80
I still say GT should never have the chance to rejoin the SEC after leaving us only to join the ACC...I say leave them there to rot and pick up Miami, FSU, WVU and maybe Clemson....Not sure how raiding the ACC for teams would go but these seem to be the most popular choice.
 
#81
#81
bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
Knox9552 said:
You must be joking? Adding A&M would bring a significant TV market...[/QUO

I don't think so. We'll see.

If it happens I will welcome any and all as foes with all their color, ceremony, and all of that stuff that belongs to sports.
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LOL. So areas like Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, etc aren't significant tv markets?...just stop before I laugh too hard.
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#84
#84
Conference change towards multiple super conferences is great.... as long as it leads to the END OF THE NCAA.
 
#85
#85
99gator said:
if the SEC had to add two teams......

i say north carolina and duke. (basketball and academics improve drastically). football would still be a very good league.
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True, but anytime you add a university to a list that includes Alabama, the academics improve.
 
#87
#87
Knox9552 said:
Chip Brown from Orangebloods.com said that the SEC (Slive) is having discussions with Oklahoma and Texas A&M...TIFWIW
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Without Texas & OK State? Doubtful.

Texas has long-standing rivalries with A&M and Oklahoma. Unthinkable that they would stop playing those games every year (like Tennessee-Alabama!).

Also don't see the Oklahoma-OK State game not being played every year!

So 2 games for Texas and 2 games for Oklahoma would have to be annual non-conference games like Florida-Fla. State.
 
#88
#88
Its honestly whoever makes their move first...say aTm made a move and joined the SEC...that would stick Texas in a bad situation and vice versa with Texas joining the Pac10 (16?).
 
#89
#89
I don't see why we'd need to expand. There's not much anyone else has to offer that would make the SEC more lucrative.

If you add Texas, we can no longer recruit for kids from Tx to come play in the SEC over Big 12.

I read in an article earlier that if you add anyone else from Florida, it just adds more people in without any big jump in revenue, meaning less for all.

To make more money, we'd need to be in new markets. Otherwise, to me, it just doesn't seem like it would help the SEC at all. We have a hard enough time finding 1 team to represent us in the National Championship as it is.
 
#90
#90
No one team besides Texas, OU, or ND would make the SEC more "lucrative"...bottom line is whoever is bringing the most money to the table is the team thats going to get in. Right or wrong, it doesn't matter, its just how it works now.
 
#91
#91
texas is the pac whatever.....that may happen but its goofy....i say 2 texas teams and 1 florida team plus whoever else would fit best......to the sec.
 
#93
#93
Scroll down until you see talk about expansion. Sorry, meant to post this with my previous post.
 
#94
#94
Theres 120 division 1A college football teams. If you do the math the logical conclusion and the only thing i would be cool with being a true college football traditionalist would be to make 10, twelve team conferences!... so much better than, "super conferences". I mean the big 8, and the old wild wild WAC lol. Leave the Mighty SEC alone! We have far too much tradition at stake and we make enough money as it is!!!
 
#96
#96
OrangeMoq said:
... and we make enough money as it is!!!
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We won't for long with that attitude. It's always about the next deal.

Slive's nothing if not a shrewd businessman; it will be interesting to see what shakes out and whether he can expand the SEC into another top ten MSA.
 
#97
#97
Knox9552 said:
bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
LOL. So areas like Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, etc aren't significant tv markets?...just stop before I laugh too hard.
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You're comparing apples and jigsaws. Those markets are not automatically "owned" just because U. of Houston or A & M are located there. There still has to be a draw.

The SEC is already nationwide. If the conference just took the significant teams, Texas, Okla., and Nebraska it would make some difference. I just don't think so about A & M. Or Texas Tech. Or Houston. Or Okla. St. -to name some more. Maybe 10 years from now when rivalries might develop.

Chicago or Cincinnati or St. Louis would tune in to see Texas and Alabama or Florida and Nebraska or Georgia and Oklahoma (and others) and those cities are not SEC markets. There would be not much draw for A & M vs. any of those schools in a regular season game in those cities.
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#98
#98
trevols81 said:
Conference change towards multiple super conferences is great.... as long as it leads to the END OF THE NCAA.
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In the Sporting News a couple weeks ago, there was this idea thrown around that if the Pac-10, Big Ten, SEC, and either Big East/ACC get 16 teams each, that then they would have leverage to leave the NCAA and make up their own Athletic commission or whatever. It was just an idea though. But if that happened, it would be the craziest moment in college sports history.
 
#99
#99
The SEC will not become an 18 team league...

It could become a 16 team league, and if that happens I would expect 4 divisions. The money from the extra 2 games preceding the conference championship would be immense and it would give fanbases more chances at seeing their favorite team with a chance to win the conference. TN would not get buried in a 4 team football division. At present to go to the SECCG, TN needs Florida, and Georgia or Alabama to have down years. That is a more difficult scenario than what TN has to do if they are in a 4 team internal division.

Taking Miami, FSU, Texas and Texas A&M is the dream scenario, but I think the more likely scenario is the first two schools, Clemson and Ga Tech.
 
#100
#100
adding clemson, ga tech, fsu, miami. does it add good football programs? yes. but, it doesn't make the pot of money the SEC would earn bigger and then you would have to split the pot by an additional four schools.

the texas schools make the pot bigger.

north carolina and duke would make the pot bigger. i know football is king, but what they would do for the basketball side of the house can not be questioned. they would be selling tickets in arenas all over the SEC. in addition, you add north carolina as a state to the SEC.

you have to add programs that add money to the league, else you're just adding programs to add programs and end up taking home a smaller chunk of change for being a member of the league.
 
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