Conference Realignments

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Shot0fClarity said:
Some outlets now reporting WVU was rejected by the SEC.
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Shot0fClarity said:
Finebaum now saying WVU is 5th option.
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If this is so then I can't see the SEC favoring a Louisville/ECU/Cincy/USF type school instead.

I take it this means one or two ACC schools are actually in play afterall, or the SEC is looking to bring in more than just A&M and Mizzou from the Big 12.
 
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I think, if feasible, instead of having pods merge together every year we should just have all four of the division winners compete in a playoff - basically adding a round before the SECC. Not only does this help give everyone more of a chance, it makes scheduling even more flexible.

9 conference games, including all three teams in the division and 2 in the other three. One permanent rival in each division, with everyone else appearing on the schedule once every 3 years. For example, a typical UT schedule may look like this:

@ Florida
West Virginia
Mississippi State
@ LSU
Alabama
@ Texas A&M
South Carolina
@ Vanderbilt
Kentucky

You do have the issue of uneven home/away every year, but that's counterbalanced by an opposite home/away structure of permanent rivals. For example, while UT would have 5 home games in this particular year, of their three permanent rivals (UA, UF, LSU), two of those would be on the road. The next year, one would be on the road.


Permanent rivals would look like this:

Tennessee: Florida, Alabama, LSU
West Virginia: Georgia (unsafest game to attend ever?), Auburn, Texas A&M
Kentucky: South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas
Vanderbilt: East Carolina, Mississippi State, Missouri

Florida: Tennessee, Alabama, LSU
Georgia: West Virginia, Auburn, Mississippi, Texas A&M
South Carolina: Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas
East Carolina: Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Missouri

Alabama: Tennessee, Florida, LSU
Auburn: West Virginia, Georgia, Texas A&M
Mississippi: Kentucky, South Carolina, Arkansas
Mississippi State: Vanderbilt, East Carolina, Missouri

LSU: Tennessee, Florida, Alabama
Texas A&M: West Virginia, Georgia, Auburn
Arkansas: Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi
Missouri: Vanderbilt, East Carolina, Mississippi State


My favorite thing about a 16 team SEC? Assuming we go to 4 team divisions or pods, Tennessee has itself quite an easy division compared to everyone else :thumbsup:
 
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OrangeUTopia said:
If this is so then I can't see the SEC favoring a Louisville/ECU/Cincy/USF type school instead.

I take it this means one or two ACC schools are actually in play afterall, or the SEC is looking to bring in more than just A&M and Mizzou from the Big 12.
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I would think that's the case.
 
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Seriously? What is all this crap about East Carolina. They are a nobody. The SEC would NEVER go after them. End of story. Until somebody shows me a credible source saying they are actively seeking East Carolina or vice versa I refuse to ever believe it.
 
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milohimself said:
Cold day in hell before texas joins tamu in the sec. Acc is stacking up, so I'd say their teams are off limits. Sec goes for missouri, west virginia and... No idea for who else to join.
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Louisville?
 
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SportsFreak said:
Seriously? What is all this crap about East Carolina. They are a nobody. The SEC would NEVER go after them. End of story. Until somebody shows me a credible source saying they are actively seeking East Carolina or vice versa I refuse to ever believe it.
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Easy there, chief. It's just a suggestion.

Their football program's currently better than Kentucky's though, I'd say.
 
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Dr.Vol said:
TV markets don't guarantee that people turn them on. If we wanted a big TV market we could go toward Memphis or Houston, but that assumes people would actually watch the teams, which we know they don't. WVU has a national following and people all over the country watch them. Pretty good addition if they do become #14. Their fans travel, and love football.
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agreed...many of the Big City markets are pro oriented...when I lived in Houston, NObody cared about college football (of course their choices included Rice and UH) but you get the idea...WVU will pull western Maryland & Eastern Ohio besides parts of the PA market
 
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onevol74 said:
ECU ain't going to happen. There is nothing there.
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you ever been to a game in Greenville? those fans are just as rabid as any I've seen....bad thing is that they are Carolina wannabes and they are really obnoxious..just like Carolina fans:)
 
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KureVol said:
Out of all the choices outside of WVU, they are the best option considering location and facilities. WVU is a hell of a long way from Knoxville.
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Knoxville is closer by car to WVU, then it is to UF.
 
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You want madness: someone said a "source" told them that the ACC was contacting UK and Tennessee about membership
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blupotato said:
I hate this whole thing.
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I'm with you on this. By the time the dust settles, there's going to be a Division 1-A that's probably about 60% the size that it is right now, and conferences like the MAC will have been decimated.

That's to say nothing of exactly how far a 64-72 team mega-division could end up going. Hell, they could basically tell the NCAA to go piss up a rope and jointly secede, forming their own governing body. After all, it's not like any major school right now has any interest in actually following the rules on the books, so why not simply rid yourselves of the ones who would be most interested in something resembling competitive balance?
 
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SportsFreak said:
Seriously? What is all this crap about East Carolina. They are a nobody. The SEC would NEVER go after them. End of story. Until somebody shows me a credible source saying they are actively seeking East Carolina or vice versa I refuse to ever believe it.
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They've already got a damn sight better of a football program than Kentucky.

Pappy said:
Louisville?
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Oh hell no.
 
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TrueOrange said:
You want madness: someone said a "source" told them that the ACC was contacting UK and Tennessee about membership
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Wed be perennial favorites to win the conference unlike now
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based on the proposed pac 12 big east merger the SEC must be proactive here to get a 14th... the acc teams really don't look up for grabs... IMO we must go solicit West Virginia... Chris Low on ESPN has repeated this several times.... I for one think this would be a good school to get in!
 
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What's gonna suck is we're going to have half the I-A in four conferences, but the BCS will still probably give automatic bids to the winners of 7 conferences + Notre Dame!
 
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Now ESPN is saying Notre Dame would look at the ACC over the Big 10 if it had to join a conference full time.
 
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OrangeUTopia said:
Now ESPN is saying Notre Dame would look at the ACC over the Big 10 if it had to join a conference full time.
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There's no doubt. Even though Notre Dame seems best fit for the Big 10, they don't like each other. Notre Dame would join the ACC just to tell the B1G to go **** themselves
 
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OrangeUTopia said:
If this is so then I can't see the SEC favoring a Louisville/ECU/Cincy/USF type school instead.

I take it this means one or two ACC schools are actually in play afterall, or the SEC is looking to bring in more than just A&M and Mizzou from the Big 12.
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Who else are you thinking? If OU/OSU/TU/TTU go to Pac16 that really leaves nothing. If we get A&M, Mizzou would we go after an academic school like Baylor, SMU, TCU? I'd rather die than have Baylor, but TCU/SMU are in the Dallas market, which is a market that will adopt either team when they're successful.
 
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TennesseeOrange said:
Who else are you thinking? If OU/OSU/TU/TTU go to Pac16 that really leaves nothing. If we get A&M, Mizzou would we go after an academic school like Baylor, SMU, TCU? I'd rather die than have Baylor, but TCU/SMU are in the Dallas market, which is a market that will adopt either team when they're successful.
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TCU makes some sense. They aren't the best choice, but they may be the best of what's available.

I think adding A&M, TCU, and Missouri would be a solid day's work. I'm not sold on West Virginia as a 16th; I think I'd rather have Kansas.
 
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