Great news for TN, Conference Realignment

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While the other forum would be the better place to gloat about USC getting smacked down and to laugh at Kiffin and the IDIOTS who followed him there, I am just going to say that the bowl band and scholarship reduction could not have happened to a nicer guy.

It will be really nice if East Lansing loses Izzo to the NBA, and it will be especially nice because Bruce Pearl would not have to recruit against him and Michigan State would likely drop off significantly as a basketball power (like Illinois and Michigan after losing excellent coaches but not as badly as Wisconsin will drop off a cliff when Bo Ryan is gone).

While the above would be good news, there is something much bigger that may be happening. This is about the massive shifts taking place in college sports!
Nebraska looks likely Friday to bolt for the Big Ten, and that may set off the dominoes that will see the SEC, PAC 10 and others expand.

In one of the potential scenarios, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma etc would end up in the Pac 16, and Kansas and Kansas State would be left orphaned. Guys make no mistake, others teams misfortunes are benefits to us. When college athletes are now facing a choice where they have to get on a plane all the darn time to go anywhere and they have fan bases that are less than thrilled, it will help us.

Rumored SEC possibilities for expansion include Georgia Tech, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Texas and Texas A&M (4 max obviously absent something truly massive like the defection of Arkansas). There is not a rumored SEC school for expansion that would not be a decent basketball addittion.

We have already seen that Pearl can create a very strong OOC schedule and recruit nationally within the confines of the current SEC. A realignment of conferences that weakens the ACC in basketball and decimates the Big 12 while strengthening the SEC would be very good for TN.

What are your thoughts on the possible expansion of the SEC?
 
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I, personally, am not a big fan of expansion. I think it dilutes the atmosphere of college football but that being said it looks to be inevitable. Money talks and I don't have a say in it so if the gods say to expand then we better take our slice of the cake. Slive better make sure that we get some of the best pieces. Texas and TT would be great for the recruiting base and make sense geographically while Clem, FSU, Mia, and GT would too. FSU and Mia would be great for the fan base as would Texas and TT. The SEC will continue to be a premier conference but with all of the additions to other conferences we might not have a choice but to expand to keep up. If the Least 10 takes only Neb then this point is probably moot but if they grow by 4 then the explosion is going to happen.
 
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Sure take Texas and Oklahoma for football, and UNC and Duke for basketball!

Tennessee would be mid-tier in the SEC. Not good.
 
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I don't see it as great news....the teams moving will still be able to recruit....it won't make that big of a difference IMO
 
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Another thread started by the ultimate troll of VN.
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You're going to have to step up your sales pitch on exactly why its good news to UT.

Bruce has just put together a top 10 class, which is as good as most in the country. He is playing in a conference where he gets plenty of national exposure on television against OOC opponents, yet only really has to fight against one other big dog in the conference for supremacy. Its fairly easy to maintain a top 10/15 ranking in the conference as it is now, without much trouble.

Overloading the SEC with other basketball schools that are consistently ranked as well only dilutes the above mentioned points, IMO.

I think UT is right where it needs to be.
 
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I think a bowl band is like a belt with a bowl attached to the front. That way you can eat cereal while standing. Reggie Bush actually invented this device, and now USC gets the patent for 2 years.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
You're going to have to step up your sales pitch on exactly why its good news to UT.

Bruce has just put together a top 10 class, which is as good as most in the country. He is playing in a conference where he gets plenty of national exposure on television against OOC opponents, yet only really has to fight against one other big dog in the conference for supremacy. Its fairly easy to maintain a top 10/15 ranking in the conference as it is now, without much trouble.

Overloading the SEC with other basketball schools that are consistently ranked as well only dilutes the above mentioned points, IMO.

I think UT is right where it needs to be.
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I agree completely. Adding other powerhouse programs only makes staying where you are more difficult. The SEC is fine as is. I, for one, hope it stays that way.
 
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I would love to see the SEC add Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina and Virginia Tech. I'm old enough to remember when the Vols played the Yellow Jackets every year... alot of tradition. And imagine...Bruce Pearl kicking Wildcat AND Tarheel fannies every year...
 
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Is a bowl band some sort of equipment for bowlers? Like a special band they wear on their wrist for sweat?
 
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TommyOler said:
I would love to see the SEC add Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina and Virginia Tech. I'm old enough to remember when the Vols played the Yellow Jackets every year... alot of tradition. And imagine...Bruce Pearl kicking Wildcat AND Tarheel fannies every year...
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Ga Tech stadium is named after a Tennessee football player
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
You're going to have to step up your sales pitch on exactly why its good news to UT.

Bruce has just put together a top 10 class, which is as good as most in the country. He is playing in a conference where he gets plenty of national exposure on television against OOC opponents, yet only really has to fight against one other big dog in the conference for supremacy. Its fairly easy to maintain a top 10/15 ranking in the conference as it is now, without much trouble.

Overloading the SEC with other basketball schools that are consistently ranked as well only dilutes the above mentioned points, IMO.

I think UT is right where it needs to be.
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Exactly. Tennessee Basketball and Bruce Pearl are in an almost perfect position. We do not need anymore teams for basketball.
 
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Bowl band(n.) - A band of no certain genre in which every member rocks a bowl cut as awesome as the one shown below. Similar to old "Hair bands"

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Things are changing. I can see both sides of the argument, and frankly, I'm not sure what I think. I do know that we are near the top of the food chain currently, and I assume we would take the necesary steps to stay there.
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