Mike Bianchi: SEC should dump Ole Miss and Mississippi State, add UCF and USF

[lawgator1]

Y'all have something in common







Just kidding LG. You left the door open

:hi:

 

[vols4evah]

why in the world would we want to add 2 more Florida teams ?

I cant stand the one we have now !

 

[Chilmonty]

We could add the Criminoles illegitimate child, the "Miami Recruiting Violators" (somtimes called hurricanes)?? :blink:

Would at least be a trip to sunny Miami every other year! Just saying.



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[bowlinggreenvol]

Florida's version of Clay Travis has the whole entire state of Mississippi riled up....well, not the entire state, just those in Mississippi with internet access.

I'm not linking the article, because I refuse to drive traffic to the Orlando Sentinel.

Stupid premise, no basis for his argument other than UCF winning a BCS bowl game. The SEC gains nothing from adding two media markets (Orlando and Tampa) already covered by one of its charter members.

Besides, Ole Miss should be granted lifetime SEC status for their coeds alone.

Part of what makes the SEC tick IMO, is the culture across the board is fairly uniform. Outside of Vandy, every university resides in a college town for the most part; the Orlando and Tampa populace wouldn't fit that mold. That's in addition to bringing nothing to the table in terms of markets.

 

[UTwild82]

I would like to see a three way swap. Miss St to Big 12, West VA to ACC, and Virginia Tech to SEC. Then as some of the other posters have said, move Mizzou to the west and put VA Tech in the east.

 

[Backwards K]

I had heard that Florida, South Carolina, Kentcky, Georgia, and Texas A&M had agreed to block any added teams from within their states (ie:FSU, Clemson, UL, GT, Tx). This would kind of kick this in the head.

But, Miss State has been to 2 SECCGs, a Final Four, and several trips to the CWS in the last 20 years or so. A long time SEC member and a big part of the Conference.

 

[TrueOrange]

I had heard that Florida, South Carolina, Kentcky, Georgia, and Texas A&M had agreed to block any added teams from within their states (ie:FSU, Clemson, UL, GT, Tx). This would kind of kick this in the head.

But, Miss State has been to 2 SECCGs, a Final Four, and several trips to the CWS in the last 20 years or so. A long time SEC member and a big part of the Conference.

Miss State went to 1 SEC Championship Game: 1998.


What really would kick this in the head though is that the conference isn't going to ask a founding member to leave.


The vote thing's also a myth. The real issue keeping most of those from coming is that there would be no benefit financially to "double-dipping" in those states where we're already well established. Louisville and Georgia Tech don't bring nearly as much to the table. The conference is already well into the states of FL, GA, SC, and KY.


The only exception there would be Texas, as it's pretty much the biggest cash cow in college football, even in bad years.

If they were to give up their Longhorn network (or at least share the revenue) and be okay with having an equal vote in a conference (rather than being the majority say in one), the SEC would vote membership in a heartbeat. That said, I should point out that it'd be extremely unlikely for Texas to do those two things.

 

[TrueOrange]

I agree, but just looking at the % it looks like S. Carolina, UGA, Vandy, and UF are doing the heavy lifting. We all know that's not the case.

UF playing FSU every year gets lost in the shuffle because it happens EVERY year. USC/Clemson & UGA/GT the same.

No, I agree and I get you. I think the writer said near the top of the article anyways that the purpose is to show how everyone in the SEC could do better scheduling OOC, not so much to call out any schools or praise others.


I imagine the slight drop between our percent and the others in that middle pack is from the year we dropped the UNC game.

 

[TrueOrange]

I really do not understand how Bianchi still has a job. He is universally regarded by everyone --literally every single person on the planet, living or dead -- as a complete idiot.

Unfortunately, he gets clicks.

 

[TrueOrange]

If We cut miss st, moved vandy to the west, then added VT that would be a power move

Given the premise of booting Mississippi State, it makes more sense to add VTech in the East and move Mizzou to the West.

This is the move to make I think.

We'd have to be talking about doing this after 2025 then.

I would like to see a three way swap. Miss St to Big 12, West VA to ACC, and Virginia Tech to SEC. Then as some of the other posters have said, move Mizzou to the west and put VA Tech in the east.

So the ACC would be intentionally taking a move to weaken itself....

 

[TheDirector]

Dumb Article. What is more likely to happen is the SEC and the other 4 major conferences expand to 16 teams and form the division 4 that has been in the news recently. Even if and when that happens, UCF and USF won't be at the top of the SEC's list of possible additions.

 

[UTwild82]

We'd have to be talking about doing this after 2025 then.





So the ACC would be intentionally taking a move to weaken itself....

Oh, this would never happen in a million years ( kind of like dumping the MS schools for USF or UCF) it's just the move I would like to see happen. Thus why I began "I would like to see..."

 

[The Ron Mexico]

Mike Bianchi has gotten exactly what he wanted: attention. He knows it's a ludicrous idea that will never happen, he's just a newspaper version of a radio shock jock.