New SEC Divisions

#26
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Mose Phillip's Watch said:
East is brutal


New SEC West: Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M

New SEC East: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt
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Actually that’s pretty close to even in my opinion…..would like to see divisions done away with, personally…..
 
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OffTackleVol said:
Don't know how accurate the information I'm hearing (such as the Full Ride with Chris Childers and Rick N.) on the radio, but it's being reported that 75% of the 14 schools would have to vote yes to allow them to join. That means only 4 schools would have to vote no in order to block it. I think that is a real possibility. A&M, Arkansas, and Missouri could be in the no category. I'm thinking LSU and the Gumps may also vote no. How do you think Tennessee will vote?
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It will be 14-0 or 13 with A&M abstention for PR. This is a done deal I guarantee it
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I think it got leaked to get it blocked............probably by A&M.
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A&M leaked it because the know they can't block it, but they want their gripes to get published. If Sankey was worried that there were 4 "no" votes out there, he doesn't issue a non-denial. He just denies it.
 
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If this were to happen I would like to see 4 divisions played similiar to the way it is done in the NFL

Northeast: Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia
Southeast: South Carolina, Florida, Auburn, Alabama
Northwest: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas A&M
Southwest: Ole Miss, LSU, Texas, Mississippi State

Every year you play your division (Kentucky Vanderbilt Georgia)
You play the team that finished the same in the division last year. (If Tennessee finished 1 they would play SE 1 Alabama, NW 1 Oklahoma, and SW 1 LSU)
Then we rotate our other 3 conferences games with 1 full division( If we played the Southeast it would be South Carolina, Florida, and Auburn

That would mean we played every team in the conference every 3 years and get the best matchups each year.

For example Tennessee's conference schedule would be Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, South Carolina, Florida, and Auburn.

If Tennessee finished 4th in their division last year and played the Northwest division on this rotation it would be more like Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Miss St, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas A&M

Take the top 2 at the end to put into the conference championship.

The alternative would be 7 division games with 2 rotating cross divisional games. It makes things easier, but I don't think it gets the best matchups for the fans year in and year out.
 
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The sec has always said no more two schools in the same state. They want one to get the tv revenue from that state. Only need one

We shall see if that sticks
 
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Mose Phillip's Watch said:
The sec has always said no more two schools in the same state. They want one to get the tv revenue from that state. Only need one

We shall see if that sticks
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Texas is different. It's the one state where the population is large enough and the SEC doesn't already have the most popular team in the state.
 
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BJWeeks said:
I think they should do away with divisions all together
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I dont. I miss the rivalry, home and home with Fla every year in basketball and there was something about winning the SEC East in bb over Ky and Fla knowing you played both home and home. Today, its a joke watching a LSU or Miss St win it when they play Ky & probably Fla once but crap like A&M & Ole Miss twice.

The only reason they did away with divisions is cause Pearl and other coaches bitched about a West team getting the #2 seed in the totally meaningless SEC tournament...Talk about letting the tail wag the dog.
 
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wmcovol said:
I dont. I miss the rivalry, home and home with Fla every year in basketball and there was something about winning the SEC East in bb over Ky and Fla knowing you played both home and home. Today, its a joke watching a LSU or Miss St win it when they play Ky & probably Fla once but crap like A&M & Ole Miss twice.

The only reason they did away with divisions is cause Pearl and other coaches bitched about a West team getting the #2 seed in the totally meaningless SEC tournament...Talk about letting the tail wag the dog.
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I could see an argument for divisions in basketball and/or baseball. They are counterproductive in football.
 
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RhodesVol said:
If Texas and Oklahoma want to join the SEC, then Sankey will make it happen. From his perspective, they either make your conference stronger or they make another conference stronger - and possibly yours weaker by comparison.

Texas also brings a national brand to the conference, and the boost in ratings would dwarf North Carolina or Virginia Tech, even if that is technically a new market.

The bargaining power in renegotiating the contracts on behalf of the league is much stronger with Texas than just about any other potential option.
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Dallas is also the 4th largest market (and will be the 3rd in maybe a decade or so). In some ways, it may even be the most important market, since NYC and LA aren't nearly as college football centric. I'm not sure how much of a hold the SEC has on the Dallas market right now with A&M, but if it had Texas as well, then Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio all become "SEC markets".

Essentially, Texas would give the SEC Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta; which are probably 3 of the top 5 markets for CFB.

Unfortunately, I can't find a straight-forward source on TV market rankings. I can find Nielsen DMA rankings and I can find college football market share ratings (which are more about the share of that particular market), but can't find anything that combines the two to determine the CFB TV market rankings. But I'd wager to guess it's something like: (1) Dallas (2) Houston (3) Atlanta (4) LA (5) Chicago, possibly in a different order.
 
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Mose Phillip's Watch said:
East is brutal


New SEC West: Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M

New SEC East: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt
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I'll see your 'new' East/West, with an alternative North/South:

North: South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Missouri, Ole Miss, Oklahoma

South: Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, Mississippi State, LSU, Texas A&M, Texas
 
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