sec expansion (merged)

#151
#151
No way

and I dont think this conference could balance out 16 teams (that's the only west team we would play would be bama - and we their only east team - assuming we could keep that going....unless it bumped up to 9 conference games)

that would be too many teams to balance
 
#153
#153
With talk of the Big-10 and the Pac-10 maybe expanding to 16 teams Chris Low has on his blog that there are rumors that the SEC may follow suit. If we where to add 4 teams what would they be and what teams would be in the west and what teams would be in the east? This should be fun to chat about and finally give us somthing to do haha.

MINE would go like this.

SEC WEST

LSU
Ole Miss
Miss State
Texas
Texas AM
Alabama
auburn
Oklahoma

SEC EAST

Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
Clemson
South Carolina
Kentucky
North Carolina
Virginia

this would be the best conference ever. i personally dont know if i want expantion but there is serious talk about arkansas leaving so i think if just arkansas leaves my picks is deffinatly Clemson to replace arkansas. They are a SEC team playing in the ACC. I also wanted to add virgina because when you go to their campus it just feels like the old south and a sec campus. it just feels weird having a "southern" conference and we dont have a team from the mother of the confederacy in it.. haha

and of course if the sec wants to expand to 16 teams like the Big 10 and Pac 10 then what i have above i feel would make the best rivalries and make the most money and have the best TV markets:popcorn::salute:
 
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#156
#156
if you think about it vandy going to the acc with duke and wake and marryland and all those schools that have higher standards academicly...seems perfect
 
#157
#157
Vandy will stay in the SEC, but possibly separated from Tennessee by going to the SEC West... I could see it
 
#160
#160
I hope this never happens. I like the way the SEC is right now. Maybe adding a team to the west and the east like clemson or virginia or maybe florida state. I would HATE to have any texas team in the SEC.
 
#161
#161
My idea sounds strange, but I think it's the best available.

We have three desires:

1. Play each team in your division for a true champion
2. Play your main rival each year
3. Play every team in the entire conference at least once every 3-4 years.

With eight team divisions, anyone who is split from a major rival (like UGA/Auburn, UT/Bama, or Florida/LSU) needs a dedicated rivalry game. We'd also need 7 games within the division. So in order to play each team from the other division just once every SEVEN years, we'd need nine conference games. To play them once every four, we'd need ten! This is the motivation behind my idea (h/t The Only Colors).

Add, for the sake of argument, VT, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Florida State.

Divide the conference into four divisions:

Georgia/Florida division:
UGA
GT
UF
FSU

Eastern division:
USC
Clemson
VT
Kentucky

Tennessee/Alabama division:
UT
Bama
Auburn
Vandy

Western division:
Ole Miss
MSU
Arkansas
LSU

Now, each year, combine the divisions into two groups, making two eight-team divisions. Play each team within your division once (for seven games), and one designated rival. Here's the trick: rotate the groupings each year! That way, you play your rival each year, you play each team in your four-team division each year, but the other four teams on your schedule rotate on a yearly basis. Yet each division still has a champion, and there's a legit conference champion instead of a four-team playoff.

I know it sounds crazy, but I think this would be the best way to handle expansion. That said, I think 12 teams is ideal.
 
#163
#163
I don't see Texas or Texas A&M coming to the SEC....I think Clemson and FSU would be good adds
 
#164
#164
I LOVE MY VOLS, but adding texas deffinately would not help our chances of winning the sec. just sayin.
 
#166
#166
Look. This is all about every other conference playing catch up with the SEC and their ESPN broadcast package. The only reason to expand now would be to get teams that have a natural rival and would be a good fit before somebody else does. Teams that are already in the Big 10 and Big 12 aren't going anywhere. And don't forget that basketball schools are good adds as well.

I think if 4 schools are added, they should logically be:
1) Florida State
2) Georgia Tech
3) Louisville
4) Memphis

Think about it...
 
#167
#167
salutethehill said:
A rather large TV market. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson TV market is 35th largest in the US. By comparison, Knoxville doesn't make the top 50 and Memphis is #44. Also behind Greenville: New Orleans, Birmingham, San Antonio, OK City and Vegas. This is based on # of households.

If you can put up with all the Clampson fans, the upstate of SC is a great place to live.
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That argument works best for pro sports or undivided markets. That tv market has so many state and college loyalties it isn't even funny.
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#168
#168
Real interesting stuff here... Seems like a Super Conference to me. :question:
 
#169
#169
I remember the East/West split in the early 90's and how it damaged the Tenn/ Auburn rivalry. This new expansion could very well mean losing Alabama from our schedule if they don't expand the # of SEC games a year.
 
#170
#170
SEC East SEC West

Georgia Alabama
Florida Arkansas
Kentucky Auburn
Miami LSU
South Carolina Mississippi State
Tennessee Missouri
Vanderbilt Ole Miss
Virginia Tech West Virginia


This conference would be untouchable.:rock:
 
#171
#171
This makes the most sense to me:

SEC East
Tennessee
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Clemson
Georgia Tech

SEC West
Arkansas
Vanderbilt
LSU
Ole Miss
Miss St
Alabama
Auburn

SEC East schedule would be brutal for sure, but i'd like to see Tech return to the SEC. Clemson, well, they're a football-first school already in SEC country, it just makes sense. Plus it'd make the SC-Clemson rivalry that much more special.
 
#172
#172
Cowboyjoker said:
Look. This is all about every other conference playing catch up with the SEC and their ESPN broadcast package. The only reason to expand now would be to get teams that have a natural rival and would be a good fit before somebody else does. Teams that are already in the Big 10 and Big 12 aren't going anywhere. And don't forget that basketball schools are good adds as well.

I think if 4 schools are added, they should logically be:
1) Florida State
2) Georgia Tech
3) Louisville
4) Memphis

Think about it...
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Disagree with Memphis. West Virginia would be a better addition.

Not so sure about Louisville, either.
 
#173
#173
I would love the additions of Virginia Tech and West Virginia. They could renew their rivalry. And we could start one with Tech being they're only 3 hours apart.
 
#174
#174
mrredskin said:
field hockey and water polo don't count.

just like in business, if you're the best, you're always the one that others look at to de-throne. if you do nothing, it will happen.
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That's just in football....But you already knew that right? :good!:
 
#175
#175
Y'all are missing the point. Additions will be for expanded TV markets not what necessarily makes sense.
If we add anybody it will be Texas and then we have to take A&M.
 
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