Third Saturday and SEC Expansion

#227
#227
My take is quite simple... bring the Aggies & Sooners in to the west not because we would be adding a couple high caliber teams, but to get a stronger recruiting base in the longhorn state. IMO this would end TX stronghold on the recruiting base and open up a gaping hole in their pasture allowing a lot of their young bulls out of the state. As for the #'s game for divisional purposes, bring Alabama and AU to the East and send Vandy and send Vandy to the West. Geographically this would fit, we'd continue our rivalries with all our main rivals,and I'd say we could still keep Vandy every year by having each team from both divisions have one game every year with a set opponent from the other division and then rotate 2 other teams w/ home and homes. As long as no one from the east ends up playing LSU and OU in the same season, that's how I'd set it up.

The East would be one helluva gauntlet though! UT, UF, UGA, SCU, AU, UA, and the team I'd feel the worst for... UK who would be lucky to ever make a bowl again. You come out of the SEC East as the champion and you've punched your ticket for a chance for that coveted crystal ball without a doubt.
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#228
#228
DaDu,

The balance of power would be way off kilter in your model. The West would pretty much be a two team race every year (OU and LSU), while the East would be a murderer's row. That's just never going to happen.
 
#229
#229
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#230
#230
How about the Southern 16:

Div I - Clemson, USCe, UF, Vandy
Div II - UT, Ky, Ole Miss, Miss State
Div III - UGA, GaTech, Bama, Auburn
Div IV - OU, A&M, LSU, Arky

Lame I know, but it adds the Clem/USCe rivalry and UGA/GaTech rivalry to the conference as well as expanding into Texas and Oklahoma.
 
#234
#234
stevenharvey11 said:
Then I started thinking how the game was the 3rd Saturday in October, and that got changed to the 4th.
I pondered how long it would be until they just changed it completely. I hope they never do, but I would bet someday they will.
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I actually went back a few years and looked at this. I think the way the calendar falls has had a lot to do with this. It would be more correct to say we've been playing Bama on the second-to-last Saturday. It's only been the 4th in years with 5 Saturdays in Oct. We played on the 3rd Saturday in 2006 and 2007, for instance. 2008 is the only year that didn't follow this pattern.
 
#237
#237
Why do you think that? I'm not sure Slive cares at all about Tennessee/Alabama.

If Auburn were to swtich divisions and it came down to the Iron Bowl or Third Saturday, we would lose.
 
#240
#240
gnm53108 said:
I'm alittle rusty on my french history but I do recall that Napoleon didnt end too well. Didnt he pretty much end all hopes of france ever being a superpower?
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What? He started nationalism, and made france a superpower for a while. Just got a little too greedy and it left as quickly as it had came.
 
#244
#244
mchandl7 said:
If we want TV markets in the expansion, then lets go after actual big TV market. I'm all for sending invitations to USC and Rutgers.
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Rutgers doesn't get you NYC; you've got to hit notre dame for that to happen
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#246
#246
They won't phase out TN Alabama. It's pretty much one of the main reasons that whole 1 required, constant cross-divisional opponent each year exists
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