re: Are you pleased with the SEC Expansion adding Mizzou & A&M?

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You're funny. I like your style

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Are you denying what he said? Maybe you want to support it with something substantial...

Tx am for fb
Mizz for basketball

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...it is objectively true. USNWR or any other measure you'd like to use. Mizzou is a joke.

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They are far from a joke. They are still an AAU University.

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Virginia Tech and NC State are my best guesses.

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The ACC exit fee is now $50M. Given that, are ACC teams still on the table at this point?

Plus the fact that they would be awful choices - again. Would add nothing to the conference.

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Would add nothing to the conference.

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How do you figure?

VT brings the metro DC tv market (huge) and NCSU brings Raleigh and Charlotte (not as big). Seems like everyone looking at expansion is looking at media market size first, which is why Rutgers to Big Ten was such a hot topic

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1) First to Mizzou and A&M Fans, what are your thoughts with being in the SEC so far? Are there any differences you notice from SEC fans compared to Big 12 fans?

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As far as being in the SEC I love it. We are 5-2 with a very good shot of ending up 9-3 (State being the swing game making the difference between 8/9 wins).

My first year at A&M was RC's last, I went through the entire Fran debacle, followed by the Sherman era which was better but left a lot to be desired.

To have the possibility to get to 10 wins with a bowl win in a "rebuilding year" in the toughest conference college football is something that is unexpected.

Add to that the fact that our 2 losses were to the #2 and #6 teams in the country by a combined 8 points and really could have gone either way (yes moral victory ... again Fran era ... I take any victory I can get)yeah I think that most Aggie fans are happy with the move.

My biggest disappointment is that the nutless bovines are little whiney biotches and, even with an open offer of anywhere any time, they refuse to play us. That's fine though because the disappointment is offset by no longer having to deal with their fan base.

The Tech, Baylor, and Texas fan bases are the largest collection of douche bags you will find in one place. The fans from SEC schools that I have interacted with in person don't have the underlying animosity that our former brethren have always exuded when I have interacted with them and the message boards are a lot more fun and a lot less pure filth.

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1) The move was good and the fact that we are having success before everyone expected us to makes it that much better.

2) The fan bases in the SEC are far superior to the trash in Big XII, even if they are slightly more inbred.

You do realize that those are not CFB markets? I live in Charlotte, find any mention of CFB in the only paper here - pathetic. Not a fan of adding more runt schools, soon we become Conference USA.

I love being in the SEC, though the one thing I am confused by is the perception Ole Miss has of themselves. Shitty academics, shitty sports, shitty football, yet they think they're a premier school and program across the board. It's confusing and I will definitely enjoy beating them every year. Every other fanbase has been about what I expected. I think my favorite thing about the conference is the added state pride that comes with it because there are so many teams from so many different states. Just a different feel and I prefer it.

Regarding new additions, whatever additions they are they will be from new states to enhance the SEC Network deal. I'm guessing VT and NC State with outside shot at Maryland or some school like that. The ACC buyout seems large now, but won't seem bad when the SEC Network numbers come out.