re: Would we welcome GTech back to the conference with open arms?

It’s difficult to see the SEC expanding much at all, and even more difficult to see what Georgia Tech brings to the table to justify splitting revenue with them.

There aren’t many schools outside the Big Ten or the SEC which would bring enough revenue to justify expansion. Oregon and Notre Dame are probably the only ones not committed to either conference right now which could plausibly pull their own weight financially.

The schools I think could be considered as a speculative add are UNC and Virginia Tech. North Carolina and Virginia have enough of a potential consumer base for football if they had good enough teams to support. I wanted to say UVA instead of VT because I think UVA might bring more across the board than VT, but VT is the surer bet from a football perspective, which is all that really matters.

That said, no package deals… you can’t afford to dilute the potential consumer base with multiple programs from the same area. One NC and one VA school. This also means programs like Clemson and Georgia Tech aren’t good ideas. The Florida schools might be worth considering if they can get their houses in order again, since Florida has a lot of people and since the three big programs have different territory they cover. But they need to get their houses in order first.

Frankly I think it’s most likely that the SEC stays at 16 for the foreseeable future. All the other options are very speculative. There are very few “sure things” like Oklahoma and Texas.