re: I think the SEC should add 4 more teams...

Clemson
FSU
NC State

After that you could go one of a handful of teams. Va Tech, Louisville, Ok St, Huston, UCF. If the SEC just wanted to do something as a novelty and unique then they could try to bring Ga Tech and Tulane back into the fold or give a few smaller schools a shot at the big leagues like Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulsa. I wouldn’t be a fan of either of those happening but like I said if the SEC just wanted to do something unique. Just my own personal preference I think Va Tech should get the last slot. Va Tech along with the first 3 teams I mentioned would all be pretty good cultural fits and would enhance the league also while keeping to the traditional southern footprint of the SEC. Plus it would make a couple of existing OOC rivalry games played every year conference rivalry games played every year.

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I'll take Clemson,

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I'm an old fart who wishes we were back at 10 teams.

I hope this expansion thing is over for a while. If the powers that be insist on expansion then the state of North Carolina should be at the top of the list. Which team I am not sure. It is top ten in population, which means a lot of TVs.

Who brings the most passion in football, UNC or NC St? Each has on occasion had a decent team. Basketball does not move the meter when it comes to expansion.

Baylor is a bunch of self righteous aholes who won't even clap when an opposing player is helped off the field.

The "Swimswam 4" (UNC/Virginia/FSU/Clemson) makes the most sense in terms of expanding markets and brands. It also will help expand and reinforce our recruiting area out East while keeping the Big Ten out of the Southeastern heartland (maybe they'll try Miami + Georgia Tech, but those schools would be really isolated).

Tell Notre Dame they'd be more special in the SEC than in the Big Ten. In the Big Ten they'd be just one of 11 Midwest teams that play each other and then get a trip to the coast each year. On the other hand, they could be the "snowy outpost" of the SEC; every conference game they play would be talked up as a "clash of cultures" and get plenty of national attention. Plus, they seemed to enjoy being in the World Series this year. Their baseball program will be hurt if they switch from the ACC to the Big Ten; they would get a big boost from playing in the SEC every week.

Pair them up with Arizona (another outpost, but good for recruiting and a decent-sized state) and call it a rest at 22.