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The real candidates for Expansion
Posted on 6/20/23 at 10:46 am
Posted on 6/20/23 at 10:46 am
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Posted on 6/20/23 at 10:47 am to morriscat2
goshamighty we're already at fricking 16 how much more expansion is needed
Posted on 6/20/23 at 11:03 am to morriscat2
Your thread is ten years too thousand and late
Posted on 6/20/23 at 12:06 pm to morriscat2
UNC and Virginia are the two schools that everyone on every message board on the web agrees would be pretty much guaranteed a spot in either the B1G or SEC. This isn’t news. FSU is the other school the two conferences would fight over. I also think the SEC would jump at a chance to take ND, despite making little sense geographically. Obviously, they are the white whale for the B1G.
There are a number of other schools that may be good fits for either the B1G (Oregon, Washington, Cal, Stanford, Miami) or the SEC (Clemson, NC State, VT), but not many that are obvious shoe-ins to whichever conference they so choose.
There are a number of other schools that may be good fits for either the B1G (Oregon, Washington, Cal, Stanford, Miami) or the SEC (Clemson, NC State, VT), but not many that are obvious shoe-ins to whichever conference they so choose.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 1:27 pm to morriscat2
Makes complete sense.
Geographically - both in the South.
Culturally - both Southern, preppy flagship institutions that focus on research and liberal arts.
Academically - Both are historically Southern Ivies. Should fit well with the likes of Vanderbilt, UF, UGA, UT-Austin, etc. B10 can only offer Northwestern and UMich as acclaimed academic schools.
Professionally - Outside of NC/VA, most UNC / UVA alumni work in SEC states (FL, TX, GA, etc.)
Athletically - top bball (especially UNC) programs in a conference that is evolving into a top producer of March Madness bids. Regarding the gridiron, both have significant potential considering their ability to dominate lucrative recruiting markets if advantaged with SEC membership.
The remaining Southern ACC schools should partner with the B12 southern schools and rebrand as the second great Southern conference.
EAST - Clemson, FSU, Miami, VT, WVU, GT, Louisville, Duke, NC State, etc.
WEST - TCU, Baylor, OK State, Texas Tech, Houston, KU, K-State, etc.
The B10 can have the Northern ACC schools (since they seem to be so fond of Rutgers and Maryland).
I hope USC and UCLA renege and decide to stay P12. Then we can have somewhat geographically harmonious super conferences:
SEC - South
B12 / ACC rebranded - South
B10 - North (Midwest / Northeast)
P12 - West
I recognize this is unlikely to occur as conferences have already made commitments to other universities. But a man can dream.
Geographically - both in the South.
Culturally - both Southern, preppy flagship institutions that focus on research and liberal arts.
Academically - Both are historically Southern Ivies. Should fit well with the likes of Vanderbilt, UF, UGA, UT-Austin, etc. B10 can only offer Northwestern and UMich as acclaimed academic schools.
Professionally - Outside of NC/VA, most UNC / UVA alumni work in SEC states (FL, TX, GA, etc.)
Athletically - top bball (especially UNC) programs in a conference that is evolving into a top producer of March Madness bids. Regarding the gridiron, both have significant potential considering their ability to dominate lucrative recruiting markets if advantaged with SEC membership.
The remaining Southern ACC schools should partner with the B12 southern schools and rebrand as the second great Southern conference.
EAST - Clemson, FSU, Miami, VT, WVU, GT, Louisville, Duke, NC State, etc.
WEST - TCU, Baylor, OK State, Texas Tech, Houston, KU, K-State, etc.
The B10 can have the Northern ACC schools (since they seem to be so fond of Rutgers and Maryland).
I hope USC and UCLA renege and decide to stay P12. Then we can have somewhat geographically harmonious super conferences:
SEC - South
B12 / ACC rebranded - South
B10 - North (Midwest / Northeast)
P12 - West
I recognize this is unlikely to occur as conferences have already made commitments to other universities. But a man can dream.
This post was edited on 6/20/23 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 6/20/23 at 2:07 pm to morriscat2
The lust for money is the ruination of mankind.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 2:54 pm to morriscat2
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Not FSU and Clemson like everyone thought.
Anyone with a fricking brain knew it wasn't FSU and Clemson, but fricktards around here keep saying like that have no god damn reading comprehension.
Posted on 6/20/23 at 3:58 pm to morriscat2
Need contraction. Get rid of Vandy, Mizzou, etc.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 7:53 am to morriscat2
This isn't particularly new.
Virginia and North Carolina are states the SEC could gain new markets by targeting. Florida and South Carolina are states the SEC already has a strong market presence in.
I don't know if the SEC wants to expand more, but if they do I don't think they double down in states. Oklahoma State, TCU, Baylor, Clemson, FSU, Miami... they're behind a lot of other teams.
Virginia and North Carolina are states the SEC could gain new markets by targeting. Florida and South Carolina are states the SEC already has a strong market presence in.
I don't know if the SEC wants to expand more, but if they do I don't think they double down in states. Oklahoma State, TCU, Baylor, Clemson, FSU, Miami... they're behind a lot of other teams.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:08 am to morriscat2
We have already expanded too much.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 7:30 pm to morriscat2
UNC has come close to joining SEC before and always a target, i think issue is that as a public school we had to take NC state too
Posted on 6/23/23 at 7:50 pm to morriscat2
That would be awful. We finally settled for bluebloods (Tex/Okla) and now going back to scrubs?
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