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If SEC expands to 16 teams, what two teams would you pick?

Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:40 am
Posted by InzachayoMayo
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
255 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:40 am
You can pick any teams, because the presumption is that its better to play in SEC than any other conference.

I think Florida State for sure, but then am torn between Miami or Texas.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164618 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:42 am to
quote:

I think Florida State for sure, but then am torn between Miami or Texas.


None of those make any sense. The SEC wants to expand its TV market. The SEC already has the states of Florida and Texas.

If they expand it would be into North Carolina and Virginia.
Posted by Old Money
Member since Sep 2012
36751 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:47 am to
I love the U but Miami fans are NOTHING like SEC fans at all. Frick that noise.
Posted by weaveballs1
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
3062 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:52 am to
Clemson and Fla St would be my picks
Posted by TigerBandB8
Metairie
Member since Apr 2005
444 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:52 am to
Clemson and Louisville
Posted by Placebeaux
Bobby Fischer Fan Club President
Member since Jun 2008
51852 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 5:17 am to
Drop Missouri.

Add North Carolina, Louisville and Tulane .( hey the east has Vanderbilt )
Posted by stho381
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2012
4629 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 6:25 am to
Texas and Oklahoma
Posted by SwampManiac
Quito, Ecuador
Member since Jul 2013
1761 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 6:32 am to
quote:

You can pick any teams, because the presumption is that its better to play in SEC than any other conference.

I think Florida State for sure, but then am torn between Miami or Texas.



Va Tech & Texas.

Va Tech picks up the huge DC market and Texas is the richest school in America. Why not add them to the richest conference AND bring UT & A&M back together again.
Posted by Tiger Live2
Westwego, LA
Member since Mar 2012
9617 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 6:38 am to
UVA and UNC. Opens up VA and NC, while also bringing in historic, traditional rivals. For the academic people, it brings in great academic schools too.
UNC-UK could become a great basketball rivalry too, traditional blue bloods. Both add to baseball, and sponsor men's soccer, possibly making enough schools for the SEC to sponsor it.
ANYONE BUT VA TECH!!
Posted by afatgreekcat
Atlanta, GA
Member since Jan 2013
2828 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 6:50 am to
I PERSONALLY feel like Clemson and Fl. St. are easily the best options when it comes to improving the conference overall.. But they would go for expanding markets and get VT and UNC/NCST
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
16076 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 7:35 am to
I sure hope the sec don't expand to 16 teams. I wish we wouldn't have added the last two. SEC was fine the way it was with the 12 teams. If we had to add a team, to me no one fits the sec better than Clemson, should have added them instead of missouri.
Posted by Wanderin Reb
Gallifrey
Member since Jun 2013
10738 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 7:55 am to
This is an offseason thread.
Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger
Member since Jun 2006
51874 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 7:58 am to
OS;DR
Posted by PanhandleDawg
Navarre Beach, FL
Member since Mar 2011
5465 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:10 am to
How many times do we have to do this shite.

VA Tech & NC State
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
55236 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:13 am to
This is a topic for the realignment board

Harvard and whoever is #2 so Alabama has something to shoot for when it comes to the most MNC's in the conference.
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
11374 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:14 am to
I would like them to expand westward, so Alabama and Auburn could move to the East.
Posted by truthmountain
Alabama
Member since Jan 2013
45 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:31 am to
CLEMSON AND FSU
Maybe consider VT, NC,
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
TeamBunt General Manager
Member since Apr 2013
62514 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:42 am to
Clemson and Fla St.

Clos3 3rd would be Ga. Tech.


And don't give me any shite about TV markets. I don't give a frick and the OP said I could pick any two I wanted. Those two are the best fit.
Posted by We_Need_Cam
America
Member since Sep 2012
2410 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:49 am to
From purely a football standpoint, no doubt FSU and Clemson. But I think adding UNC and UVA would be cool. Their football programs would improve, they are solid at other sports, and have great academics.

Eta: Anyone that says GT is stupid. They no longer fit in with the SEC in anyway whatsoever.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 8:52 am
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
25901 posts
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:58 am to
The two ideal candidates in North Carolina and Virginia are UNC and UVa. That applies to any conference. They bring a LOT more to the table than VT or NC St. I'm not sure if the SEC could get them, though. They're sort of tied at the hip, and UVa's alumni/decision-makers (as well as some of UNC's, probably) have serious reservations about the SEC. They'll stay in the ACC as long as it's viable.

To the people saying VT, you do NOT want that. If you think the current SEC fan bases have a problem with redneck sidewalk fans, just you wait. Pretty much their entire fan base is comprised of rednecks from southwest VA and fair-weather fans from the rest of the state who didn't become fans until Vick showed up. There are less of them every year.

VT is an average school, they generally suck at sports except for football (which they suck at now), the town isn't cool (or at least can't compare with Charlottesville, for comparison), and the fans suck dong. Their football program may as well have not existed before Frank Beamer, and he's about done.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 9:02 am
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