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How the SEC Should Expand If It NEEDS 16
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:50 pm
The ACC is too stable right now, as enticing as it would be to take Duke and UNC, but that does not mean that expansion is a bad idea. Instead, I would look at the Big 12 and try to get OU and OSU to join together. They would both join the SEC West, along with Mizzou, while Bama and Auburn would move to the East.
At that point, permanent crossover opponents would be unnecessary, as The Third Saturday in October and The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (the only reasons they were kept in the first place) would be divisional games. The only one that would be grandfathered in would be Alabama-LSU. Unless we are OK with some former traditional rivalries only playing once every 8 years (and only once every 16 in each stadium), we would have to expand to 9 conference games, something I would only support in a 16-team SEC.
At that point, permanent crossover opponents would be unnecessary, as The Third Saturday in October and The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (the only reasons they were kept in the first place) would be divisional games. The only one that would be grandfathered in would be Alabama-LSU. Unless we are OK with some former traditional rivalries only playing once every 8 years (and only once every 16 in each stadium), we would have to expand to 9 conference games, something I would only support in a 16-team SEC.
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Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:52 pm to Matt1
Boooooo
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:00 am to Matt1
I demand a chart
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:09 am to Matt1
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They would both join the SEC West, along with Mizzou, while Bama and Auburn would move to the East.
frick you, Mizzou aint moving to the west.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:34 am to Matt1
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I would look at the Big 12 and try to get OU and OSU
Thanks, but no thanks
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:36 am to Matt1
I thought you Vandy folk were supposed to be smart?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:47 am to Matt1
Vandy wins one NC and now we get this?
jesus rollerskating christ
jesus rollerskating christ
Posted on 7/2/14 at 1:21 am to Matt1
I want nothing to do with a schedule that doesn't have Ole Miss, Auburn and Bama every year. The Shelties too.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 2:16 am to Matt1
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I would look at the Big 12 and try to get OU and OSU to join together.
No.
Their job is to keep t.u. in line.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:35 pm to Matt1
The logical expansion would be to add AAC Teams(UCF, Houston, USF, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, Cincy) which are in a weak conf but are in good recruiting states. Top picks being Tulsa(W)/USF(E) or UCF(E)/ Houston(W). Texas and Florida are such talented states that adding teams in those states would add to SEC notariety. These teams would most likely be more than willing to join and would expand our borders.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 3:11 pm to Matt1
Why is it so hard to understand how and why expansion works? You expand to increase your footprint and gain markets and viewers. Adding two schools from the same state doesn't do that
Posted on 7/2/14 at 3:13 pm to Matt1
anyone else downvote before reading a single word? I did, expansion is dumb.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 7:18 pm to Matt1
I think they should get the Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins and put them in the east and put Missouri in the west
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:53 pm to Matt1
14 is fine. Will everyone just stop the expansion talk for a couple of decades?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:57 pm to Matt1
How many thousands of these pointless threads do we have to see? Off season or not...pitiful.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:30 am to Matt1
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The ACC is too stable right now,
If the ACC is so stable, why is Maryland leaving?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:31 am to Matt1
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Matt1
You should write an article about it.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:57 am to Matt1
frick Expansion.
As it is we should be looking to contract back to the original teams pre 1991.
As it is we should be looking to contract back to the original teams pre 1991.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 1:57 pm to Matt1
How many times do people have to be told that the SEC isn't interested in Duke and UNC. They are 5 miles apart. Expansion is about markets.
If the SEC expandsto 16, it will add NC State and one of the Va schools.
If the SEC expandsto 16, it will add NC State and one of the Va schools.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 2:02 pm to Matt1
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Matt1
How the SEC Should Expand If It NEEDS 16
The ACC is too stable right now, as enticing as it would be to take Duke and UNC, but that does not mean that expansion is a bad idea. Instead, I would look at the Big 12 and try to get OU and OSU to join together. They would both join the SEC West, along with Mizzou, while Bama and Auburn would move to the East.
At that point, permanent crossover opponents would be unnecessary, as The Third Saturday in October and The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (the only reasons they were kept in the first place) would be divisional games. The only one that would be grandfathered in would be Alabama-LSU. Unless we are OK with some former traditional rivalries only playing once every 8 years (and only once every 16 in each stadium), we would have to expand to 9 conference games, something I would only support in a 16-team SEC.
UK/MSU have a rivalry going on between the 'Cats & 'Dogs. I'm sure they want to keep that going.
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