re: B1G and SEC will collaborate to seperate Duke and North Carolina.

NC won't separate from Duke. If you change that to NC State, then you will have it right.

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I guarantee you we won't go to 16 without UNC.

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UNC won't happen. NC State is the only choice from North Carolina.

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UNC won't happen. NC State is the only choice from North Carolina.

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I'd feel about NC State the way the majority of you feel about Mizzou.

So, frick that. We're already getting our check. Keep those fricks out.

I wish we just kept it at 12. So much better. That being said the almighty dollar trumps all

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I guarantee you we won't go to 16 without UNC.



UNC won't happen. NC State is the only choice from North Carolina.

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Why add NC State? They suck at everything and aren't getting better. Mizzou is 10X more valuable than NC State.

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Why add NC State? They suck at everything and aren't getting better. Mizzou is 10X more valuable than NC State.

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Who are you going to add? The SEC expansion to 16 will be in Virginia and North Carolina. NC and Duke won't separate and the SEC would not take both. That leaves NC State and one of the Va schools.

I am not wild about getting NCSU. But if that is our only in to the state of North Carolina, then it needs to be done. They better bring the cable sets with them though.

You could do it that way with a permanent rival from each of the other pods and play 9 conference games, or you could do with with only one total rival a play 8 conference games.

Here is what pods with only one permanent cross pod rival would look like:

South Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Alabama - Tennessee
Auburn - Georgia
Ole Miss - LSU
Mississippi State - Vanderbilt

West Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Arkansas - Florida
LSU - Ole Miss,
Missouri - Kentucky
Texas A&M - Virginia Tech

East Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Florida - Arkansas
Georgia - Auburn
Vanderbilt - Mississippi State
South Carolina – North Carolina

Appalachian Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Kentucky - Missouri
Tennessee - Alabama
Virginia Tech - Texas A&M
North Carolina – South Carolina

Here is what the pods would look like with a permanent cross pod rival from each of the other pods:

South Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Alabama – Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas
Auburn – Virginia Tech, Georgia, Texas A&M
Ole Miss – North Carolina, Vanderbilt, LSU
Mississippi State – Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri

West Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Arkansas – Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina
LSU – North Carolina, Ole Miss, Florida
Missouri - Kentucky, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt
Texas A&M - Virginia Tech, Auburn, Georgia

East Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Florida –Alabama, LSU, Kentucky
Georgia – Auburn, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech
Vanderbilt - Ole Miss, Missouri, Tennessee
South Carolina - Mississippi State, Arkansas, North Carolina

Appalachian Pod – Cross Pod Teams
Kentucky – Mississippi State, Missouri, Florida
Tennessee – Alabama, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
North Carolina – Ole Miss, LSU, South Carolina
Virginia Tech – Auburn, Texas A&M, Georgia

Personally, I don't think the geographical lines have to be perfect. I'd worry about evening the pods out, maintaining rivalries and then geography, in that order. Something along the lines of the following would spread out some of the upper and lower tier programs, allow rivalries to be maintained and aren't completely out of whack geographically.

UF UGA VTech UK

SC UT Vandy NC

LSU A&M MSU MU

Bama Aub Ark OM

UF/UGA = SC/UT = LSU/A&M = Bama/Aub(yes historically, not now)
VTech/UK = Vandy/NC = MSU/MU = Ark/OM

Pretty sure you can maintain the rivalries and though the geographical groupings aren't necessarily the tightest, it's not like UF and MU are in the same pod. I'm sure it could be tweaked but just not putting as much emphasis on geography.