re: FSU AD says "potentially more movement" within the next 24 months

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I don't see any value in adding FSU or Clemson

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Neither do the Big 10 or SEC commissioners.

That sounds like begging to me, not that they have a plan in place to be anywhere else.

They are desperate.

Neither do the Big 10 or SEC commissioners.

No but fox and fsu are pushing hard for them

Some of these posters are simply ill informed. FSU has a landing spot and would immediately jump ahead of half the teams in either the SEC or BIG. They are struggling now but so what. When they come back they win Natties unlike most teams in the SEC.

Fly down,
Are you actually going to open your eyes any time soon or will you keep living in the past? The SEC was the dominant conference the past 25 years. I posted that over the years and had many dissenting threads with BIG fans. But, I don’t let my southern homer goggles lead me to posts like yours. The SEC is clearly dropping behind the BIG. You see it in on field results and you see it in the draft.

If the roles were reversed and Bama, UGA, and Vandy had just won the last 3 Natties then I’d be laughing at BIG fans who say they are #1.

The bottom line is this new era has crushed the SEC and you guys have no answer other than to pretend it’s not happening. It’s happening and another round of playoff expansion and conference expansion will take place.

I will enjoy watching the programs from cow towns who bought wins using bagmen get completely left out in this new era. The entire game has changed. And I’ll be glad to see my team going to the BIG in a few years in a national conference and HUGE TV contract. You guys better jump on the Kirby train because he’s the only SEC hope for 2026.

I agree with your thoughts about viewership which is why I’ll be glad to see my Jackets in the BIG. If we get to the point where we are ranked more than not and playing big games in Atlanta our fanbase and viewership will grow (like we saw the last 2 years). I’ve always rooted for Auburn because like GT they are the 2nd place team in their state yet always play tough. The problem you guys have is the expectations of your fanbase is way past what your program is now in this new era. It’s gonna be much harder for your coach to bring in the high end player to the middle of Alabama when everyone can now put in bids. I just think teams in small towns are going to be at a huge disadvantage in this new era.

And since we all just saw the 1st round in the draft the BIG had more picks than any conference and the SEC had 7 and the ACC had 6. The mighty SEC had 1 more pick than the lowly ACC. I guess the only thing you have left is viewership but that will fall as the SE. continues to lose playoff games.

Well, I guess we’ll see how it plays out. I think you are severely underestimating the money that other schools/alum have and will use now that it’s legal. I’ve posted for many years that I wish my school would have used the bagman system to get players like Fairley and Cam. But we didn’t. Now that it’s legal a lot of alumni bases are rejuvenated after decades of watching their teams be average. Indiana has opened the door to actually dream.

And even if you spend on NIL you gotta spend it properly. You guys way overpaid for our WR Singleton. I was thrilled Key passed on paying him that much. Instead we paid a guy way less from a lower level who is now a 1st round draft pick. We essentially paid for 3-4 players with what y’all paid an average WR. Now the Cam money was well worth it as you’ll have that trophy forever.

And I really don’t understand why you think GT would be in the bottom half of the SEC even as we sit today? UGA beat us by 7 and 2 the past 2 years and I won’t list their scores against SEC teams but it’s generally more than that. I know we all are inflicted with homerism but you really think UF, Miss St, South Carolina, Arkansas, Tenn, Auburn, Miss St and a few others would easily beat GT? We play Tennessee in game 2 so we’ll see.

I think you’re incredibly naive, all the big ten has to do is think about adding Miami/fsu and the sec would coming begging for one of those schools. I get it’s threatening to you as a uf guy for them to join but allowing the big ten to pick up both schools would be a disaster. The big ten isn’t the acc they got money and aren’t in espn pocket. They’d flip Florida to big ten country over night.

This what I’ve been saying about the BIG. They are going to be a national conference while the SEC wants to stay regional which is the old model. So the SEC has to protect its region which means they can’t let the BIG get into Florida, Georgia, North Carolina. If I’m the SEC I’m going after ND, Penn St, and Indiana if K want to look forward. If they just want to protect their regional footprint then they’ll have to place defense. The BIG will eventually break into 4 national pods so getting teams like UNC, Miami, GT, FSU will give them the southern pod for TV contracts and recruiting.