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re: SEC allegedly working to add Clemson and North Carolina
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:30 am to BigBro
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:30 am to BigBro
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Clemson + UNC could allow us to move to a 5 perm + 4/4/4 schedule..
That wouldn’t be so bad.
I would guess A&M would add Arkansas and South Carolina (best rivalry game ever ™) as permanent rivals in that case.
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Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:58 am to reggierayreb
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Why not target the Miami, FL market and bring in the Hurricanes right ? Location Location Location.
Also with their success and in the 80s, late 90s and early 2000s ?
Demographics Demographics Demographics
We're not buying a house. And cable boxes don't matter nearly as much as they did 15 years ago. The biggest factors now are: (1) generating compelling match-ups that will drive viewership; (2) generating paid app subscribers. How many must-see games has Miami generated in the past 20 years? And how many Miami fans/neutral fans will be added to the ESPN subscriber pool if they join the SEC? I'd wager that Mississippi State adds about the same number, despite being the smallest SEC program in rural Mississippi.
Clemson in the SEC immediately adds compelling match-ups against South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn. Those games will all generate huge viewership most seasons. They're all at least somewhat established, regional games that the fanbases will want to watch. Same can be said for Florida State. What does Miami add on that front? A quarter-filled professional football stadium 45 minutes from campus? Their own fans don't care, even if they are showing signs of life in recent seasons. How many of them are going to pay for an SEC app to watch Miami football if (and when) we inevitably transition to that. Outside of Florida, does any SEC fanbase really give a shite about playing Miami?
At least North Carolina taps a truly new market and a passionate basketball fanbase. I'm not convinced that adding Miami really adds much from a market perspective when the SEC is already home to the Florida Gators. And unlike Miami, UNC is a school that resembles the majority of the SEC (public flagship in a charming college town with its own on-campus football stadium).
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:20 pm to BreakawayZou83
Miami pulls considerably better tv numbers than UNC, if they were in the SEC they (and FSU) would be in the top half of the league in viewership
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:23 pm to QBUMizzou
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Tired of the arse-beatings?
We're not Kansas we DGAF about MO
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:24 pm to TideSaint
If UNC is added over FSU then Sankey needs to be removed ASAP.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:05 pm to TideSaint
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We heard this about Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, too.
Just wanted to give you some background on why this was....
OU's President and Oklahoma State's president were both good buddies and had been for decades. Both Oklahoma people. OU's president (Boren) was forced to retire about 2018 or so... Ultimately, he was replaced by his mentee (Harroz) who we have now. OSU's president (Hargis)... their pal... retired. He was replaced by an outsider who had no connections to the OU people...
And before you know it... OU was off to the SEC.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:11 pm to BreakawayZou83
I totally agree but would add another aspect. A lot of coaches like to schedule Miami as a recruiting benefit. Sign players from the colder states and tell them they get a free trip to Miami.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:15 pm to TigerintheNO
Clemson is a way bigger draw than UVA or Va Tech
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:23 pm to cmayes56
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Ga Tech will never be in the SEC again
Nor should thy. They have sold out to wokeism. Not much difference between them an UC Berkeley and I don't understand why the State of Georgia allows it.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:30 pm to ColoradoElkHerd
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Nor should thy. They have sold out to wokeism. Not much difference between them an UC Berkeley and I don't understand why the State of Georgia allows it.
Stfu dude…..this coming from the school of gay milkmen?
What are you even talking about?
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:47 pm to Mick Hogger
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We're not Kansas we DGAF about MO
You’re always a nice win to end our season.
Thanks for not giving AF.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 1:56 pm to Dawgs2122
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If we get Clemson I hope we can trade them for SC as one of our 3 yearly games. No disrespect to the Gamecocks, just Clemson is an older rival and it is generally a good game.
& people would get mad when I rejected the SC pairing.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:06 pm to ColoradoElkHerd
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Nor should thy. They have sold out to wokeism. Not much difference between them an UC Berkeley and I don't understand why the State of Georgia allows it.
What? Tech isn’t the conservative bastion it once was, but it’s nowhere near as liberal as places like Chapel Hill, Athens, or Vandy.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:09 pm to southernboisb
I don't think anyone really gives a shite. 
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:10 pm to TideSaint
MHver3 is a long time realignment hack. Could there be conversations? Sure, but I doubt anything is imminent.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:41 pm to ColoradoElkHerd
“Wokeism”…really?
*SMH*
Might wanna try that angle on the political board.
*SMH*
Might wanna try that angle on the political board.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:21 pm to southernboisb
SC was only a "rival" because of Spurrier. He's long gone.
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