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re: SEC allegedly working to add Clemson and North Carolina

Posted on 12/3/25 at 11:33 pm to
Posted by Blizzard of Chizz
Member since Apr 2012
20892 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 11:33 pm to
so are we just gonna revive the old 20 team southern conference that preceded the SEC?
Posted by TampaTiger87
Member since Jan 2024
362 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:15 am to
My vote is kick crying whorn out

I'll drink to that, but just let them be....themselves...srsly..give them enough rope, they will hang themselves..WE KNOW who & how they are...

Just sit back, I think the trash will take itself out on this one..
Posted by JamalMurry27
Tennessee Titans
Member since May 2023
8235 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:21 am to
I hate it. would rather boot teams
Posted by VivaZapata27
Natchez, Ms
Member since Apr 2013
3967 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:37 am to
Okie St VT?
Posted by aggressor
Austin, TX
Member since Sep 2011
9405 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:43 am to
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I hate it. would rather boot teams


Careful what you wish for. Problem is I can assure you that you won't like the teams that get booted and who gets to stay in the new era we are in. The SEC is about money now and you can't turn back the clock.
Posted by GTnerd
ATL Jawja baby
Member since Sep 2023
705 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:32 am to
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Meanwhile their scheduling agreement with the ACC is garbage if you remove Clemson. I’m not sure how the ACC can even continue to demand Power 4 treatment if you take Clemson out.


Clemson already has a deal in-place to play ND (independent from the ACC) for something like the next 10 years iirc
Posted by OklahomaLurker
Member since Jul 2021
131 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:44 am to
I absolutely do believe the SEC will expand with ACC schools at some point. I absolutely so not believe they are working to do so now. The tv contract has too much time on it. They'll start working to add teams in about 5 more years.
Posted by Bubbles Up
Member since Jul 2011
2944 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 5:48 am to
Why not Virginia Tech and FSU also? Go to 20 like the old SIAA that we were in originally.

Eventually it is going to just be the SEC and the B1G anyway.
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20588 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:04 am to
Go to 20.

Split into 1934 (Original members) and 1992 (Expansion members)divisions.

12 conference games.
9 division; 3 crossovers.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
33159 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:17 am to
We've had this thread about 10 times a year in the off season for the past 10 years.

Bit early this year.
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
10240 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:20 am to
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I absolutely do believe the SEC will expand with ACC schools at some point. I absolutely so not believe they are working to do so now. The tv contract has too much time on it. They'll start working to add teams in about 5 more years.

If Disney has reason to believe that the B1G will raid the best of the ACC imminently, then Disney may be willing to renegotiate the SEC’s deal to ensure that the best ACC programs are locked down on their networks. Losing the few remaining valuable programs to the B1G and Fox because there are still too many years left on a tv deal would be extremely shortsighted on Disney’s part.
Posted by bamaoldtimer
Member since Dec 2009
1751 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:36 am to
Good grief. Hope not true. We added two blue bloods and next year we’re going to 9 conf and mandatory power 4 out of conference.

Geez Louise! How much tougher do you want to make this conference?

We’re fine at 16.
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
1270 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:39 am to
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can we just not, we haven't even played our new schedule, yet.

I don't know if I can make it through another offseason of permanent opponent speculation and scenarios.


I sense some "realignment fatigue."
Posted by bamaoldtimer
Member since Dec 2009
1751 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:41 am to
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Losing the few remaining valuable programs to the B1G and Fox because there are still too many years left on a tv deal would be extremely shortsighted on Disney’s part.


As a fan, why are you concerned how much money Disney or any of the networks make? As a fan, I want competitive games but only if other leagues schedule likewise. I could care less as a fan where the Big10 goes.

It won’t affect my watching the Tide play.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
22493 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 6:46 am to
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North Carolina maybe, but I don't see Clemson given that South Carolina is already in the SEC.

This would have been true when the driver was adding cable carriage via markets. Now it's about adding schools with the name recognition to draw eyeballs and the Taters and North Carolina would be two plums from the ACC.
Posted by Mick Hogger
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2020
654 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 8:40 am to
How do you do a 20 team basketball conference tournament in one weekend?

this is getting out of hand kick MO out and bring VT in and be done with it
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
10240 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:11 am to
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As a fan, why are you concerned how much money Disney or any of the networks make? As a fan, I want competitive games but only if other leagues schedule likewise. I could care less as a fan where the Big10 goes.

It won’t affect my watching the Tide play.


Where did I say that I am concerned by how much money Disney or any of the networks make?

I was responding to a comment stating that SEC expansion doesn't make sense now because there is a lot of time left on a tv network deal. I think the network that currently has the ACC in its deck (Disney) would be concerned about losing the biggest brands to Fox. I think that network will be willing to open up the checkbook to insure that it can keep, and even extend, its lucrative deal with the SEC + some top ACC brands.
Posted by windsor1977
Member since Aug 2012
1363 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:12 am to
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I wish we could go back to 10.

THIS^
Posted by QBUMizzou
North of the Mason Dixon line
Member since Nov 2013
770 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:15 am to
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this is getting out of hand kick MO out and bring VT in and be done with it


Tired of the arse-beatings?
Posted by reggierayreb
Member since Nov 2012
19365 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:19 am to
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Not my first two picks by a longshot.


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 ?

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