re: Texas A&M/Missouri to the SEC decision could happen soon

Envy, why wouldn't you want more money? Change isn't always bad. It's not like the SEC wants to brung in Stanford or USCw. It's A&M. We are right next door. Bring us over and cash the checks

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Has anyone mentioned GaTech as a possible candidate?

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Only off and on over, say, the last 3-4 pages.

Texas A&M to the SEC West is a given. I haven't seen practically any SEC fans against having them join. The problem is that what works best is adding a team to the SEC East as well to balance out adding A&M to the SEC West.

I'm not crazy about Mizzou, but if they are the SEC's only decent option in adding a decent program and expanding TV market share then I can live with them IF (and only if):

1) They agree to be added to the SEC East. Therefore avoiding the clusterfrick of re-aligning the divisions.

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First step, Super Conferences, next step--Mega Conferences?

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That plan is

I like the idea of breaking away from the NCAA but 20 team leagues?

Just add A&M to the West and VT or UNC to the East. I'm not sold on adding Mizzou.

Missouri wants to be in the big ten. Last year they practically whored themselves out to the big ten but lost to Nebraska.

I say the SEC should add Virginia Tech and Florida State. No reason to add Texas schools. Let them wallow in their own crapolence when Texas goes indy or goes to the big ten or whatever.

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that seems incredibly hard to believe especially given that maryland is significantly larger than va tech.

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Dude I lived in Baltimore, Maryland for 5 years when I was stationed in the military. Nobody and I mean almost nobody in that town cares about the Terps. My question to you is have you actually been to college parks campus? Also have you been to Blacksburg, VA? I have been to both of those campus and can tell you that VA tech is a lot bigger and has better facilities then college park does. My ex-girlfriend attended Radford University which is 10 min away from Blacksburg. You do know that Va Tech graduates usually take jobs in the DC, Baltimore, Richmond area right? Also Maryland college football is considered a big joke in Baltimore they are not particularly good even in the ACC. That is why more people tend to gavitate to Penn St. and Va Tech football. However college football is not the most popular sport in that area. That area has alot of Redskin, Raven and Steeler fans.

BTW you might want to do a little research before you spout out false facts as if they were truths.
Maryland campus size is 125-acre. Va Tech campus size is 2600-acre. Dude College Park is not even 1/10 the size of Va Tech.

Also Va Tech sales out there football games in Lane Stadium at 66233 attendance. The university of Maryland stadium has a capacity of 54000. Also the terps do not sale out there stadium unless they are playing someone big and they bring alot of fans with them. VA tech stadium is almost always sold out.

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it seems to me it would make more sense to grab a ncar school before va tech. you would get the fast growing triangle market, would get natural rivalries and would be geographically close. heck, i'd much rather have virginia than va tech.

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You do know that nobody in North Caroline gives a crap about college football right. Atleast not anyone in there University considering how they just fired there Head Coach last week. The only thing the Tar Heels care about is basketball. So you really add almost nothing. Also Richmond is not rural and like I said alot of Va Tech graduates work in the DC, Richmond, Baltimore, and charlotte area

Va Tech does have a lot going for them.

It's reasonably close to their potential roommates in the SEC East:

237 miles to Knoxville (4 hours)
265 miles to Columbia (4 1/2 hours)
315 miles to Lexington (5 1/2 hours)
367 miles to Athens (6 hours)
415 miles to Nashville (7 hours)

According to this LINK, 36% of Virginians are Hokie fans. The same polling company found that only 30% of Floridians are Gator fans (must be all the snowbirds and retirees).

Virginia has 2 million more residents than Missouri. I went to a game in Blacksburg and remember it feeling like the Texas A&M of the East Coast. I'm sure they think the Aggies are a cheap imitation of Va Tech.

And the Hokies would probably be a lot more receptive to joining the SEC than Florida State would be. Virginia Tech is definitely in the "Old South" part of Virginia -- doesn't feel anywhere near as Yankeefied as Northern Virginia.

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if you think he's not a major, major factor, then you are naive

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But it still comes down to the ADs, and there are some pretty big reasons why at least AU and UGA don't want them, and I bet a case could be made for UA and UT.

Geography, once again, is terrible. We have the ATL market locked up, and the only reason we would bring in new schools would be to expand our market base. You aren't thinking economically. Academics are irrelevant because this is a sports conference, not an academic conference. It all comes down to if the team can produce on the field, not the classroom. The only two rivalries Tech has in the SEC are AU and UGA, and neither of them would want them in because it would hurt recruiting.

They may have fit in back in the 50s, but not any more. Too many people there either don't care about football, or have ties to AU/UGA anyway. Football there just isn't taken as seriously as in the SEC, and Vandy is a prime example of why just being in the SEC a while doesn't necessarily make them a better program.

Those sanctions were rough, and it'll take a while to get over them. Scholly reductions hurt a whole lot for a school like that.

Economically, we don't want FSU in for the same reason, whih also applies to Clemson. Tapping into the VA or NC market would be huge, and is definitely what we need to aim for.