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re: Thoughts on the 1992 SEC expansion
Posted on 8/5/24 at 7:39 pm to MillerLiteTime
Posted on 8/5/24 at 7:39 pm to MillerLiteTime
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t was the flagship campus of a moderately sized, fast growing population right in the middle of the SEC footprint.
You sure about that last part? In the middle?
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 7:39 pm to MillerLiteTime
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MillerLiteTime
So your saying the SEC couldn’t do any better in 1992.
My how times have changed. If the SEC added A&M and Mizzou 92, then in 2012 added Texas and OU, I’m convinced they would have told UPig and USCe to frick OFF!!!! in 2024.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 8/5/24 at 7:51 pm to cajunbama
Someone call a whaaaaaabulance. CB is all up in his snowflake feelings
Posted on 8/5/24 at 7:54 pm to cajunbama
The only reason the SEC expanded in 1992 was because it was a requirement in order to have a championship game.
They weren't looking for powerhouses.
Also why the recent expansions are kind of dumb. They knew back then there was limited success. Now it's all about appeasing ESPN and the TV networks for contract money.
They weren't looking for powerhouses.
Also why the recent expansions are kind of dumb. They knew back then there was limited success. Now it's all about appeasing ESPN and the TV networks for contract money.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 8:52 pm to cajunbama
first of all ... 
...and your melt is because Pringle left y'all to come home - isn't it?
...and your melt is because Pringle left y'all to come home - isn't it?
Posted on 8/5/24 at 8:54 pm to 3down10
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They weren't looking for powerhouses.
But we brought in a couple of whipping boys. Surely we could have lured better quality programs. I guess you also need easy wins for the rest of the conference to feast on
Posted on 8/5/24 at 9:07 pm to nicholastiger
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I’m still a little shocked Arkansas left at the time with their rivalries in that conference
The writing was on the wall with the SWC
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South Carolina was a no brainer as I believe they were independent at the time
Yup. Honestly we should have left the ACC and moved directly to the SEC or at least done so shortly after.
I do wonder how the SEC would have looked if Arkansas had declined and Florida State had accepted the invitation. Wonder if the ACC would have gone after Miami sooner or what. Or if Arkansas had gone to the Big 8.
Oh well.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 9:10 pm to cajunbama
What a dumb arse thread.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 9:15 pm to MillerLiteTime
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Texas, aTm, UNC, and FSU were not available.
Or Mizzou too.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 9:37 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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he's an Aggy
No, he's Daniel.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 10:02 pm to cajunbama
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But we brought in a couple of whipping boys. Surely we could have lured better quality programs. I guess you also need easy wins for the rest of the conference to feast on
Well, they tried FSU at one point, but overall they just wanted to fill the spots to get the championship game.
And there was also no way teams like Texas and Oklahoma would have come.
I think Arkansas and South Carolina have been respectable additions.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 8/6/24 at 10:56 am to 3down10
Arkansas has been to the SEC Championship game 3 times. And South Carolina once.
Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Texas A&M haven’t been at all.
I'd say they were decent additions.
Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Texas A&M haven’t been at all.
I'd say they were decent additions.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:14 am to cajunbama
Arkansas had very successful history in the SWC. They were very attractive and Florida st was the other invitee but said no. Overtures were made to Georgia tech as well but they didn’t want to move either.
South Carolina was willing to take it.
This was a different time. Not everybody was banging the door to get into the sec
South Carolina was willing to take it.
This was a different time. Not everybody was banging the door to get into the sec
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:16 am to PrattvilleTiger
A couple of years before Arkansas joined, the football team won the SWC, Basketball to the final four and baseball to the CWS.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:19 am to nicholastiger
They were simply trying to get to 12 so they could circumnavigate the NCAA rule for conference championship. Been making bank every since
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:19 am to TouchdownTony
Bowden was too chicken shite to join the SEC. But yet it was a smart move as Florida State won double digit ACC titles in a basketball conference.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:20 am to cajunbama
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Why did the SEC bring in bottom feeders in 1992?
Because the "SEC" wasn't the "SEC" in 1992. Hate to burst everyone's bubble. Nick Saban built this conference.
If Texas had beat Bama in 2008, we probably wouldn't even be here.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:21 am to MtVernon
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Nick Saban built this conference.
This is an extremely ignorant statement.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:23 am to MtVernon
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Because the "SEC" wasn't the "SEC" in 1992.
Except the SEC won the NC in 1992 and won 3 in the 90s while competing for others.
Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:43 am to cajunbama
The real answer to this question is because Stanford blackballed Texas joining the Pac 10. A&M was willing to to to the SEC, but Texas didn't want any part of it and preferred the Pac 10. They could have gone West (probably with Colorado as a partner), in which case A&M would have been free to go East, but Pac 10 rules required unanimity and Stanford put up the road block. But for that, you would have had Texas and Colorado join the Pac, and A&M and Arkansas join the SEC. But, the leadership at A&M wasn't willing to move if Texas was going to stay behind in the SEC. Fortunately, we had better leadership when the issue came up again in 2010-11.
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