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If the SEC did expand again and did so from the Big 12 who should we take and why?
(01-02-2016 06:53 AM)Transic_nyc Wrote: (01-01-2016 10:47 PM)JRsec Wrote: (01-01-2016 09:20 PM)XLance Wrote: 18 team conferences?
There would be room only for two. I like 3 pods of 6.
B1G
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan and Michigan State
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois
Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech and NC State
SEC
Tejas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, and LSU
Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Florida State, Louisville/West Virginia
Florida, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky
The PAC stays the same at 12
The ACC also becomes a 12 team conference
Miami, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest, Carolina, Dook, UVa, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College, and UConn/West Virginia/Louisville.
Now that's a bit more creative. I will think on this.
It's a clever way of shedding the "burden" of having to protect NC State's interest without risking the possibility of losing the Walmart fans in that state. State gets to have their own TAMU moment but through going north, instead.
One drawback is I don't think ND would do a full membership. ND might continue their association with the ACC that would be more tight than they had with the Big East with some changes. Louisville would be an interesting case, as I am not sure whether they would pick being in an expanded SEC with Texas and Oklahoma over the basketball prestige of the ACC. In that hypothetical, they may end up letting the SEC make the decision for them. I doubt a basketball-focused ACC would pick WVU over UCONN due to academic consideration. Maybe Cincinnati over the other two to smooth any tensions.
Louisville, UNC, Duke, UVA, GT, Miami, Clemson, Syracuse, Pitt, BC, Wake, Cincinnati/Connecticut
Also interesting that State lists several Big Ten universities (including the two newbies) as peers. Both State and VPI have been close or knocking on the door of AAU. Doesn't mean they get in but would not be surprised if they do within thirty years.
SEC
UT, TAMU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, LSU
Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Florida State, Kentucky, Louisville, Alabama
Florida, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
ACC replaces Louisville with Cincinnati. Then it comes down to WVU vs UCONN for that 12th full spot, while ND gets an association deal
BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Cincinnati, West Virginia/Connecticut, Miami
UVA, UNC, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Georgia Tech
Whoever gets left out of the 12th spot would head whatever remains out of the AAC and B12
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