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RE: If the SEC did expand again and did so from the Big 12 who should we take and why?
(10-08-2015 11:51 AM)XLance Wrote:  
(10-08-2015 06:18 AM)JRsec Wrote:  
(10-07-2015 11:03 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  
(10-07-2015 11:51 AM)XLance Wrote:  Even with Oklahoma the SEC would need at least one other Texas school to help tie those 26 Million Texans to the SEC. It should be a school that would have a reason to bind the fan that does not have much of an allegiance to any school already. Texas Tech? Nah too far and too remote. TCU? Nah, Oklahoma already covers DFW. Tejas? It would be great, but they aren't going to join the SEC, period.
That just leaves Baylor for #16 (you just can't beat a bunch of Baptists in the South).

OU and another Texas school that's not UT? Would be better off with WVU or ECU
Market wise the best two would be Oklahoma and Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech gives you the market you desire, delivers the beltway, and gives you about a 30% share of West Virginia's market without having to take on a program that would be the lowest rated in the SEC from day 1, doesn't offer our requisite number of sports, and has conflicts with existing venue rules for the SEC.

The trouble with ECU is that we are carrying a decent percentage of North Carolina already without a North Carolina school and they too would be immediately at the bottom of the SEC academically. With a Virginia school North Carolina would be encircled.

I believe ultimately we may be headed to 18. The dream scenario for the SEC would be to do that with OU, UT, VaTech, and UNC. I just don't see that WVU adds enough now that the SECN is paying out what it is paying. We've about priced ourselves out of strong candidates.

We all know how this is really going down. ESPN will call in the commissioner, tell him that's it's time to expand from 14 to 16, give him a list of 3-4 ranked candidates and say pick two. The rankings will be based on viewers, market and dollars and the "fit" will be up to the conference. ESPN has all of the data that they need to know. The commissioner will then call in the Presidents and a decision will be made.
Now it doesn't matter whether you are talking about the commissioner of the SEC or the commissioner of the ACC, the process will be the same because ESPN has all of the numbers.
In the case of the ACC, it will be when the folks in South Bend have finally agreed to terms and the list may be as long as the SEC's, but the league will only get to pick one. Finis.

That is probably how it will work out. The SEC only goes to 18 if the ACC somehow manages to get destabilized. 16 is more probable for now.
10-08-2015 02:09 PM
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