(10-02-2018 06:36 PM)JRsec Wrote:  Let's make this visible:

Alabama: 4.875 million
Arkansas: 3.004 million
Florida: 20.980 million
Georgia: 10.430 million
Kentucky: 4.454 million
Louisiana: 4.684 million
Mississippi: 2.984 million
Missouri: 6.114 million
South Carolina: 5.024 million
Tennessee: 6.716 million
Texas: 28.300 million

States of Potential Members:
Texas: 28.300 million (school: Texas or Texas Tech)
Oklahoma: 3.931 million (school: Oklahoma or Oklahoma State)
Kansas: 2.913 million (school: Kansas or Kansas State)
North Carolina: 10.270 million (school: North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke)
Virginia: 8.470 million (school: Virginia or Virginia Tech)
Florida: 20.980 million (school: Florida State or Miami)
South Carolina: 5.024 million (school: Clemson)

*Note all population stats are as of 2017

Conventional Wisdom is that under the new pay model market additions are only good for adding to the value of the conference network.

Content additions however illustrate how multiple schools from one state help the conference to add to the total potential viewers for both schools by double dipping the large audience states. This adds to especially to tier 2 values. If one or both of those schools is also a well recognized brand then they multiply the value of our T1 content by being selected more often for prime time telecasts.

So if you want to maximize value you look for well known brand schools, preferably from large states, and if they reside in a state we currently don't have represented then they also add to our T3 value.

Texas, Florida State/or Miami meet fulfill T1 and T2 requirements.
Oklahoma fulfills T1 and T3 requirements.
North Carolina or N.C. State fulfills T2 and T3.
Virginia fulfills T2 and T3.
Virginia Tech fulfills T1, T2, and T3.

But it is cold hard ratings and revenue you are after then Texas gives you the eyes of the 28.3 million and if not playing at the same time as A&M we double it. Oklahoma gives you the eyes of 13 million between Oklahoma and DFW.
Florida State gives you the eyes of 20.98 million if not playing at the same time as Florida.

IMO the ideal additions for the SEC are what we all already knew: Texas and Oklahoma

#2 pairing: Texas / or Oklahoma and Florida State.

IMO all other options are fillers.

To land Texas, pretend not to be interested in them. They have given the SEC in the past, plenty of reasons to dislike them. The forbidden fruit becomes the most desirable.