(05-05-2020 07:29 AM)JRsec Wrote:  Here's the deal, if you have Kansas and Missouri head to the Big 10 so the SEC can take in Va Tech for the markets and a solid sports school, and if Vanderbilt and Wake were willing to be partials then this would work quite nicely:

Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia Tech
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina
Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee
Arkansas, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Texas A&M
*Vanderbilt, *Wake Forest

But to make it work without issue Vandy and Wake would have to agree to 1/2 voting status. There's no way the SEC agrees to let UNC bring a voting block which with just North Carolina school support could block the rest the of the conference wanting to accomplish something. That's one thing that has plagued the ACC.

Carolina's perk is getting to include all of their buds.

UVa would still head to the Big 10, which would work out nicely if the Domers make an unexpected turnaround and go against everything they claim to stand for. Otherwise, we might look to combining UVa with Pitt to make money off of the Penn State-Pitt rivalry and make a nice eastern wing to the conference, a tight western wing of the conference and an even tighter central.

Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Northwestern, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois
Pitt, Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, Virginia, Rutgers