(08-04-2016 06:10 PM)murrdcu Wrote: (08-04-2016 03:20 PM)AllTideUp Wrote: I do think Oklahoma State is going to be the price to get OU.
I don't see Kansas sliding into the East should a move like that materialize. It would be awfully awkward and as JR said, a significant competitive imbalance.
How about this?
SEC takes OU, OSU, KU, and TCU?
TCU? SEC would be better off adding a market like WVU than TCU in that instance.
All in all, I don't think WVU is a great addition. I don't mind them, but they just don't bring much to the table now and the potential for that to change in the future is little.
The reason I'm high on TCU is that they've built a great program over the last 20 years. They did it mostly on G5 level resources. Imagine what they could do with SEC money and exposure.
It's even more than that. I think we need a 2nd school in TX to protect against any other league dominating the state. A&M brings a lot, but the state is so large and diverse that not even a school like that really nails down the state. In other words, we have a lot of room for growth there and I think we should take advantage of that. I've always wanted a 2nd FL school for the very same reason although it doesn't seem there will be a great option for that right now.
UT would be the ideal 2nd addition, but that's probably not happening. If it can't be them then I think it should be TCU. They are located in one of the largest media markets in the country, one that is still growing at that. Very few schools offer that. When you throw in the recruiting potential, I think having the SEC be the primary game in town for a city like Dallas will pay dividends in a variety of ways.
I know OU will bring a fair sized contingent of DFW residents to the SEC footprint, but OU doesn't dominate the region. Combine what A&M and OU give you and throw in a growing local product in TCU and DFW is officially SEC country. UT obviously would have a sizable fan base there, but they play in DFW once a year. TCU would be playing a full slate of SEC games. You have to ask yourself, who is going to get the media coverage in DFW in that scenario...UT, A&M, OU, and TCU. Everyone else will be an also ran.
At that point, I'd compare DFW to Atlanta. The SEC controls Atlanta although obviously there's a fair contingent of ACC fans there.
Outside of expanding our exposure in TX and FL, there are only 2 markets that are so large that they warrant the SEC's future considerations...NC and VA. That doesn't look like it's going to happen right now though. I think we have to look not only at new markets, but the growth of existing markets and what the demographics will look like in 20-50 years.