Really don't want to see the SEC get any better..
Really don't want to see the SEC get any better..
ESPN is saying A&M is in and Clemson, FSU, and Missouri are probably getting in too. Here comes the super-conferences.
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According to a Breaking News scroll on ESPN, Doug Gottlieb's sources tell him that Texas A&M will indeed be joining the SEC. Clemson, Florida State and Missouri are also likely to join.
Not entirely sure if I buy that. Since when has Missouri become a school of SEC football quality? And I still think Florida and South Carolina would do whatever it takes to block any chances of entry for Florida State and Clemson.
Damn, got beat.
Last edited by SmoothPancakes; 08-13-2011 at 09:32 AM.
Missouri is probably in to get to the league to 16 and gain access to the St. Louis TV market.
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Yeah, maybe. At least for me when it comes to teams I'd look at to accept in, Missouri wouldn't be one of them. They could do better than Missouri. You're already raiding the ACC, why not try to pick up Virginia Tech along the way? Sure, there's the Virginia-VT rivalry, but they could always play it as an OOC game like many other rivalries. Missouri, the TV market is about the only thing that would make sense about that addition.
Besides TV, Missouri also helps with symmetry. Clemson and FSU would add 2 more eastern teams (and 2 more rivalry games). A&M is obviously in the West so they needed 1 more Western school. Missouri owns that state the same way LSU owns LA and Arkansas owns AR (sorry Tommy). I could see Arkansas-Missouri becoming a rivalry game as well as LSU-A&M. Also, if I'm correct, Missouri is high academic school so it could "help" the conference in that regard.
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Last edited by souljahbill; 08-13-2011 at 09:41 AM.
Super conference!
I'm interested how the scheduling would work in a 16-team conference. You have 7 division games. Do they play 1 or 2 cross-divisional games and will they still have a protected rivalry game (LSU plays Florida every year for example)?
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True. I suppose from that angle it makes sense.Originally Posted by souljahbill
So now the real questions start. Now that the SEC has made the first move in the Super Conference arms race, what next for the ACC, Big 10 and Pac-12. The ACC, I have a feeling, is going to raid either the Big East (again) or Conference USA to either make up for losing Clemson and Florida State, or a combination to jump to 16 teams. The Big Ten will probably seriously look at raiding the Big East (if Notre Dame again refuses to join), and the Pac-12 will finish raiding the Big 12. Because of their refusal to give up the Longhorn Network, and the Pac-12's desire to have all teams on board with the Pac-12 Network, Texas ends up going independent.
What are the chances Texas AND ND go to the B10?
Texas in the Big 10 is just as gross to me as TCU in the Big East. As long as custom conferences are in the NCAA games, I'll always be free of that filth.
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If we get the super conferences, will we see a play off system?
Not likely. With a playoff system, 2-16 teams can say they had a successful season. With bowls, 60+ teams can say they had a successful season by saying they went to the ______________ Bowl. Now, going to the Capital One Bowl may be a "consolation prize" for an SEC team, going to the New Orleans Bowl is a big deal for a Sun Belt team. That's why bowls aren't going away anytime soon. When your athletic department is trying to raise money, saying you played in a bowl game after a 6-6 season is a more positive sales pitch then we went 6-6 and watched the top 2-16 teams play each other on tv with everybody else.
missouri's AD has told the St Louis paper that the school will not leave for the SEC.
If not Mizou, then who?
IF FSU and Clemson leave the ACC they are both stupid. You are already in an automatic qualifier and there is really no real reason to leave the conference.
Because they'd be leaving the 2nd lowest regarded BCS conference for the one of the highest regarded BCS conferences.
If I only I could +1 with rep
While that sounds good in theory (and is true at the same time), you are still an auto qualifier let one of them be undefeated (ACC) and you have a one loss SEC team the ACC team will still get in, over that one loss SEC team, especially if it FSU. So if they go to the SEC then you will in essence have to fight every week and you might not ever go undefeated to play in the BCS. Outside of money I cant see a reason to do it is all I am saying, you arent gaining anything but money and your stature as a team will not necessarily improve anyway, because the way things are you will still play an SEC team in the title game and not have the week in and out headaches.
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