Should the SEC expand?

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Reegan

Reegan

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Adding 2 more teams.
7 in the East.
7 in the West.
Return to the 3 non conference game schedule and each team plays 8 conference games.

It'd be great for the SEC to add teams such as West Virginia and Louisville for Football.

East:
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisville
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
West Virginia

West:
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Tennessee

Id be for that if it were ever discussed of happening.
It'd be a SEC Super Conference.

It would've happened back in the 70's when USC and others threatened to leave the Pac 10 and form a super conference with Texas and other teams.
 
#2
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Reegan said:
Adding 2 more teams.
7 in the East.
7 in the West.
Return to the 3 non conference game schedule and each team plays 8 conference games.

It'd be great for the SEC to add teams such as West Virginia and Louisville for Football.

East:
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisville
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
West Virginia

West:
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Tennessee

Id be for that if it were ever discussed of happening.
It'd be a SEC Super Conference.

It would've happened back in the 70's when USC and others threatened to leave the Pac 10 and form a super conference with Texas and other teams.
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Why Tennessee in the west and not Louisville?
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
Why would we be in the west?

Louisville is further west than Knoxville.......

That makes no sense...........
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Because Louisville is in Kentucky.
Why would you have 2 teams from the same state playing in different divisions?

Like Louisville being further West really matters?
Dallas is in the NFC East for christ sakes.:thumbsup:
 
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Reegan said:
Because Louisville is in Kentucky.
Why would you have 2 teams from the same state playing in different divisions?

Like Louisville being further West really matters?
Dallas is in the NFC East for christ sakes.:thumbsup:
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It should........................are you afraid of Georgia and Florida?
 
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LAVolfan said:
I was thinking the same thing except for Vanderbilt instead of Louisville. I would think you would put the team on the west side of the state in the west division.
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Its also to make the divisions balance out.

If Tennessee were to remain in the SECE.
The SECE would be clearly the dominate division.

Tennessee going to the SEC West balances things out
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
It should........................are you afraid of Georgia and Florida?
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No.

But currently Florida,Georgia,Tennesse,and West Virginia are all NC contendors.
WVU might change if they were in the SEC though.

The SECW only has LSU and Auburn as actual NC contendors,the rest are just middle of the pack teams.
 
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#12
1.) It makes no sense to have a super conference because it limits your chances for the National Championshp. Take the little 11 for example.
 
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#14
Yes the SEC should expand, have a playoff, and the winner declared the National Championship winner.
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
1.) It makes no sense to have a super conference because it limits your chances for the National Championshp. Take the little 11 for example.
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BCS=Best Chance for SEC

Thats why LSU jumped over Georgia and VA Tech when they were 7th to go to the National Championship.

Thats why 5 of the last 10 NC games have featured a SEC team.And when it doesnt feature a SEC team first of all each team had to have started the season ranked high or went undefeated and if not people whine that the SEC should be in because they play a tougher schedule
 
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Reegan said:
BCS=Best Chance for SEC

Thats why LSU jumped over Georgia and VA Tech when they were 7th to go to the National Championship.

Thats why 4 of the last 10 NC games have featured a SEC team.And when it doesnt feature a SEC team first of all each team had to have started the season ranked high or went undefeated and if not people whine that the SEC should be in because they play a tougher schedule
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Expansion isn't BS???????

:whistling:

So playing a harder schedule compared to the Big 10 / Pac-10 does what?
 
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jkell24 said:
They need to kick a few teams out rather than adding any. :good!:
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Like who?

Vanderbilt?


Thats the only team in the SEC I dont think will compete for anything in the next decade.Every other team is building and could be able to compete.
 
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#18
Can't we just leave things alone. Why does everything always have to be tweeked? The SEC is just fine as it is. They don't need 75 teams to be a better conference.
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
Expansion isn't BS???????

:whistling:

So playing a harder schedule compared to the Big 10 / Pac-10 does what?
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It allows them to jump over Pac 10/Big 10 teams after the SEC Championship Game.

Unless the teams ahead of them are either USC,Ohio State,or Michigan.Because BCS has love for those programs but anybody else is viable to be jumped over by a SEC Championship Winner in the Top 8
 
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jkell24 said:
Can't we just leave things alone. Why does everything always have to be tweeked? The SEC is just fine as it is. They don't need 75 teams to be a better conference.
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Thats humanity Jkell.

We're never satisfied.
 
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Reegan said:
It allows them to jump over Pac 10/Big 10 teams after the SEC Championship Game.

Unless the teams ahead of them are either USC,Ohio State,or Michigan.Because BCS has love for those programs but anybody else is viable to be jumped over by a SEC Championship Winner in the Top 8
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Why not play an easy out of conference schedule and win your SEC games?

I would rather be undefeated than stuck with 1 or 2 losses and not control your own destiny.
 
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Reegan said:
Like who?

Vanderbilt?


Thats the only team in the SEC I dont think will compete for anything in the next decade.Every other team is building and could be able to compete.
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The SEC is more than just football and Vandy is a good baseball and basketball school. I was saying that based on the size alone. Vandy also makes the academic numbers look a little better across the board. If they should anyone I would rather see a former SEC school come back like Georgia Tech before Louisville or WV.
 
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