Who should the SEC add?

Who to add?

  • Virginia Tech

    Votes: 171 44.9%

  • West Virginia

    Votes: 65 17.1%

  • Kansas

    Votes: 6 1.6%

  • Clemson

    Votes: 149 39.1%

  • Florida St

    Votes: 153 40.2%

  • Miami

    Votes: 65 17.1%

  • Georgia Tech

    Votes: 65 17.1%

  • North Carolina

    Votes: 171 44.9%

  • Virginia

    Votes: 47 12.3%

  • Other/None

    Votes: 98 25.7%
  • Total voters
    381
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Pick up to 4 more teams that you think the SEC should add?

Also assume buyouts are not an issue.
 
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golfballs said:
Pick up to 4 more teams that you think the SEC should add?
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If they add more which I don’t think is a given at this point, they will look at the two growing states they don’t have.

UNC/Virginia make the most sense in all sports, demographics, tv audiences, academics etc
some combo of a UNC/Duke/NC State with a Virginia/Va Tech would be what they look at
 
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Why stop now? Might as well go after everyone and put one of the most corrupt athletic "governing organizations" in the world (NCAA) out of business.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
If they add more which I don’t think is a given at this point, they will look at the two growing states they don’t have.

UNC/Virginia make the most sense in all sports, demographics, tv audiences, academics etc
some combo of a UNC/Duke/NC State with a Virginia/Va Tech would be what they look at
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Yes I don’t know if they will or not but asking what people think they should do
 
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I voted Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, and Virginia Tech. However, I think the SEC should stay at 16 for time being and make the current structure fit. We still need to figure out scheduling.

The issue with going beyond 16 is that you start to sacrifice rivalry games or setup a system where you rarely see some of your conference opponents.
 
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I wonder if the SEC will become so large that it becomes a "football only" conference? Maybe football/basketball- the two large revenue generators. All other sports join other conferences- sort of like rowing and the Big 12.
 
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VT
NC
Clem
Cincinnati

Expanding audiences, huge revenue, and a small market sure but getting into Ohio is huge for the SEC since there’s likely zero chance the buckeyes ever want in.
 
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I said VA and NC. Two of the “best” state universities in the country. Solid sports programs for men and women and they aren’t football juggernauts.
 
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Florida St, because of Florida.
Georgia Tech, because of Georgia
Clemson, because of South Carolina
 
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The SouthEASTern conference teams should be in the southeast portion of the country. Else change the name.
 
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If ND is really the best "free agent" out there, I'd think in the long term the best chance of landing them would be to gut the ACC and take Clemson and FSU. Can't imagine ND would join the ACC in football then. I don't think the B1G does much for them, and at that point the SEC would be by far the most dominant conference. Question would be how the TV $ payouts per school would compare at that point w the B1G
 
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North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Miami

I don’t think we should add anymore but if we’re going to I think these four add enough bigger markets and cultural fits to balance it out. Plus it’s not just adding the toughest possible teams.
 
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My two cents:

- You're not going to get UNC away from the core ACC teams. And I don't think the SEC really wants them. Anyone from Carolina will tell you those 4 schools talk bball trash 365 like we talk football.

- I got lit up over this on another post, but people keep talking about Virginia Tech are the same people who when asked "who is the greatest UT player was of all timewill " only include players who played in the last 20 years. VT was terrible until the 90's, VT has never won a National Championship in any sport, they were good at football from about Michael Vick until 2011. They haven't lost fewer than 4 games since 2011 and haven't competed for the ACCCG since then. You don't win the VA market with VT. The big population centers (DC/Richmond/Norfolk are more cosmopolitan, Virginia Tech's culture is appalachian, much more like WVU. People say the ACC picked up Syracuse to get the NY market? NY doesn't care about Syracuse, they care about the Yankees and the Giants.

- The argument that you're moving away from a corrupt NCAA loses muster when the SEC suddenly has all the power. Even now, is the SEC not corrupt? A&M immediately came out opposing expansion, but pretty quickly changed their tune when daddy told them to get in line. Seems like the SEC already has so much power that the schools cannot think and act independently? How corrupt will this new SEC be?
 
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rocky top buzz said:
My two cents:

- You're not going to get UNC away from the core ACC teams. And I don't think the SEC really wants them. Anyone from Carolina will tell you those 4 schools talk bball trash 365 like we talk football.

- I got lit up over this on another post, but people keep talking about Virginia Tech are the same people who when asked "who is the greatest UT player was of all timewill " only include players who played in the last 20 years. VT was terrible until the 90's, VT has never won a National Championship in any sport, they were good at football from about Michael Vick until 2011. They haven't lost fewer than 4 games since 2011 and haven't competed for the ACCCG since then. You don't win the VA market with VT. The big population centers (DC/Richmond/Norfolk are more cosmopolitan, Virginia Tech's culture is appalachian, much more like WVU. People say the ACC picked up Syracuse to get the NY market? NY doesn't care about Syracuse, they care about the Yankees and the Giants.

- The argument that you're moving away from a corrupt NCAA loses muster when the SEC suddenly has all the power. Even now, is the SEC not corrupt? A&M immediately came out opposing expansion, but pretty quickly changed their tune when daddy told them to get in line. Seems like the SEC already has so much power that the schools cannot think and act independently? How corrupt will this new SEC be?
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old Southwest Conference level corruption x10
 
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rocky top buzz said:
My two cents:

- You're not going to get UNC away from the core ACC teams. And I don't think the SEC really wants them. Anyone from Carolina will tell you those 4 schools talk bball trash 365 like we talk football.

- I got lit up over this on another post, but people keep talking about Virginia Tech are the same people who when asked "who is the greatest UT player was of all timewill " only include players who played in the last 20 years. VT was terrible until the 90's, VT has never won a National Championship in any sport, they were good at football from about Michael Vick until 2011. They haven't lost fewer than 4 games since 2011 and haven't competed for the ACCCG since then. You don't win the VA market with VT. The big population centers (DC/Richmond/Norfolk are more cosmopolitan, Virginia Tech's culture is appalachian, much more like WVU. People say the ACC picked up Syracuse to get the NY market? NY doesn't care about Syracuse, they care about the Yankees and the Giants.

- The argument that you're moving away from a corrupt NCAA loses muster when the SEC suddenly has all the power. Even now, is the SEC not corrupt? A&M immediately came out opposing expansion, but pretty quickly changed their tune when daddy told them to get in line. Seems like the SEC already has so much power that the schools cannot think and act independently? How corrupt will this new SEC be?
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1. OK, they talk BBall trash. Why? Because they have invested in it much more deeply than any other SEC school over the years, except for perhaps Kentucky. I fail to see how their being in the SEC is a negative.

2. OK so VT's "culture" is "appalachian". Sounds like it could be a fun trip. Those who consider themselves more "cosmopolitan" are, on the whole, boring little 5h1ts who want to eat escargot because it is fashionable. It's snails. Nuff said. But if they haven't lost fewer than 4 games since 2011? Well, that beats the dogcrap out of what Tennessee has done in that time period. And as to NY? Who cares? Nice place to visit once every blue moon, but you are damn glad to leave.

3. The SEC would be as corrupt as it has always been. Pretty much at a more acceptable level without having to stroke the egos of their much more corrupt buddies in the NCAA. Which has made them grow more corrupt than they were before. However, the absence of NCAA "leadership" would probably result in congressional oversight in time. Do you really want those A-Holes running college sports?
 
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