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Pooch kicks: SEC upheaval, and an unseen opponent this season
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Pooch kicks: SEC upheaval, and an unseen opponent this season
Adding two teams to the conference likely is too lucrative an idea to pass up.
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Joining the SEC will awaken the sleeping Texas monster. All of those instate five-stars will no longer have to choose between going to Austin or playing in the SEC.
Texas A&M is as good right now as they’ve been in a hundred years.
There is a reason for that.
One more thought, being “inside the geographic footprint” is a hindrance to being invited, because it doesn’t add more of a TV audience.
Missouri and A&M were not invited IN SPITE of being outside the footprint, but because of it.
Also, there are already rumors that Clemson, FSU, and Ohio State(!) and Michigan(!) have expressed some interest in joining the SEC.
The last two may seem extremely far-fetched, but then again OU and Texas seemed that way a week ago.
Classof98, you are correct about that being how the conference leaders decided who to add last time. My reference to the geographic footprint was part of my own preference, since I like the fan bases being close to one another.
Sankey in 2024, please!
How about the ones going to Ohio State? What about those?
We will see four divisions & rather than trying to pick the two best teams out of a huge tie break mess, we will see a semi final & championship game with the winner seeing an automatic bid to the CFP. I also see the Power 5 becoming the Power 4 all receiving a CFP bid & bye & 8 wild card teams given to the highest rated remaining teams.
Great article Bill. Would love to see Clemson in the SEC, let’s trade Vandy! LSU, Clemson, Auburn & Mizzou—-The tiger Pod.
@Kasey that is both an excellent observation and question. For the life of me, I do not nor understand the draw OSU has in the south.
They’ve been good at putting DBs and WRs in the NFL as of late.
All of these changes to college football could be the beginning of the end of college football as we know it. Oh well. Sometimes traditions do matter.
I would love it if we could host every SEC at least once every 4 years. The current rotation of once every 12 years stinks.
Sankey also said he wants Federal legislation to deal with NIL issues. I think he is crazy asking for the feds to get involved. That is inviting the fox into the hen house. Clearly he is not thinking straight about either expansion or NIL. Greg is starting to think that he is smarter than everyone else. Might be time for him to go.
I agree with adding Clemson to the SEC and FSU would be a great fit too. BTW....to the fans who want to “dump Vandy”....that’s a terrible idea. Nashville is easily the best town for a road trip and tickets are cheap and easy to find. Also, Vandy may not be ultra competitive in football, but they are pretty good in many other sports.....especially baseball. Go Dawgs!!!
Texas is licking it's chops. Poor Ole Razarbacks. Get stuck with Texas and Oklahoma.