One additional east team that's supposedly in the mix is Virginia Tech. On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Jerry Belloit <bell...@clarion.edu> wrote:
> I would favor Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Add them > to LSU, Mississippi, and MSU, and Alabama for the West, the rest for the > east. > > > > The problem with any 16 league team is that you could play only one team > from the other division in any given year. The one team would have to be on > an 16 year rotation with playing them twice in the 16 years. > > > > I have changed my mind about F$U and even Miami. F$U adds nothing to the > SEC. Miami would add a major Hispanic TV market but I am not thrilled with > having such a poorly attended team. > > > > Interestingly, I would argue that Miami made a grave mistake giving up on > the Big East. They were able to recruit the Northeast. Since they lost the > TV coverage in the Northeast, their recruiting has gone south. > > > > If we stuck with only Texas and Texas A&M, an interesting pick might be > Duke and NC. It would completely change the SEC basketball program and it > would add Charlotte’s TV market. > > > > Jerry > > > > *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Gatorrrrrr > *Sent:* Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:05 PM > *To:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com > > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others > > > > We would need atleast one more for the east, NC maybe or Clemson is my > guess. Wont be FSU or UM > > Woody (via iPhone) > > > On Jun 12, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Helen Huntley <hhsga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Unless the SEC gets Texas, I am not interested in expansion and hope it > doesn't happen. > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:35 AM, jfranl <jfr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > This is kind of the way I see it, because you know that the SEC is going to > do something. I think ESPN will be behind the realignment but not sure > about adding FSU and/or Miami but what about Oklahoma? You talk about some > tough games! But will be great to see! Fran > > > > From an article: “So, the SEC adds Texas and Texas A&M from the west and > then adds Miami and Florida State from the east. It's that simple. And if > ESPN is smart, which it is, they'll demand this, broker this and help get it > done. In adding all of the football powers from Texas and Florida to your > league, you lock down the country's two most influential football states and > then let the rest of the college football fight for the scraps” > > * * > > *J. Fran Lasseter* > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
