RE: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
According to Google maps College Station , TX is about 50 miles closer to Gainesville then Fayetteville, AR. _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:24 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Perhaps for non-revenue sports, this is an inexpensive trip for Arky (and potentially UT). Not sure, where is A&M, really? Surely, there are other better choices within our footprint. -Zeb On Jun 14, 2010, at 3:51 PM, ken...@earthlink.net wrote: Why do we want Texas A&M, other than getting exposure in Texas? Is that sufficient? (Maybe the conference just wants all the teams where Bear Bryant was a HC). -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
Perhaps for non-revenue sports, this is an inexpensive trip for Arky (and potentially UT). Not sure, where is A&M, really? Surely, there are other better choices within our footprint. -Zeb On Jun 14, 2010, at 3:51 PM, ken...@earthlink.net wrote: Why do we want Texas A&M, other than getting exposure in Texas? Is that sufficient? (Maybe the conference just wants all the teams where Bear Bryant was a HC). -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
VT just joined the ACC tho. Woody (via iPhone) On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:09 PM, "Oliver Barry" wrote: Clemson is already out according to the media pundits. A&M would open up a media market and a very rich recruiting bed. Similarly VT. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ken...@earthlink.net Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 2:52 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Why do we want Texas A&M, other than getting exposure in Texas? Is that sufficient? (Maybe the conference just wants all the teams where Bear Bryant was a HC). Really, I wonder what the formula for deciding whether a team can (at least) pull its own weight in the conference, financially. How much more is the conference's television contract worth with UF than without? It's speculative, but I assume the conference execs are doing a similar exercise with all the potential adds. Interesting that back in the early '90s, the conference first wanted F$U and scUM, not Arkansas or USC. It turned out better this way for the conference, I think. It was the schools' lucky day when USC and Arkansas got invited to join. It was the conference's lucky day when F$U and scUM said no. If we add Texas A&M, and feel the need to add a team from the eastern side of the country, I think Clemson would be the best fit, among those being mentioned. Maybe because (I think) they actually sell out their stadium, and seem to be as football-crazy as the rest of the conference. Of course, if it's all about adding media markets, the it will probably be VT. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed From: John Vega Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:44:16 -0400 To: Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Why not Tulane? Original SEC member, nice media outlet, good stadium -Zeb On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Gatorr wrote: We would need atleast one more for the east, NC maybe or Clemson is my guess. Wont be FSU or UM -- 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
RE: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
Clemson is already out according to the media pundits. A&M would open up a media market and a very rich recruiting bed. Similarly VT. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ken...@earthlink.net Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 2:52 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Why do we want Texas A&M, other than getting exposure in Texas? Is that sufficient? (Maybe the conference just wants all the teams where Bear Bryant was a HC). Really, I wonder what the formula for deciding whether a team can (at least) pull its own weight in the conference, financially. How much more is the conference's television contract worth with UF than without? It's speculative, but I assume the conference execs are doing a similar exercise with all the potential adds. Interesting that back in the early '90s, the conference first wanted F$U and scUM, not Arkansas or USC. It turned out better this way for the conference, I think. It was the schools' lucky day when USC and Arkansas got invited to join. It was the conference's lucky day when F$U and scUM said no. If we add Texas A&M, and feel the need to add a team from the eastern side of the country, I think Clemson would be the best fit, among those being mentioned. Maybe because (I think) they actually sell out their stadium, and seem to be as football-crazy as the rest of the conference. Of course, if it's all about adding media markets, the it will probably be VT. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerryR smartphone with SprintSpeed _ From: John Vega Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:44:16 -0400 To: Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Why not Tulane? Original SEC member, nice media outlet, good stadium -Zeb On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Gatorr wrote: We would need atleast one more for the east, NC maybe or Clemson is my guess. Wont be FSU or UM -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
Why do we want Texas A&M, other than getting exposure in Texas? Is that sufficient? (Maybe the conference just wants all the teams where Bear Bryant was a HC). Really, I wonder what the formula for deciding whether a team can (at least) pull its own weight in the conference, financially. How much more is the conference's television contract worth with UF than without? It's speculative, but I assume the conference execs are doing a similar exercise with all the potential adds. Interesting that back in the early '90s, the conference first wanted F$U and scUM, not Arkansas or USC. It turned out better this way for the conference, I think. It was the schools' lucky day when USC and Arkansas got invited to join. It was the conference's lucky day when F$U and scUM said no. If we add Texas A&M, and feel the need to add a team from the eastern side of the country, I think Clemson would be the best fit, among those being mentioned. Maybe because (I think) they actually sell out their stadium, and seem to be as football-crazy as the rest of the conference. Of course, if it's all about adding media markets, the it will probably be VT. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -Original Message- From: John Vega Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:44:16 To: Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Why not Tulane? Original SEC member, nice media outlet, good stadium -Zeb On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Gatorr wrote: > We would need atleast one more for the east, NC maybe or Clemson is > my guess. Wont be FSU or UM -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
Why not Tulane? Original SEC member, nice media outlet, good stadium -Zeb On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Gatorr wrote: We would need atleast one more for the east, NC maybe or Clemson is my guess. Wont be FSU or UM -- 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
RE: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
Good point. Would that be addressed by making sure that we play F$U at home in the year we have only four home conference games? (Sorry, it's still too early on a Sunday for me to think clearly.) Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) -Original Message- From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Belloit Sent: 06/13/2010 8:27 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others The problem with that is that every other year you would lose a home game. jerry -Original Message- From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ken...@earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 7:10 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Jerry wrote: The problem with any 16 league team is that you could play only one team from the other division in any given year. --- Unless you drop one non-conference game and make the regular-season conference schedule nine games. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -- 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
RE: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
The problem with that is that every other year you would lose a home game. jerry -Original Message- From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ken...@earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 7:10 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others Jerry wrote: The problem with any 16 league team is that you could play only one team from the other division in any given year. --- Unless you drop one non-conference game and make the regular-season conference schedule nine games. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
Jerry wrote: The problem with any 16 league team is that you could play only one team from the other division in any given year. --- Unless you drop one non-conference game and make the regular-season conference schedule nine games. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
I heard that too but they just joined the ACC. I dont see that happening. Same reason why UM wont join. Woody (via iPhone) On Jun 13, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Helen Huntley wrote: One additional east team that's supposedly in the mix is Virginia Tech. On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Jerry Belloit 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 Gatorr 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 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 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 simp le. And if ESPN is smart, which it is, they'll demand this, broker t his 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 mo st 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 -- 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
One additional east team that's supposedly in the mix is Virginia Tech. On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Jerry Belloit 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 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 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
RE: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
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 Gatorr 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 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 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
The conference could just re-align. Stick a couple of teams currently in the West in the East. The question is: which teams? Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -Original Message- From: Gatorr Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:05:15 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 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 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 simp > le. And if ESPN is smart, which it is, they'll demand this, broker t > his 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 mo > st 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
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 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 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 simp le. And if ESPN is smart, which it is, they'll demand this, broker t his 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 mo st 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
I agree. Go Gators Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -Original Message- From: Helen Huntley Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:55:44 To: Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others 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 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
Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
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 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
[gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others
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
