Let's say the SEC adds two more teams...

[fordman84]

meh...just trying to think outside the box. Everyone is looking East...I'm wondering what opportunities may lie in the West....if any.

Yeah I was doing the same yesterday. Would love to get OU in the SEC and let Texas keep the big12 for itself.

 

[fordman84]

Volbound, why do you think the SEC would take State over Carolina?

Also, if conference commissioners thought VT would bring the DC and Virginia market wouldnt they already be in the B1G?

I get the feeling that UNC wouldn't go to the SEC.

 

[uncfan103]

I get the feeling that UNC wouldn't go to the SEC.

Why is that?

 

[fordman84]

Why is that?

I don't have any proof, tweets, or connections saying that...just a feeling. Maybe you would. I think UNC is preferable over State. UNC vs UK in basketball would be awesome.

 

[sparko]

i think, when it comes down to it, if UNC has to make a move, it has other options that are more attractive to the university. SEC <> UNC just doesn't fit

 

[TigerBait1971]

Volbound, why do you think the SEC would take State over Carolina?

Also, if conference commissioners thought VT would bring the DC and Virginia market wouldnt they already be in the B1G?

also I think people think UNC will not move without Duke....

 

[TigerBait1971]

Yeah I was doing the same yesterday. Would love to get OU in the SEC and let Texas keep the big12 for itself.

adding OU and Okie Lite would be pretty sweet.....

 

[uncfan103]

I don't have any proof, tweets, or connections saying that...just a feeling. Maybe you would. I think UNC is preferable over State. UNC vs UK in basketball would be awesome.

I think they understand that they have to be looking for a way out, and if that means the SEC then I don't see them turning it down. You could be right, especially since a lot of basketball only just care about being in a conference with Duke.

 

[fordman84]

adding OU and Okie Lite would be pretty sweet.....

And make the 4 team pod:

A&M
Mizzou
OU
OSU


lol

 

[fordman84]

I think they understand that they have to be looking for a way out, and if that means the SEC then I don't see them turning it down. You could be right, especially since a lot of basketball only just care about being in a conference with Duke.

Which goes back to UNC and Duke to the SEC

 

[TigerBait1971]

And make the 4 team pod:

A&M
Mizzou
OU
OSU


lol

Yes....and LSU would be in a pod with Arky and the two Miss schools....

 

[uncfan103]

also I think people think UNC will not move without Duke....

I went over this in another thread somewhere. Carolina needs to have a football program in order for athletic department to be successful. I think they would move without Duke if staying with Duke meant sacrificing football money.

 

[uncfan103]

i think, when it comes down to it, if UNC has to make a move, it has other options that are more attractive to the university. SEC <> UNC just doesn't fit

I don't think the B1G would come after us. The B1G and the SEC are probably both better fits than the Big 12, which i can't really imagine us joining.

 

[TigerBait1971]

I went over this in another thread somewhere. Carolina needs to have a football program in order for athletic department to be successful. I think they would move without Duke if staying with Duke meant sacrificing football money.

can you promise not to wear those shitty helmets again?

 

[uncfan103]

can you promise not to wear those shitty helmets again?

Yes. I can promise you those helmets are never worn again. We sold them.


However, we might buy new ones that look just like them so i can't promise we don't wear those.

 

[24seven]

There should be 2 superconferences with 80 teams each. They play round robin and crown a champion every 7 years. The 2 champs play for the 7-year title.

 

[fordman84]

There should be 2 superconferences with 80 teams each. They play round robin and crown a champion every 7 years. The 2 champs play for the 7-year title.

I was wondering this afternoon about which would be the first conference to push it to 20 teams. It WILL happen eventually.

 

[sparko]

it seems consensus that the 3 teams that the SEC would want are VT and UNC/NC State.

The question is:

UNC+Duke > VT+NC State?

My answer ... no ... not in regards to TVs. UNC may be a national bball brand but all anyone cares about are TV contracts. NC State still brings the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill metro area. If UNC & Duke leave the ACC as a package deal, they'll be in the B1G, where they care about things other than money and football (namely, academics). I think the B1G would want UVA before Duke (to tap into the DC market even more).

 

[HoHumHokie]

it seems consensus that the 3 teams that the SEC would want are VT and UNC/NC State.

The question is:

UNC+Duke > VT+NC State?

My answer ... no ... not in regards to TVs. UNC may be a national bball brand but all anyone cares about are TV contracts. NC State still brings the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill metro area. If UNC & Duke leave the ACC as a package deal, they'll be in the B1G, where they care about things other than money and football (namely, academics). I think the B1G would want UVA before Duke (to tap into the DC market even more).

NC State has a much more passionate football fan base than UNC. NCSU is a bigger draw to the bowls. As long as Swofford is commissioner of the ACC, then UNC won't be going anywhere.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

NC State has a much more passionate football fan base than UNC. NCSU is a bigger draw to the bowls. As long as Swofford is commissioner of the ACC, then UNC won't be going anywhere.

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