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What would you think about these 2 conferences being paired & marketed together?
(01-23-2016 02:26 AM)JRsec Wrote: (01-23-2016 02:08 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote: What would you think of this?
SEC
Texas, Kansas, Missouri, A&M, Arkansas, Baylor
Lenville I see where you are going with this and I don't disagree that if the ACC and SEC could find an equitable division of the Big 12 that we could end this. But the time to do that was 2 years ago.
Here is how I saw it then. The SEC would take 2 and pick up N.C. State and Virginia Tech. The ACC would add 5 (including WVU). Then what you would have in each conference is 3 divisions of 6 that made sense.
ACC:
Boston College, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia
Duke, Clemson, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest
Baylor, Florida State, Miami, Texas, T.C.U., Kansas State
SEC:
Arkansas, Louisiana State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Texas A&M
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State
Kentucky, N.C. State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech
But since that isn't likely to happen then we both need to take 4 and just live with divisional problems.
I figure Kansas and Oklahoma to the SEC with Texas and West Virginia to the ACC and then we each take two more.
That wasn't a bad deal & the ACC would've been wise to take it. The problem is that Tobacco Road isn't willing to give up old rivalries no matter the cost or how trivial they may seem to the rest of the country.
I would be ecstatic with any Texas & Oklahoma split between the ACC & SEC. Building on what you suggested the SEC could take Oklahoma, Kansas, Oklahoma St (I can see them sticking together for Bedlam) & another Texas school? Iowa State? Not much there for #4. VT would make a nice #4 here & possibly realistic.
The ACC then takes Texas, WV, TCU, Kansas State & Iowa State. ND remains indy, keeping them happy.
SEC
Oklahoma, Okl State, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, A&M
Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Vandy, Mississippi, Mississippi State
Florida, Georgia, S Carolina, VT, Kentucky, Tennessee
ACC
Texas, TCU, Iowa St, Kansas St, Miami, Louisville
Pittsburgh, Syracuse, BC, WV, NC State, WF
FSU, Clemson, GT, NC, Duke, Virginia
At this point IF ND were to go all-in, the ACC could easily break into a 4x5 by adding 1 of Baylor, TT, UCONN, Houston, Temple or Cincinnati.
(Just for fun.)
(This post was last modified: 01-23-2016 10:27 AM by Lenvillecards.)
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