(09-08-2015 12:18 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 07:20 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  SEC is already getting the full SECN instate rate for TX and gets the best ratings in the state so your argument doesn't hold any water. I think you're just desperately hoping the SEC lookswest instead of east and you should be. Adding another TX or an OK team does jack squat for the SEC bottom line. Bringing in a NC/VA pair adds another new Florida in population to the footprint.

10th
Moving to the SEC was the best thing that could happen to A&M. It's a better situation than staying in the Big 12, and much better than if you had gone to the PAC (and I'm happy for you).
Moving to the SEC is the worst thing that COULD happen to Carolina. So don't get me wrong, but it's just not the best thing for my school, but it could happen.
If one assumes that Carolina does not opt out of the P5 our best case situation would be to remain in a stable ACC, our next best situation (if the ACC failed completely) would be to join the B1G with UVa, Dook and Georgia Tech. If for some reason that didn't work we would as a last resort Carolina could bump NC State out from the spot that Clay Travis seems to have reserved for them and join the SEC. There is no doubt that the SEC would take Carolina as opposed to State. Carolina would not be left out or placed in an undesirable situation in any circumstance.
My suggestion is based on my belief that Carolina and Virginia would add little to SEC football except eyeballs to your network plus what would we do about lacrosse? Virginia Tech would fair better but would never be able to compete as the highest level without massive capital improvements and upgrades. Whereas, I do believe that the SEC needs more presence in the State of Texas as to not be swept aside when A&M slumps and there is need for at least one other football power in the west to compete long term with LSU.
I can understand that you won't get "jack squat" in your bank account, but you will get a better balanced conference and meaningful competition with peer institutions and still make more money than anyone else.

Well if Va Tech did come to the SEC they would get a 14 mllion a year bump anyway. That should help them compete. But quite frankly until Beamer retires it will all downhill for the Hokies whether they are in the ACC, SEC, or Big 10.

I think Oklahoma and Virginia Tech would be quite acceptable to the SEC. That's a brand, a regional brand, and a market, and a bigger slice of DFW.