DawgNBama Wrote:My intense hatred for many of the former members of the SWC notwithstanding ( here's SEC vs SWC for ya: take that arrogant Tejas teams!!!), I would like to get back on the topic of East Carolina joining the SEC.

What type of a following does ECU have in North Carolina? The last time the SEC expanded, it took in two programs with pretty big fan followings (see Arkansas and South Carolina). What type of high school football talent does North Carolina have? (i.e. Are Chris Leaks the exception or the rule in NC?) I don't know if this right or wrong, but I always got the impression that the state of North Carolina is a lot like the state of Indiana: big time basketball state. Should North Carolina become more of a "football state," and East Carolina have like 70,000 seat stadium with a huge fan following, I would be pushing heavily for ECU's admission to the SEC. BTW, I'd have these same reservations about Louisville if they were wanting SEC membership too or Indiana from the Big Ten. I have no doubt that ECU could compete with some of the SEC schools, but I do have doubts about whether or not ECU could compete with all of the SEC schools.

ECU, and its D1 football program, is only 50 short miles from the vast overlooked and untapped ,Tidewater VA market( 4+million) the next closest D1 football program, NC State, is 300 miles away........the ACC and Big East blindly left this market unifiliated..........the SEC could grab this market from under the very nose of the pompous ACC.....by making ECU a afiliate of the SEC........my hunch, the SEC, makes a very smart move and cherry picks, WVU and ECU....within ten years. the SEC , can see, the tens of thousands of ACC haters, making the short 50 mile drive to, ECU, to watch a sold out, SEC football game