(07-02-2019 10:54 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-02-2019 08:39 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  The thought of Vanderbilt leaving the SEC (or being asked to leave) is absurd. My great great aunt (the venerable Lucille Binns) was one of the first women to attend VU (this was in the early 1900s). And since then, I've had no fewer than 10 family members, on both my mother's and father's sides of the family, work at and/or attend the university.

You have to understand the dynamic at play related to Vanderbilt, Nashville and the SEC. If you do understand it, you know VU is never leaving (barring some insane scenario). Vanderbilt is not Maryland (and that is not a slight against UofM). Nashville and Atlanta are the two epicenters of the SEC. The SEC knows it and VU knows it. They are bonded.

While I essentially agree with you, I did want to remind you that the SEC is doing just fine in Atlanta without Georgia Tech. And New Orleans is still SEC territory without Tulane. I think we'll be adding more of Dallas to that impressive list before too long.