RE: I Have a New Challenging Exercise for You.....
I went back and looked at each SEC teams top OOC games. Here is the breakdown. I went down to 20 this time.
Alabama: Georgia Tech 52, Southern Miss 43, Tulane 41
Arkansas: Texas 78, SMU 73, Tulsa 72, Baylor 70, TCU 70, Rice 67, OK St 46, Texas Tech 37
Auburn: Georgia Tech 92, Clemson 51, Tulane 37, Southern Miss 22
Florida: Fl St. 62, Miami 55, Georgia Tech 38, Tulane 21
Georgia: GT 112, Clemson 64, North Carolina 31, Tulane 25
KY: Indiana 36, Cincy 33, Louisville 30, GT 20, West Virginia 20
LSU: Tulane 98, Rice 55, Lousiana-Lafayette 22
Miss: Tulane 71, Southern Miss 24, Ark St 23
Miss St: Tulane 58, Memphis 44, Southern Miss 29
Missouri: Kansas 120, Iowa St 104, Nebraska 104, Kansas St 97, OK 76, Colorado 75, Ok St 52, Ill 24, Texas 24, SMU 23
South Carolina: Clemson 115, NC State 58, UNC 57, Wake 56, Duke 44, Virginia 34, Maryland 27, GT 21, VT 20
TN: Georgia Tech 44, UNC 32, Duke 29, Memphis 23
Texas A&M: Texas 118, Baylor 108, TCU 92, Rice 82, SMU 81, Texas Tech 70, Houston 34, OK 31, OK State 27
Vandy: Tulane 48, GT 38, Virginia
So we should invite Tulane and Southern Miss. But take away the G5 teams:
Alabama: Georgia Tech
Arkansas: Texas, Baylor, TCU, OK St, Texas Tech
Auburn: Georgia Tech, Clemson
Florida: Fl St., Miami, Georgia Tech,
Georgia: GT, Clemson, North Carolina,
KY: Indiana, Louisville, GT, West Virginia
LSU: N/A
Miss: N/A
Miss St: N/A
Missouri: Kansas, Iowa St, Nebraska, Kansas St, OK, Colorado, Ok St, Ill, Texas
South Carolina: Clemson, NC State, UNC, Wake, Duke, Virginia, Maryland, GT, VT
TN: Georgia Tech, UNC, Duke
Texas A&M: Texas, Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, OK, OK State
Vandy: GT, Virginia
Teams by number of SEC "familiar foes"
Georgia Tech: 8
Texas: 3
Baylor: 2
TCU: 2
OK State: 2
Texas Tech:2
Clemson: 3
UNC: 3
OK: 2
Duke: 2
Virginia: 2
Georgia Tech being the top by far is no surprise since they used to be in conference and sit squarely in our territory.
Take away Baylor and you have 10 candidates for a maximum 6 spots.
Eastern teams: GT, Clemson, UNC, Duke, Virginia
West: OK, State, TCU, Texas, Tech
I tried to come up with a 20 (and even a 24) team league based on these candidates, but it was a mess in the divisions - Florida in a division with Texas A&M and Arkansas so that Texas would be in a different division than A&M and so that Auburn/Alabama and Georgia/Tech could be the same divisions. So I'll just keep my original breakdown and keep it at 18. That does leave out Tech as I chose Clemson and UNC but I can make the case for that based on new markets (UNC) and content (Clemson football/UNC basketball).
A 21 team league might work, but is out of bounds for this exercise:
East: UNC, Clemson, South Carolina, Georgia, GT, Florida, Auburn
Central: TN, KY, Vandy, Miss, Miss St, Alabama, LSU
West: Missouri, Texas A&M, Ark, Texas, Tech, OK, OK State
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2018 12:12 PM by Soobahk40050.)
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