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We get it ... we often play cupcakes like UF and UTjr before we play Kentucky or Miss State. Have to get rested up!
SEC staying at 16 ... no surprise here
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St Louis is NOT the Big 10....they are more a Pro Sports Town (Cardinals and Blues). Mizzou is the most talked about college team in St Louis for sure. Mizzou has a nice base of fans in Kansas City.
Southern Missouri is very SEC
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I think SEC would be interested in some ACC Teams if they become available. (Clemson, Virginia, North Carolina, FSU)Some interesting quotes here, but not surprising. Outside of ND, there simply aren't teams that would move the needle enough to justify going to 20 or higher. Also, I think a lot of the value that everyone is projecting in the future depends on the sport remaining national in nature. If the SEC and the B1G destroy everyone else, they might get all the money but there might be less of it. It's a quick read for those of you who read every word, and understand only a few:
“We’re positioned at 16 (teams) for a robust future,” an SEC athletic director told SDS. “The need just isn’t there.”
Potential future moves on the expansion front could change that “need,” two SEC sources say, but conference presidents believe the SEC is positioned well for the future growth of college football.
“I don’t see any (expansion) move as threatening to us,” an SEC source told SDS.
When asked if Notre Dame to the Big Ten would be a threatening move, the SEC source said, “Why? I’ll put our product vs. anyone’s product. So we’re going to just add schools to add schools? There’s no value in that.”
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The reason is twofold: value and the desire to keep college football intact.
That value isn’t just monetary. As important as big number games (ratings) are for future media rights deals, SEC presidents believe the success of the product on the field — and the resulting exclusive nature of the product — has been the critical factor in booming growth over the past 2 decades.
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The message was clear: college football is better with all involved.
“We talk about value all the time. Well, there’s great value in college football as a whole,” another SEC source said. “I don’t think any of us, in any conference, can ignore that. There’s too much empirical data that shows it.”
SDS sources: SEC wants to end expansion race, stay at 16 teams
The SEC wants to keep the expansion capped at 16 teams. Our SEC experts here at SDS discuss what this looks like for the future of the leaguewww.saturdaydownsouth.com
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Agree, but not sure about UVa. Would love to have them if they make sense, but their football contribution doesn't seem to be big enough.
FWIW, the NC and VA schools are likely to be the ones that the SEC and B1G may be fighting for.
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Seems like a good fit
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State flagships in UNC and UVa, CFB powerhouse with 3 natties in 40 years, and then FSU.
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Mizzu just sucks man.. SEC fans want them out.. BiG told them no over and over.. about as lost as a school as West VA in the Big12
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Nah, we don't want them out. The server a purpose ... at a time it was important they delivered the St. Louis and KC markets. They will have some good years at some point, just like in the B12/SWC or whatever it was called. They won't challenge for a title, but they can be a middling team from time to time. Their hoops aren't bad from time to time either.
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Missouri was never in the SWC. They were Big 8 then Big 12
So was Oklahoma
Arkansas, A&M, and tejas were SWC
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I think UVa would lean toward the B1G, as an AAU member and their standing in the academic community.
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UVA doesn't bring enough to get the attention of both leagues. They are only in the mix because of UNC. They are attractive enough for a bundle deal but not for teams to solo go after.
I feel like UNC and UVA ultimately want to keep ACC intact because it is (or should be) the best Basketball Conference. Big12 has seem better lately but ACC has more traditional historic basketball powers than any other league.
It is Clemson, FSU, Louisville, and Miami that will want to leave for Football reasons. They are the football schools of the league while I think most of the rest of the teams would be satisfied staying pat because they are Basketball focused.
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I'm not saying UVa is a team to fight over -- I'm just saying, if there is a conference UVa would fit in -- it'd be the B1G. They are an elite academic school. I think the only two public universities rated higher academically than UVa are Michigan and UCLA. I'm sure Cal Berkeley is too, but I'm talking D1 football programs. As a matter of fact -- another elite academic school who'd be a fit in the B1G would be UNC.
Again -- not saying that is what will happen, but if the B1G were looking to expand -- that pair fits with the B1G much more than the SEC, because of their high profile academics.
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They don't really care. They are more of a basketball school like UNC
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lol nobody cares about Mizzu, man.. well outside you and about 200 people between St Louis and....kansas city.. but hey congrats on the wins since 2010.. way to show everyone that y'all belong and should be embraced
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well it's been our worst decade of football... BTW what's y'all excuse? Thought we were the shadow that kept y'all from blooming?
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Well Nebraska and everybody else doesn't have the "most economic resources" and "richest recruiting grounds" like tejas does.
We're ensured that by every tejas poster ever.