HT721 Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Expect a press conference Thursday. Slive has also been given the go to speak with WVU and Missouri. SEC will look to take one of those two schools, but not both. Per a source at Ole Miss I have.
gchs_uk9 Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 What about the litigation from Baylor? I got a tweet earlier (can't remember where from) that said Baylor was looking to perhaps sue. If that's the case, A&M might not make it official so quickly, although it will inevitably happen.
gchs_uk9 Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 If the SEC is only looking to move to 14 teams that makes me think Oklahoma is interested in the Pac-12 but Texas isn't (which also seems to mesh with comments made by Bob Stoops yesterday). If the Pac-12 gets Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to go to 14, then perhaps all the leagues will only take a short step instead of a huge one (16 teams). I think the super-conference idea will eventually come to pass, but maybe not just yet.
Clyde Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 I am completely bored with conference realignment talk. Hey, South Carolina tennis team. Have fun on that drive to College Station.
gchs_uk9 Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Hey, South Carolina tennis team. Have fun on that drive to College Station. But with all the TV money, can't they fly?!
HT721 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 What about the litigation from Baylor? I got a tweet earlier (can't remember where from) that said Baylor was looking to perhaps sue. If that's the case, A&M might not make it official so quickly, although it will inevitably happen. The Baylor thing is a minor hick up before they are expelled to C-USA. If the Big 12 breaks up no one will have Baylor but a low level conference, so Baylor is trying one last hail mary to save themselves.
oldrambler Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 I was hoping that the SEC would remain with the 12 and not add anyone. Now with 13 teams, who will be the 14th to even the divisions. I have heard several speculations of an ACC team. FSU, Clemson, Ga Tech? Maybe a UCF or another out of the ACC :idunno: I feel like Clyde, I am tired of all of this conference realignment stuff.
HT721 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 I was hoping that the SEC would remain with the 12 and not add anyone. Now with 13 teams, who will be the 14th to even the divisions. I have heard several speculations of an ACC team. FSU, Clemson, Ga Tech? Maybe a UCF or another out of the ACC :idunno: I feel like Clyde, I am tired of all of this conference realignment stuff. It will be WVU or Missouri you can about bet the farm on that. Florida, USC, and UGA shot down the 3 ACC teams you mentioned.
HammerTime Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 It will be WVU or Missouri you can about bet the farm on that. Florida, USC, and UGA shot down the 3 ACC teams you mentioned. WVU, I know some pretty connected people at WVU and they say it will happen within 14 days of A&M joining. He just got word of it this morning.
mcpapa Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Sooner or later there's going to be about four meaningful football conferences - SEC, Pac (fill in the blank), Big (fill in the blank) and maybe the BAC (Big Atlantic Coast). It will be interesting to see where Texas and their big TV deal lands.
gchs_uk9 Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 The Baylor thing is a minor hick up before they are expelled to C-USA. If the Big 12 breaks up no one will have Baylor but a low level conference, so Baylor is trying one last hail mary to save themselves. And you can't really blame them. They stand to lose a great deal from this. Of course the only reason they are in the Big 12 in the first place was shenanigans by the Texas government in the mid-90s to essentially force Texas and A&M to allow Baylor in, even though they brought almost nothing financially to the table.
Getslow Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 At this point, all I can do is sit back and wait. I'm not nearly as much of a football fan as a basketball fan, so it's a little irritating that football drives the movement for this entirely. It strikes me that if the Pac 10 and SEC continue scooping up members to become these massive super conferences, then the Big 10/ACC/Big East will have no choice but to try and realign themselves similarly. WVU leaving could be the thing that forces the football schools of the Big East to shuffle off toward the ACC and the Big 10.
formerkywrestler Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 If Missouri was to be the 14th team who would come to the SEC East from the West?
formerkywrestler Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 At this point, all I can do is sit back and wait. I'm not nearly as much of a football fan as a basketball fan, so it's a little irritating that football drives the movement for this entirely. It strikes me that if the Pac 10 and SEC continue scooping up members to become these massive super conferences, then the Big 10/ACC/Big East will have no choice but to try and realign themselves similarly. WVU leaving could be the thing that forces the football schools of the Big East to shuffle off toward the ACC and the Big 10. I find it to be all quite interesting but I'm like you, it sucks that baskteball doesn't drive it. I barely care for football at all.
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