I would favor Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Add them to LSU, Mississippi, and MSU, and Alabama for the West, the rest for the east.
The problem with any 16 league team is that you could play only one team from the other division in any given year. The one team would have to be on an 16 year rotation with playing them twice in the 16 years. I have changed my mind about F$U and even Miami. F$U adds nothing to the SEC. Miami would add a major Hispanic TV market but I am not thrilled with having such a poorly attended team. Interestingly, I would argue that Miami made a grave mistake giving up on the Big East. They were able to recruit the Northeast. Since they lost the TV coverage in the Northeast, their recruiting has gone south. If we stuck with only Texas and Texas A&M, an interesting pick might be Duke and NC. It would completely change the SEC basketball program and it would add Charlotte's TV market. Jerry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gatorrrrrr Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC adds Texas and some others We would need atleast one more for the east, NC maybe or Clemson is my guess. Wont be FSU or UM Woody (via iPhone) On Jun 12, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Helen Huntley <[email protected]> wrote: Unless the SEC gets Texas, I am not interested in expansion and hope it doesn't happen. On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:35 AM, jfranl <[email protected]> wrote: This is kind of the way I see it, because you know that the SEC is going to do something. I think ESPN will be behind the realignment but not sure about adding FSU and/or Miami but what about Oklahoma? You talk about some tough games! But will be great to see! Fran >From an article: "So, the SEC adds Texas and Texas A&M from the west and then adds Miami and Florida State from the east. It's that simple. And if ESPN is smart, which it is, they'll demand this, broker this and help get it done. In adding all of the football powers from Texas and Florida to your league, you lock down the country's two most influential football states and then let the rest of the college football fight for the scraps" J. Fran Lasseter -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
