SEC Studies expansion.

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Who do you SEC guys see as logical additions to the SEC?
    Grab Louisville from the Big East? They are in the foot print of the SEC. Who else?

    SEC Expansion
     
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    Terry, one scenario that I read was that the SEC would make a run after Texas, Texas A & M, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

    That doesn't sound reasonable to me but I can't fathom this whole thing anyway.
     
  3. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Man it took a while for a SEC guy to respond to this!!

    I think that the only way that B12 teams leave for the SEC is if Neb and Missouri leave for the B10 and Colorado leaves for the Pac10. Then we'd only have 9 teams and maybe we'd join and expanded SEC.
     
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    Getting my final tests ready and grading all the papers backed up is about all I can handle right now. The good news is only about one more week.

    I think that what Notre Dame is going to do will make a difference as to how all this turns out. I think that the Big East and the ACC could be in some trouble.
     
  5. Tennessee Tom

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    Have not been on much lately due to being busy in Ireland. On my way home tomorrow... for one week and then back to Ireland for another three weeks...

    I'll give this some thought but one team that finds itself firmly planted in the middle of SEC territory is Georgia Tech. That seems like a likely prospect.
     
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    Georgia Tech might come back to the SEC, but if I remember right they tried to come back one time before and Georgia blocked them.

    I might be wrong about that.
     
  7. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    I wonder why UGA would block them, they play them every year anyway. It would be like the Gators blocking FSU from the SEC.
     
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    On travel for work all week. I would like to see Ga. Tech and FSU. I'm not sure if they are open to it or not.
     
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