SEC expansion Poll

[The Federalist Engineer]

ED election

[Quaoarsking]

YE$ on both.

[CaptainObvious]

No on UT Austin and OU

Yes on 2 teams State has a chance to win 5 out of every 10 games.

[Quaoarsking]

No on UT Austin and OU

Yes on 2 teams State has a chance to win 5 out of every 10 games.

Texas is one of those programs. We're 4-3 against A&M in the post-Manziel Era and Texas fans demand excellence less than A&M fans do. We'd be at least 6-4, maybe 7-3, had we played Texas the last 10 years

[TheLostDawg]

Yes if pods that are shown before the vote,; hopefully they'd put us with ole Miss, LSU and Arkansas. I have a feeling they're going to try and make TAMU happy by putting them in a favorable division, not with Texas.

[Sienfield]

My vote is yes to both with the caveat that we don't play Bama every year.

[TheLostDawg]

Only reason I'm saying yes is the money. If it's blocked, I don't care but I wish we'd be approached by two other big named schools if so. However at this point I don't want to seem like TAMU and look scared of them.

[Dawgsfanalongtime77]

Obviously money would be the main force behind any decision. It?would mean more of a piece to all schools when it?s all distributed.of course this is just my opinion but if it happens. I see bama and auburn moving to the east. West would see ou, Texas, lsu, am, arky, om, state. Bama uga fla tenn, auburn, mizzou, vandy. I?m sure uga and Florida wouldn?t be too excited to see bama in their column.

[CaptainObvious]

Obviously money would be the main force behind any decision. It?would mean more of a piece to all schools when it?s all distributed.of course this is just my opinion but if it happens. I see bama and auburn moving to the east. West would see ou, Texas, lsu, am, arky, om, state. Bama uga fla tenn, auburn, mizzou, vandy. I?m sure uga and Florida wouldn?t be too excited to see bama in their column.

I imagine Kentucky and South Carolina wouldn?t appreciate you kicking them out of the conference and keeping Missouri in the East. 😎

[Dawgsfanalongtime77]

I imagine Kentucky and South Carolina wouldn?t appreciate you kicking them out of the conference and keeping Missouri in the East. 😎

Thank you for picking up on that. I did it purposedly to see if it was really a big deal to those that really were thinking it?s a possibility of coming to fruition. Long story longer the conference doesn?t need anymore members period. Yeah the money looks good but it?s gonna be a headache realigning the divisions.

[The Federalist Engineer]

I imagine Kentucky and South Carolina wouldn?t appreciate you kicking them out of the conference and keeping Missouri in the East. ��

The new conference loses the divisions and gets Pods and a 9 game season.

Hate Pod: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M
Big River Pod: LSU, MSU, OM, Missouri
CBS Big Ratings pod: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida
11-AM kickoff Trash Pod: Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina

You don't "win" the pods, you just play your pod every year. Two Pods would be affiliated to allow for a SEC Championship Game in Atlanta

[ImissCityBagel]

Meh. I know it potentially means big money for us, but ironically it kind of feels like it cheapens the SEC.

I'd rather add Memphis/Virginia/Clempson. They are better regional fits.

[Maverick91]

If the SEC is wanting to destroy collage football as it currently stand. I think we should add both teams and go after Clemson and Ohio State. If the SEC was able to add these four teams, the NCAA would do anything to keep us with them. At this point, would we even car to play any other games? Last year alone showed us that an all SEC schedule is fine enough. Now if the SEC could create some parity within the sport, man that would be awesome, if they could create competition week in and week out where a team ACTUALLY had a chance at winning. That would change everything.

[BulldogBear]

Yes if pods that are shown before the vote,; hopefully they'd put us with ole Miss, LSU and Arkansas. I have a feeling they're going to try and make TAMU happy by putting them in a favorable division, not with Texas.

If there are four pods, I believe the it will be this. It's as balanced as you're going to manage to get and you can preserve a few rivalries by playg one permanent in each other division and rotating one against each of the other three. Having the 3 in your division/pod be the only permanent is a bad idea. Historically it's always led to a "distancing" between members. You need to play as many permanent opponents as you can. It psychological to bond members, even if it is a bond built on "hate."

TAMU, LSU, UMiss, MSU

Texas, OU, UPig, Mizzou

Bammer, Auburn, Tenn, Vandy

Florida, UGA, UK, USCe

[TheLostDawg]

TAMU, LSU, UMiss, MSU

Texas, OU, UPig, Mizzou

Bammer, Auburn, Tenn, Vandy

Florida, UGA, UK, USCe

Balanced yes. Wish our pod was a little easier but could be a lot worse. I imagine this is how it will play out and (one reason) why TAMU is throwing a fit (so they won't be in the same pod as Texas and OU).
Wish they'd trade TAMU out with Arkansas as LSU has the boot trophy with them and I would rather have them then TAMU.