BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

I *really* don't see the SEC doing anything.

The list of schools that make a little sense for the SEC and would be willing to join is actually pretty small.

 

Just curious: why would FSU be so far down the list? I'm not sold on Georgia Tech anyway, since about the only athletic prowess the Jackets would bring to the conference is on the baseball field. They have shitty facilities and draw low crowds in football and basketball. I think the SEC would be much more interested in Clemson and Va. Tech than it would GT.

And, I threw Duke and Carolina out there because of the basketball connections, though there's no way I could see them leaving for the SEC. It would be fun, though, to have Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina all permanently playing (though K would block that, since he's sworn never to go back to Lexington after the 2004 regional final).

 

I don't see the SEC doing anything now. But if both the PAC 10 and Big Ten expand, the SEC ADs, presidents and boosters won't be able to stand it for too long.

 

Kansas being ignored right now shows us that basketball does not matter at all.

FSU is not atop the list because Florida wants the Florida recruits to play in the SEC for one Florida school and that's Florida. Not Florida State and not Miami.

I would think Virginia Tech would be their first choice.

 

Still, it takes 9-of-12 to add a school to the SEC, not unanimity like the PAC 10. Florida couldn't block them alone. Whether or not Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, etc would follow, who knows. And whether the SEC powers-that-be would bow to Florida's interest right away is unknown too. But Florida couldn't stop it all by itself.

 

Here is a report from my friend Pete Thamel of The New York Times that rehashes what Orangebloods reported earlier in the day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/sports/10colleges.html?ref=sports

 

I didn't put Va. Tech first only because you'd be leaping over NC to get to Virginia and I'm not sure how weirded out the decisionmakers would be by that. WestByGod could be an option in that event, too, I suppose.

There's lots of chatter around SEC circles that Ga. Tech, Miami, FSU, Clemson and Louisville have no shot because of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Kentucky forming a voting bloc big enough to shoot all those schools down.

 

Heard DeLoss Dodds has to do this by tomorrow cause he's got a lot of World Cup action to watch starting Friday.

 

And I think it's fair to assume that Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama et al would be in no hurry to help the Gators out by keeping FSU and Miami out of the league.

 

MB,

I can assure you that if Louisville is put on the table, Kentucky will do whatever it takes to keep it out of the SEC. If that means voting with Florida, SC, and Georgia on everything else, UK will do it. Eastern Kentucky is closer to being in the SEC than Louisville ever will be.

 

There are community colleges in the state with better odds.

 

Kentucky and Tennessee border Virginia. Hell, UT and VT are separated by a few hours and one letter in the alphabet.