BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

[mb]

Good point about Virginia's western border.

 

[Crash]

His point about the alphabet was valid, as well.

 

[armageddon]

Only question I have at this hour is how long before someone at ESPN notices their ticker has Texas, Texas A&M, Tech, OU, OSU and Colorado going to the BIG TEN...

Come on Bristol, you're better than that. At least that's what you tell us day after day after day.

 

[Armchair_QB]

His point about the alphabet was valid, as well.

But is a point that would escape the majority of fans of both schools...

 

[Crash]

His point about the alphabet was valid, as well.

But is a point that would escape the majority of fans of both schools...

"How do you spell UT?" is on the entrance exam at Tennessee, isn't it?

 

[DanOregon]

The SEC doesn't care about basketball, which is why Duke and N.C. don't move the needle. It's a football conference. Georgia Tech, Clemson and VTech would be the likely choices.

 

[TigerVols]

His point about the alphabet was valid, as well.

But is a point that would escape the majority of fans of both schools...

"How do you spell UT?" is on the entrance exam at Tennessee, isn't it?

fork you.

That's a blatant, stupid and ignorant post on your part.

UT has no entrance exams.

 

[hackcrack]

Lost in all this mess is what is going to become of one conference office which isn't going broke (they're in the black). But because big boys want to make more big money, there's a lot of innocent families who make their living with a conference which be no more.

 

[Irishcheesehead]

Chicago Tribune implies ND is not going anywhere. The source said as long as there is non-revenue sports in the Big East, ND will stay. UUUUUgggghhhhhh!

 

[dixiehack]

North Carolina would be intriguing to the SEC because it brings in a new state, and pretty sizable markets in the Triangle, Charlotte and the Triad that aren't really SEC country right now. Obviously they have a built-in rivalry with South Carolina, it doesn't seem like it would take much to stoke a border war with Tennessee, and UNC-UK would be epic during basketball season.

Other than them or Va. Tech, none of the other ACC options being mentioned open up new territory for the SEC.

 

[Cosmo]

The thing about Virginia Tech is that it would net somebody the D.C. market. I realize Blacksburg is four hours away from D.C., but Fairfax County/Alexandria/Arlington is a huge VT alumni area. VT gets as good of play up there as Maryland and Virginia do.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

North Carolina would be intriguing to the SEC because it brings in a new state, and pretty sizable markets in the Triangle, Charlotte and the Triad that aren't really SEC country right now. Obviously they have a built-in rivalry with South Carolina, it doesn't seem like it would take much to stoke a border war with Tennessee, and UNC-UK would be epic during basketball season.

Other than them or Va. Tech, none of the other ACC options being mentioned open up new territory for the SEC.

Chapel Hill. Is. Going. Nowhere.

Why?

-Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford used to be the AD in Chapel Hill. That will make a bigger difference than you might think.

-Contrary to what Swofford thinks, the ACC is STILL a basketball conference. Sure, that goes against the grain of grand designs built around football and usually that's the way to go. Not in the ACC, where football success has been almost non-existent save for Danny Ford helping Clemson cheat to a title in '81 and Florida State's success its first decade in the conference.

-Eight men's basketball national championships in the last 20 years. And, of course, Swofford is still trying to tell the region that this is a conference primed for big-time football.

The Big Four is going nowhere. This farce is almost entertaining for all the wrong reasons.