Now that Nebraska has decided to jump the Big 12 ship for the Big 10 tanker-in-the-works I wonder where the rest of dominoes will fall.
It is reported that the PAC 10 will invite Texas, A&M, TX Tech, Oklahoma, Ok. St., & Colorado (Colorado despite immense political pressure from the Texas State Legislature to include Baylor and keep the Texas brethren together).
My question is simple, where does the SEC and Mike Slive stand in/on all of this. I simply cannot believe that Slive, the league's presidents and AD's will stand by while the PAC 10 decides the fate of the college football landscape. I have to believe that Slive has had the discussions necessary with the right parties from the appropriate league(s). My guess as to why those haven't been leaked is the power of the Slive and the SEC to say, you tell and you're out.
In reference to the "league(s)" above my FIRM belief is that the SEC should be talking to Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, & Ok. St. about coming over with the prospect of moving Bama & Auburn to the Eastern division. This is the only way for the SEC to expand its TV footprint; the ONLY way.
My fear is that the SEC will be somewhat arrogant and simply let these Big12/Big 10/PAC 10 dominoes fall then go take Clemson, FSU, GT, & Miami from the ACC (possibly VT in place of one of those) with the assumption that the on-field product will be enough to offset the lack of an expanded TV market. BAD IDEA! VERY BAD!
The SEC needs to not only be at the forefront of the decision making process of college football, it needs to be the highest ranking decision maker. More over, the SEC now has the opportunity to put its foot on the collective throat of conference dominance in every way and it need not sit by and react. The SEC must be proactive.
I have many thoughts on this issue, most of which are in reference to which teams should wind in which leagues; more to come.
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2 comments:
Here is what I think...Nebraska goes and then Texas rules the remaining B12 without having to deal with NB. The central axis of the conference moves to Texas even more than before and maybe Mizzou follows with no league ramifications. I could see the big orange foot pushing NB toward the North and the Pac 10 talk was just ammunition. Big 12 adds Arkansas and TCU; and if CO leaves they add Rice and everything goes on as before except Texas is even a bigger dog than they are now. NB is simply the domino that Texas wanted to fall. Dr. Jim ISBN sports talk radio
The SEC is the big dog....no matter how many teams are in a conference, there is still only 1 winner per conference...and history shows it will most likely be an SEC team. Bringing more teams to the SEC only sets Georgia up to be another Vanderbilt and/or Kentucky.
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