DAG 33,982 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 We are never getting separated from Bama. Whether it be in Pods or Divisions. All of us might as well accept that. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.E.D 11,070 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I don't see how the Pods would work out without some kind of play in to an SECCG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,423 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, AuCivilEng1 said: Man that North division would be a juggernaut wouldn’t it? Haha Probably the only way UK or Vandy ever wins a Division title though. They'd probably prefer that lineup too lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autiger88 3,777 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I'll believe it when I see it that those two would come to the SEC 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,123 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 minute ago, autiger88 said: I'll believe it when I see it that those two would come to the SEC 😂 Same here especially texas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autiger88 3,777 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Just now, augolf1716 said: Same here especially texas With how much Texas owns the big 12 why in the word would they leave it? On the other end if it's true why would we want either one of them in the SEC they wouldnt do us any good plus it would be even harder for anybody to get in the playoffs because we would all end up with two or more losses every year.🤷 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTiger 205 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Maverick.AU said: Figured that was coming 😂 a conference only needs 4 "NO" votes to block invitation so if A&M wants to say "NO we dont want Texas!" they would need three other members to vote on their side kind of like the rumored pact Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina have when it comes to blocking their rivals from joining. only question is who would vote with A&M? Mizzou possibly? but who else Arky? LSU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuCivilEng1 11,005 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I say let them in, move us to the east, switch us with Clemson. Let us go to the ACC , add Gus and his UCF team and we can rival with them , and let the SEC destroy each other! 😈😈😈 #easyroute #cowardswayout 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTiger 205 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, W.E.D said: I don't see how the Pods would work out without some kind of play in to an SECCG im guessing sort of like the NFL two teams with better record will meet for the SECCG as strange as it sounds it could be vandy or kentucky with a shot at playing for the SEC Championship on some years if their pod favors them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick.AU 13,279 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 How SEC divisions could look with Oklahoma, Texas expansion by Brad Crawford 20 minutes ago HOOVER, Ala. — College football's era of super-conferences and noteworthy Power 5 expansion could soon be upon us. Texas and Oklahoma have inquired about joining the SEC, according to an exclusive report in the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday that ignited a firestorm at SEC Media Days. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, in speaking with CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd, was not interested in identifying specifics, nor confirming the report had validity. "No comment on that speculation," Sankey said, adding, "we are only worried about the 2021 season. Somebody dropped a report from unnamed people." Texas A&M and Mizzou were the last two programs to join the SEC after leaving the Big 12 in 2011. Brent Zwerneman of The Chroniclereported the news just before Fisher was set to take the podium at SEC Media Days. "Texas and Oklahoma of the Big 12 have both reached out to the Southeastern Conference about potentially joining the powerful league, a high-ranking college official with knowledge of the situation told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday," Zwerneman wrote. "An announcement could come within a couple of weeks concerning the potential addition of UT and OU to the league, the person said, which would give the SEC 16 schools and make it the first of a national super-conference." Should the SEC, reportedly by a league-wide vote, accept two new members, how might the league look? After taking a geographic glance at the SEC’s footprint in totality and splitting the map down the middle along with grouping nearby programs together, here's how the league could hypothetically look with new East and West divisions if the inclusion of Texas and Oklahoma happens: Western Division Arkansas LSU Mississippi State Mizzou Oklahoma Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M These would bring back several older rivalries and create a massive brouhaha in recruiting within the state of Texas, essentially five programs from the same division going after the same players. Texas A&M and Texas haven't met since 2011 in College Station while the Aggies and Sooners last played in 2013. Wednesday's report of Texas and Oklahoma reaching out to the SEC broke moments before Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher stepped to the podium. "I bet they would," Fisher said Wednesday when asked about the Longhorns' interest in joining the SEC. Eastern Division Alabama Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt In the new SEC East, Alabama and Auburn would jump in the division with Mizzou moving out. South Carolina is the last team from the Eastern Division to beat Alabama, doing so at home during the 2010 season. Back in June, the staff at 247Sports had a roundtable discussion about potential realignment in college football. 247Sports editor Trey Scott wondered whether the formation of 16-team super-conferences would be best for the sport. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. CLICK HERE to download the CBS Sports Mobile App and get the latest on your team today. "What’s better for college football: The AAC rising to the ranks of the Power 5, or parts of the Big 12 and Pac-12 dissolving to in turn merge and make it four 'Super Conferences?'" Scott asked. "In this instance, are Texas and Oklahoma even in the same conference any more? Does Kansas State become a G5 team? Colorado? Maybe they’d be more competitive in the smaller conferences but I can’t imagine it’s healthier for the sport for that to happen. It’s all so political … there’s also something weird about Texas being at the epicenter of all this, even though it’s true. "I'm not a huge fan of 16-team conferences in which you might go eight years without playing a cross-divisional opponent." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOVER, Ala. — College football's era of super-conferences and noteworthy Power 5 expansion could soon be upon us. Texas and Oklahoma have inquired about joining the SEC, according to an exclusive report in the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday that ignited a firestorm at SEC Media Days. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, in speaking with CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd, was not interested in identifying specifics, nor confirming the report had validity. "No comment on that speculation," Sankey said, adding, "we are only worried about the 2021 season. Somebody dropped a report from unnamed people." Texas A&M and Mizzou were the last two programs to join the SEC after leaving the Big 12 in 2011. Brent Zwerneman of The Chroniclereported the news just before Fisher was set to take the podium at SEC Media Days. "Texas and Oklahoma of the Big 12 have both reached out to the Southeastern Conference about potentially joining the powerful league, a high-ranking college official with knowledge of the situation told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday," Zwerneman wrote. "An announcement could come within a couple of weeks concerning the potential addition of UT and OU to the league, the person said, which would give the SEC 16 schools and make it the first of a national super-conference." Should the SEC, reportedly by a league-wide vote, accept two new members, how might the league look? After taking a geographic glance at the SEC’s footprint in totality and splitting the map down the middle along with grouping nearby programs together, here's how the league could hypothetically look with new East and West divisions if the inclusion of Texas and Oklahoma happens: Western Division Arkansas LSU Mississippi State Mizzou Oklahoma Ole Miss Texas Texas A&M These would bring back several older rivalries and create a massive brouhaha in recruiting within the state of Texas, essentially five programs from the same division going after the same players. Texas A&M and Texas haven't met since 2011 in College Station while the Aggies and Sooners last played in 2013. Wednesday's report of Texas and Oklahoma reaching out to the SEC broke moments before Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher stepped to the podium. "I bet they would," Fisher said Wednesday when asked about the Longhorns' interest in joining the SEC. Eastern Division Alabama Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt In the new SEC East, Alabama and Auburn would jump in the division with Mizzou moving out. South Carolina is the last team from the Eastern Division to beat Alabama, doing so at home during the 2010 season. Back in June, the staff at 247Sports had a roundtable discussion about potential realignment in college football. 247Sports editor Trey Scott wondered whether the formation of 16-team super-conferences would be best for the sport. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. CLICK HERE to download the CBS Sports Mobile App and get the latest on your team today. "What’s better for college football: The AAC rising to the ranks of the Power 5, or parts of the Big 12 and Pac-12 dissolving to in turn merge and make it four 'Super Conferences?'" Scott asked. "In this instance, are Texas and Oklahoma even in the same conference any more? Does Kansas State become a G5 team? Colorado? Maybe they’d be more competitive in the smaller conferences but I can’t imagine it’s healthier for the sport for that to happen. It’s all so political … there’s also something weird about Texas being at the epicenter of all this, even though it’s true. "I'm not a huge fan of 16-team conferences in which you might go eight years without playing a cross-divisional opponent."
gr82be 14,423 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Sankey saying "no comment" instead of saying there is nothing to it. May not mean anything but then again you'd think he'd just go ahead and deny it if he knew better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,650 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Drop Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.E.D 11,070 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, KnightTiger said: im guessing sort of like the NFL two teams with better record will meet for the SECCG as strange as it sounds it could be vandy or kentucky with a shot at playing for the SEC Championship on some years if their pod favors them I could see many scenarios where the 2/3 team have the same record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTiger 205 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 @RossDellenger: Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork on news that Texas and OU could be coming to the SEC: “We want to be the only SEC team from the state of Texas.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTiger 205 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Zeek said: Drop Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. the bammers have entered the conversation on that one no one drops their two permanent rivals aka automatic wins 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autiger88 3,777 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Just now, KnightTiger said: @RossDellenger: Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork on news that Texas and OU could be coming to the SEC: “We want to be the only SEC team from the state of Texas.” I agree 100% with this statement 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,666 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The Horns Down célebre would be wayyyy too rampant would love to trade A&M and Alabama for those two though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeTiger 5,108 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I wouldn't want this. What would the SEC gain by adding 2 more major teams? Just beat each other up more than ever every year and IMO tv rights deals can only go so high. Would splitting money 2 more ways be majorly offset by new tv deals? I don't see how this would be beneficial in the least for Auburn in particular. We're already rich, we already have among the toughest schedule in the nation. no need to add more possible elite teams into our path. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTiger 205 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, autiger88 said: I agree 100% with this statement 😎 again though there has to be 4 "no votes" A&M votes "NO" who else sides with them maybe Missouri but they still need two more "No" votes it has to be like the pact Georgia Florida, South Carolina and Kentucky have when it comes to blocking their rivals from joining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,650 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, CoffeeTiger said: I wouldn't want this. What would the SEC gain by adding 2 more major teams? Just beat each other up more than ever every year and IMO tv rights deals can only go so high. Would splitting money 2 more ways be majorly offset by new tv deals? I don't see how this would be beneficial in the least for Auburn in particular. We're already rich, we already have among the toughest schedule in the nation. no need to add more possible elite teams into our path. We gain another school with wrestling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeTiger 5,108 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I see some Oklahoma/Texas fans believe this is posturing to try and get FOX Sports to pay out more to the Big12 for a tv deal. Big12 is the only major college conference that Fox has rights to and wouldn't want to see it break up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autiger88 3,777 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 minute ago, KnightTiger said: again though there has to be 4 "no votes" A&M votes "NO" who else sides with them maybe Missouri but they still need two more "No" votes it has to be like the pact Georgia Florida, South Carolina and Kentucky have when it comes to blocking their rivals from joining I mean I think Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Both Mississippi schools say no plus the east schools have a say too and I don't think they would go for it either because they know how much harder it would be to win. It's already hard enough especially with the turds I just don't see them saying yes if this is even true at all who knows🤷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightTiger 205 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, autiger88 said: I mean I think Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Both Mississippi schools say no plus the east schools have a say too and I don't think they would go for it either because they know how much harder it would be to win. It's already hard enough especially with the turds I just don't see them saying yes if this is even true at all who knows🤷 alabama already has a home and home scheduled with texas i dont see them saying "no" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autiger88 3,777 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Just now, KnightTiger said: alabama already has a home and home scheduled with texas i dont see them saying "no" What does that have to do with them saying no? That's like saying Auburn played Texas in the 80s so they will say yes🤷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4AU 4,052 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I don’t hate this. You’d lock up our 2 biggest rivals and add old rivalries with Florida and Tennessee. Away games to Austin would be fun. I think the bigger issue would be the quality of the Big 12. You’d almost need to bring Nebraska back into the conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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