SEC Expansion?

In general I like it too. But I don't know if it'll work. The way I see it, with four divisions, a team (Team A) would play the other three in their division, plus the four teams in another division, plus the two teams that finished in the same place as Team A in their divisions. That comes to 9 games. Then there would have to be a "divisional" playoff to decide which 2 teams make the championship. So 11 SEC games a season potentially.

Or only play one other division team that finished in the same place as Team A the year before. So that's 8 SEC games plus potentially two.

It's got possibilities.

 

I guess the basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina weighs pretty heavy, and the tarheels would never re-enter the SEC because of it. So NC State would be the next logical choice along with the Hokies.

Wonder if the Hokies would then be able to expand their stadium? It would be the smallest wouldnt it?

 

VT's football stadium is about the same size as Kentucky's, and both of them have bigger football stadiums than NC State, Ole Miss, Miss State, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas' War Memorial in Little Rock

NC State's football stadium is about the same size as Ole Miss and Miss State

 

Yep. They don't want to "expand" in a state that they already have a presence in, unless the money makes sense.

 

if you look at the population of the SEC states:
(25,674,681 -- Texas)
19,057,542 -- Florida
9,815,210 -- Georgia
6,403,353 -- Tennesseee
(6,010,688 -- Missouri)
4,802,740 -- Alabama
4,679,230 -- South Carolina
4,574,836 -- Louisiana
4,369,356 -- Kentucky
2,978,512 -- Mississippi
2,937,979 -- Arkansas

states like North Carolina and Virginia would make good additions, maybe even Maryland
9,656,401 -- North Carolina
8,096,604 -- Virginia
5,828,289 -- Maryland

but, look at North Carolina -- they have four ACC teams: UNC, Duke, NC State, and Wake Forest... so what fraction of the state and its markets are you getting by just adding 1 of those 4?
#24 Charlotte, NC
#27 Raleigh-Durham
#46 Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem
#92 Tri-Cities, TN-NC-VA

as for Virginia, they just have Virginia and Virginia Tech, what fraction do you get by adding just 1 of those 2? Virginia Tech is all the way out on the west side of the state, out in the mountains, probably doesn't as much attention in the big markets on the east side by the coast
#43 Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
#58 Richmond-Petersburg
#67 Roanoke-Lynchburg — Virginia Tech
#92 Tri-Cities, TN-NC-VA

as for Maryland, they have Maryland and that's it, and that give you two huge markets:
#9 Washington, DC (U of Maryland is in the D.C. metro area)
#26 Baltimore

as for Georgia, that's a bigger state than either North Carolina or Virginia, and they only have Georgia and Georgia Tech, so why not lock that whole state down by adding Georgia Tech, who is right in the middle of one of the biggest media markets in the country?
#8 Atlanta -- Georgia Tech
#96 Savannah

and South Carolina only has South Carolina and Clemson, so why not lock down that whole state and add it's biggest media market by adding Clemson?
#36 Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson -- Clemson
#79 Columbia, SC
#99 Charleston, SC

of course, Florida is a monster state almost as big as Texas, why not lock that whole state down by adding Florida State and Miami, both of whom bring large national fanbases with them, no doubt? esp Miami, who will give you a big presence in the #16 and #38 media markets? gotta remember that the U of Florida is all the way in north Florida, much further away from south Florida and it's huge markets than north Louisiana is from LSU
#13 Tampa-St. Petersburg
#16 Miami-Ft.Lauderdale
#19 Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
#38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce
#47 Jacksonville, FL
#60 Mobile-Pensacola
#62 Ft. Myers-Naples

 

Tiger Fan, most what you said makes a lot of sense. The only thing that I would disagree with is I think Va Tech would bring in a lot of the D.C. Market and I'm not sure if bringing Ga Tech in would mean anything to Savannah folks but it would help get more of the Atlanta area.

And I definitely agree about NC St not bringing many fans.

 

If the DC market is coveted, we should have gotten West Virginia in the SEC while we had the chance last year.

 

Think they would've brought their couches with them on road games to burn?

 

...along with all that shine !!!

There's just something about drunk football fans, couches and matches that just goes together.