SEC exploring expansion, just in case.

[madinmaryland]

Hmmm. How many more toothless schools are there out there that the SEC can absorb?

Oh yeah! Miami of Florida is available!!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/04/26/sec-expansion.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive says the league isn't considering adding teams but is working on a plan to keep up with other conferences if they expand just in case.

The commissioner said Monday that the 12-member SEC hasn't talked to any institutions about joining and has no plans to do so. The expansion exploration is just an internal look at the potential advantages and disadvantages in case there is a "significant shift in the conference paradigm," he said.

Slive didn't elaborate on how much expansion would fit that billing.

"But I'll know," he said.

League expansion has been a hot topic since the Big Ten announced in December that it was considering expanding.

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[Auggie]

1. He's got the ambiguous response nailed n/t

[Condem]

2. Texas and Texas A&M. Maybe Okyhomey.

After the Big Ten snags Nebraska and Missouri. The worthless Colorado Buffs head to the weak PAC-10. The rest of Big 12...who cares?

[madinmaryland]

3. Here we go again...

So maybe they will reform as the SWC. Yeah. Nebraska and Mizzou to the Big ten?? :wtf:

Stopping huffing that shit con!

[Condem]

4. One of three things will happen, mad. I've been saying it all along.

The Big Ten takes ND. EVERYBODY'S happy. Except your ass. Or 3 teams. 2 from the East (Rutgers & Syracuse) and Missouri. Then we have a little scrambling. But the big move: then every thing changes. 16 teams. Then college sports changes as we know it and nothing is the same.

[madinmaryland]

5. Question for you con.

How much longer does ND's contract last with NBC? Who will dump who? And will ND made to be the poor stepchild of the Big Ten. The team that gets is ass kicked every week in the Big Ten.

[Condem]

13. ND makes 10 million $$$ more than the current contract in TV revenue for joining the Big Ten

Plus, they are tailor-made for the GMAC Bowl against a MAC team.

[Capt. America]

8. I know the Big Ten thinks they need the New York market, but I have a

buddy that lives in NYC and he tells me that college football is a non-entity in New York, even upstate.

To hell with Syracuse and Rutgers, they both blow. We need teams that will strengthen the Big Ten -- in order: ND, Nebraska, Pitt.

[madinmaryland]

10. I lived in the NYC area for over twenty years and college football is nearly

non-existent in that area. The highlight game of the year is Yale-UConn or Yale-Harvard. :rofl:

I don't want ND in the Big 10, and I doubt whether Nebraska will leave the Big 12 as they don't have any real rivals in the Big 10. Pitt is a possibility given there geographic location and rivalry with Penn State.

Syracuse and Rutgers?? :rofl:

[Condem]

12. I'd take Rutgers over Pitt, Capt.

A rising program. The other two..Nebraska and ND. Love to have them. Hey. What does Spiral Hawk think? He's a Husker.

[FLPanhandle]

6. Texas and Oklahoma would probably be the first choices

It would add two new states to thier market and expand their contract with ESPN to $10000000 billion trillion dollars.

[era veteran]

7. yes that's rumor here, lots of TV's in Texas

I like the SEC the way it is though.

[Capt. America]

9. Perhaps they can drop Vandy and take in Clemson, the "U", and FS.

[madinmaryland]

11. Yeah. Miami of Florida would fit in with all the other convicts in the SEC!

[era veteran]

14. At the University of KY we call them student athletes

Perhaps the SEC's dominance of the game lately as well as the past Football national championships (25 officially claimed)

Notes
The following table lists national titles that are reported by the NCAA's web page "Past Division I-A Football National Champions". Schools don't necessarily claim each of these championships, and some schools may claim a championship awarded by one source while another school does not claim a championship given by the same source.
Prior to 1932, Auburn University was named national champion in football in 1913 by Billingsley.
Prior to 1932, the University of Georgia was named national champion in football in 1927 by the Boand and Poling polls.
Prior to 1932, the University of Alabama claimed national titles in football in 1925, 1926, and 1930.
Prior to 1932, Louisiana State University was named national champion in football in 1908 by the National Championship Foundation.
Prior to 1932, former member Georgia Tech claimed football national titles in 1917 and 1928.
Prior to joining the SEC in 1992, the University of Arkansas claimed the 1964 football championship.
Bold type indicates title is officially claimed by the university.
Year School Source Officially Claimed
1934 Alabama Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling, Williamson Yes
1935 LSU Williamson No
1936 LSU Williamson No
1938 Tennessee Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, Football Research, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin Yes
1940 Tennessee Dunkel, Williamson Yes
1941 Alabama Houlgate Yes
1942 Georgia Berryman, DeVold, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Williamson Yes
1945 Alabama National Championship Foundation No
1946 Georgia Williamson No
1950 Kentucky Sagarin Yes
1950 Tennessee Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation Yes
1951 Tennessee AP, Litkenhous, UPI, Williamson Yes
1951 Georgia Tech Berryman, Boand No
1952 Georgia Tech Berryman, INS, Poling Yes
1956 Tennessee Sagarin No
1956 Georgia Tech Berryman No
1957 Auburn AP, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Williamson Yes
1958 LSU AP, Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson Yes
1959 Ole Miss Berryman, Dunkel Yes
1960 Ole Miss Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation, Williamson Yes
1961 Alabama AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson Yes
1962 LSU Berryman No
1962 Ole Miss Billingsley, Litkenhous Yes
1964 Alabama AP, Berryman, Litkenhous, UPI Yes
1965 Alabama AP, Billingsley, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation Yes
1966 Alabama Berryman No
1967 Tennessee Litkenhous Yes
1968 Georgia Litkenhous No
1973 Alabama Berryman, UPI Yes
1975 Alabama Matthews No
1977 Alabama Football Research No
1978 Alabama AP, FACT, Football Research, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF Yes
1979 Alabama AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sporting News, UPI Yes
1980 Georgia AP, Berryman, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Poling, Sporting News, UPI Yes
1983 Auburn FACT, Football Research, NY Times No
1984 Florida Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Matthews, NY Times, Sagarin, Sporting News No
1992 Alabama AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NY Times, Sporting News, UPI/NFF, USA/CNN Yes
1993 Auburn National Championship Foundation No
1996 Florida AP, Berryman, Billingsley, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, NFF, Sagarin, Sporting News, USA/CNN, NY Times, National Championship Foundation, Dunkel, Matthews, DeVold Yes
1998 Tennessee Alderson, AP, BCS, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Seattle Times, Sporting News, USA/ESPN Yes
2003 LSU BCS, Billingsley, Colley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Massey, NFF, Sagarin, Seattle Times, USA/ESPN Yes
2006 Florida BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2007 LSU BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2008 Florida BCS, USA Today, AP Yes
2009 Alabama BCS, USA Today, AP