*** Official Super Conference Thread ***

[2Stater]

I think the Longhorn Network was te straw that broke the camels back for A&M. Of course, everyone thought Notre Dame being on NBC every week would help them in recruiting and that hit a brick wall with the awful play of ND over the past years.

Notre who?

[Chechem]

This morning it's looking like TAMU is a strong possibility and FSU is now on the table for consideration.  The main problem with FSU is their recent recruiting success.  As long as they are taking recruits and are not on our schedule, who cares!  But now, if they're in the SEC, it's  .

[BAMAWV]

This morning it's looking like TAMU is a strong possibility and FSU is now on the table for consideration.  The main problem with FSU is their recent recruiting success.  As long as they are taking recruits and are not on our schedule, who cares!  But now, if they're in the SEC, it's  .

LOL I'm not afraid of FSU. Does Clemson scare you, too? The ACC seems real tough (preseason hype) until they have to actually play a game.

[Chechem]

This morning it's looking like TAMU is a strong possibility and FSU is now on the table for consideration.  The main problem with FSU is their recent recruiting success.  As long as they are taking recruits and are not on our schedule, who cares!  But now, if they're in the SEC, it's  .

LOL I'm not afraid of FSU. Does Clemson scare you, too? The ACC seems real tough (preseason hype) until they have to actually play a game.

Not afraid of Clemson.  But if we lose recruits, I'd rather lose them to Hawaii than LSU. 

[BAMAWV]

This morning it's looking like TAMU is a strong possibility and FSU is now on the table for consideration.  The main problem with FSU is their recent recruiting success.  As long as they are taking recruits and are not on our schedule, who cares!  But now, if they're in the SEC, it's  .

LOL I'm not afraid of FSU. Does Clemson scare you, too? The ACC seems real tough (preseason hype) until they have to actually play a game.

Not afraid of Clemson.  But if we lose recruits, I'd rather lose them to Hawaii than LSU. 

Why would we lose recruits to Hawaii? ANY team we add to SEC is going to see a elevation in recruiting (except maybe Hawaii :eye roll:), but strengthening the conference beyond reproach seems to be Slive's premise.

[2Stater]

Well, they can't add TAMU unless they add another team to make the divisions even. I would rather see Clemson in the SEC than FSU. Dabo is one of us and I'd rather see him reap the benefits.

[Old Tider]

I think the Longhorn Network was te straw that broke the camels back for A&M. Of course, everyone thought Notre Dame being on NBC every week would help them in recruiting and that hit a brick wall with the awful play of ND over the past years.

Notre who?

That dame.

[2Stater]

I think the Longhorn Network was te straw that broke the camels back for A&M. Of course, everyone thought Notre Dame being on NBC every week would help them in recruiting and that hit a brick wall with the awful play of ND over the past years.

Notre who?

That dame.

You mean this one, OT? 

[Chechem]

This morning it's looking like TAMU is a strong possibility and FSU is now on the table for consideration.  The main problem with FSU is their recent recruiting success.  As long as they are taking recruits and are not on our schedule, who cares!  But now, if they're in the SEC, it's  .

LOL I'm not afraid of FSU. Does Clemson scare you, too? The ACC seems real tough (preseason hype) until they have to actually play a game.

Not afraid of Clemson.  But if we lose recruits, I'd rather lose them to Hawaii than LSU. 

Why would we lose recruits to Hawaii? ANY team we add to SEC is going to see a elevation in recruiting (except maybe Hawaii :eye roll:), but strengthening the conference beyond reproach seems to be Slive's premise.

Hyperbole.  Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

[Chechem]

I think the Longhorn Network was te straw that broke the camels back for A&M. Of course, everyone thought Notre Dame being on NBC every week would help them in recruiting and that hit a brick wall with the awful play of ND over the past years.

Notre who?

That dame.

You mean this one, OT? 

She might be advertising as a great weekend party girl.  Marriage, not so much.

[2Stater]

She might just be dislexic.

Before it's all said & done, the Big 12 teams could very well dissolve into the other conferences. There's a lot of dissension there. But what happens to Texas? I guess they and Notre Dame can have their own 2 team conference.

[SUPERCOACH]

She might just be dislexic.

Before it's all said & done, the Big 12 teams could very well dissolve into the other conferences. There's a lot of dissension there. But what happens to Texas? I guess they and Notre Dame can have their own 2 team conference.

Yep, they can call it the WC-2.  WC = Who Cares?

Good luck to Texas being considered for another BCS NCG any time soon if the conference dissolves over their little network deal and they are forced to play a schedule full of Houstons.

I would not be surprised to see 16 teams in the SEC after the dust is settled.  I would prefer the SEC stay the way it is.  It is a well oiled machine at this point, cranking out national champions.  But the PAC-10 was really close to becoming the PAC-16 last year, so I figure the SEC will lead the way and become the first super conference.

[2Stater]

She might just be dislexic.

Before it's all said & done, the Big 12 teams could very well dissolve into the other conferences. There's a lot of dissension there. But what happens to Texas? I guess they and Notre Dame can have their own 2 team conference.

Yep, they can call it the WC-2.  WC = Who Cares?

Good luck to Texas being considered for another BCS NCG any time soon if the conference dissolves over their little network deal and they are forced to play a schedule full of Houstons.

I would not be surprised to see 16 teams in the SEC after the dust is settled.  I would prefer the SEC stay the way it is.  It is a well oiled machine at this point, cranking out national champions.  But the PAC-10 was really close to becoming the PAC-16 last year, so I figure the SEC will lead the way and become the first super conference.

 

I think you're prolly right about the 16 teams. Who do you think the 4 team expansion would involve? I'd say the most logical would be TAMU, FSU, Clemson and maybe Miami or Va. Tech.

[SUPERCOACH]

I was digging for info on this last night.  I saw an article where Va Tech said they would respectfully decline if offered.  Smart move by them.  I guess they are still reeling from that Kickoff Classic.

I saw another article where FSU did the non-denial denial.  Something like "there has been no official offer to join the SEC".  But then it said there have been internal discussions within FSU.

I saw another article where 8 of the remaining Big12 schools where saying they were committed to staying in the league if A&M leaves.  However OU was "no comment".

I saw another article from a South Carolina paper where they where speculating that Clemson would be one of the teams.  They were all giddy about it in the article, but I don't remember anything other than speculation from the author.  But I think Clemson would fall all over itself to join, and they probably make the most sense from a geographical point of view (well throw FSU in to that group too).

I've seen several articles indicating that the SEC presidents were having an emergency meeting sometime this weekend.  For those who don't know this is a required step in order to expand.  The bylaws require a 3/4s majority vote to extend any offer for another school to join.  There has been speculation that FSU or school X couldn't possibly join because their in state rival would not allow it.  This simply is not true.  If at least 9 of the other 12 schools vote for it there is nothing they can do about it.  Are they going to get mad over it and leave the SEC as threat to get their way?  Of course not.  They will just have to go along with it.

The Texas legislature has scheduled a hearing to try to force A&M to stay.  To counter this, the A&M regents moved there meeting up 1 week to this Monday so they can be out in front of the legislature.

Chris Lowe said on ESPNU last night that he expects A&M to play in the SEC in 2012.

OK, based on all of that information, I am going to speculate that there will be 4 teams.  Those 4 teams will most likely be A&M, Oklahoma, FSU, and Clemson.  While I would prefer to keep things the way they are, I would also be excited if the conference added those schools.  I have no idea how long this will take, but my guess is that it will move quickly once the first domino falls.  Everybody was kind of in a panic last year when the PAC-16 was in the works.  I don't think any of these schools would walk away from the opportunity, knowing that once A&M goes to the SEC a 16 team super conference is inevitable.  JMO.

It should make for some interesting news to keep us busy for 3 more weeks.

[2Stater]

It will be interesting to see how it unfolds, but I really would prefer the SEC to keep the 12 current teams.

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