As we get closer to the start of the season the college football world has been dominated less (luckily) by talks about bag men and free suits and more about actual football. Well, yesterday it got even more interesting with serious talks about Texas A&M moving to the Southeastern Conference. From recent media reports, Texas A&M feels the demise of the Big 12 is imminent but the catalyst for this move seems to be the Longhorn Network and the perception that it would give the University of Texas an even greater advantage among the remaining Big 12 schools.
Given that this move by TAMU may soon become a reality it is worth discussing how this would affect the current SEC schools, specifically, Auburn and Alabama. War Blogle has a good discussion of this here. One possibility is that Auburn would move to the eastern division. This means Auburn and Alabama could possibly each other twice in one year: the traditional Iron Bowl and again in the SEC championship game. If this were the case I think the Iron Bowl would have to be moved up in the schedule.
Another possibility that has been discussed is adding a 14th team from the eastern United States. However, this could possibly put longstanding rivalries such as Auburn-Georgia and Alabama-Tennessee in jeopardy of not being played every year. That certainly would not sit well with most fans.
So, what do you guys think? Are you for or against this move? Should we be okay with Auburn moving to the eastern division? And if a 14th team is added what schools are possible candidates and what benefits would they bring to the conference?
I personally don't think we should take Texas A&M, but if I knew more about their fanbase I might reconsider. I would like to know what their average viewership and fanbase look like. Throwing out Vandy and Kentucky is their average viewership about the same as the rest of the SEC if so, then I think they will strengthen the SEC if not, I think they might take away. I'd like to get Floriday State in our conference as well.
ReplyDeleteTAMU would be huge! The SEC would break into the gigantic Texas tv markets. This is a win win for both parties. I also would like to go to an away game at College Station. An Auburn mmove to the East would be awesome. Can you imagine an Iron Bowl rematch in Atlanta?! Also, since I don't live in Alabama anymore I wouldn't have to deal with the entire state being shut down for a month. Everyone wins (from where I stand, at least)! Bring on the Aggies!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that this whole TEXAS TV is blowing up in their face. I hope big 12 dissolves as a result and Texas has to lie in the bed they made for themselves. I heard someone on espn radio today talking about how he didn't think that mike slive would try to recruit any teams out of the acc. which kind of made sense to me. If we ever do go to 4 major conferences I'm sure we would just merge with the acc anyway, but I'm still curious as to who else we would pick up.
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