🏈 SEC Expansion Question

[OldPlayer]

IMO, if they belong in our fight song, they belong on our league again. And while Atlanta is tuning into more of a shithole by the day, they still have The Varsity which makes for the prefect gameday lunch stop on road trips to see Bama throttle them.

Seriously? Have you been there in the last 20 years.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Seriously? Have you been there in the last 20 years.

It's been about 7 or 8 years since I've been but tasted the same as always. Why?

 

[TerryP]

Seriously? Have you been there in the last 20 years.

It's been about 7 or 8 years since I've been but tasted the same as always. Why?

I think he may be confusing The Varsity with Varsity Club.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I think he may be confusing The Varsity with Varsity Club.

Hell yes.

 

[TerryP]

Hell yes.

Close ...

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Close ...

Figured as much since he said 20 years instead of 35, but the NWA's version is better than any other version. I'm 100% confident in that.

 

[TerryP]

NWA's version is better than any other version.

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[OldPlayer]

It's been about 7 or 8 years since I've been but tasted the same as always. Why?

Nobody who lives in or near Atlanta goes there. Food quality (I know it’s not supposed to be gourmet) is suspect. I know many people who took out of towners because of the reputation and gastrointestinal issues were rampant.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Nobody who lives in or near Atlanta goes there. Food quality (I know it’s not supposed to be gourmet) is suspect. I know many people who took out of towners because of the reputation and gastrointestinal issues were rampant.

I've always enjoyed it for what it is but I understand the point (now).

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

We can't play a schedule now that allows us to play everyone in the conference in a 4 year span. I can't see adding anyone unless we drop some and add an additional conference game.
Addition would be from among West Va, Va Tech, UNC, Clemson, FSU
Teams to consider letting go would be from among Missouri, Arkansas
Just my opinion.

 

[Davestwin]

If you were in charge and could add only 2 teams to the SEC, who would you add and why?

I can echo what several have suggested but I thought why would Saban want anyone added or subtracted? He’s doing quite well as it stands. Or why would any program want to join the West and have to face Saban’s team yearly? They might come for the money but only after the GOAT retires.

 

[OldPlayer]

I can echo what several have suggested but I thought why would Saban want anyone added or subtracted? He’s doing quite well as it stands. Or why would any program want to join the West and have to face Saban’s team yearly? They might come for the money but only after the GOAT retires.

The SEC isn't adding anybody anytime soon. If they started the process today of evaluating possible teams, it would be a minimum of five years before anything takes place (analysis of potential teams, invitation, evaluation, acceptance, leaving the previous conference ($$) and starting play).

 

[BamaFan334]

Nobody who lives in or near Atlanta goes there. Food quality (I know it’s not supposed to be gourmet) is suspect. I know many people who took out of towners because of the reputation and gastrointestinal issues were rampant.

I stop by the one in Kennesaw when I take my grandmomma up to Murphy to the casino. I grabbed a chili dog and it just didn't taste the same as the one I grew up going to. Beyond nasty actually. I've been to this one plenty of times and it was fine, but in the past year it just doesn't taste the same.

The one in Atlanta has tasted the same to me for years though. Athens and Norcross are the same as well.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I stop by the one in Kennesaw when I take my grandmomma up to Murphy to the casino. I grabbed a chili dog and it just didn't taste the same as the one I grew up going to. Beyond nasty actually. I've been to this one plenty of times and it was fine, but in the past year it just doesn't taste the same.

The one in Atlanta has tasted the same to me for years though. Athens and Norcross are the same as well.

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[planomateo]

sneaky petes in bessemer al

good chili dogs

I sure miss some sneaky pete's.

Milo's was always a stop when we visited, but the last time I was there I ate at the one near UAB and just lost the taste for it. Granted it was when my dad was in the hospital so maybe the appetite was off.

 

[RollllTide!]

Seriously? Have you been there in the last 20 years.

I was there last September. Hot dogs and fries. The lemonade is great. Still got hundreds of customers. Whata you have Whata you have.

 

[TerryP]

The SEC isn't adding anybody anytime soon. If they started the process today of evaluating possible teams, it would be a minimum of five years before anything takes place (analysis of potential teams, invitation, evaluation, acceptance, leaving the previous conference ($$) and starting play).

Just to add a few things to this.

When Sankey was asked about expansion he said, "it's not on the front burner" and went on to talk about things the SEC had their focus on right now. One guy pushed the question and Sankey complimented bringing Mizzou and A&M in the conference. He went on to mention a few things including their athletic tradition, their membership in the American Association of Universities, and both were in "contiguous states."

In my interpretation that means he is thinking about the future and expansion. It has to be a school that is a member of the AAU, with athletic tradition, and in a bordering state to a current SEC school. That leaves A LOT of possibilities open. What are there, 11 bordering states to SEC country?

 

[XXL TideFan]

NC or NC State in east and the west is a harder choice because expansion is somewhat dictated by TV markets. I think a disgruntled b1g team would open up a huge tv market

 

[OldPlayer]

Just to add a few things to this.

When Sankey was asked about expansion he said, "it's not on the front burner" and went on to talk about things the SEC had their focus on right now. One guy pushed the question and Sankey complimented bringing Mizzou and A&M in the conference. He went on to mention a few things including their athletic tradition, their membership in the American Association of Universities, and both were in "contiguous states."

In my interpretation that means he is thinking about the future and expansion. It has to be a school that is a member of the AAU, with athletic tradition, and in a bordering state to a current SEC school. That leaves A LOT of possibilities open. What are there, 11 bordering states to SEC country?

When you add bordering to Missouri, you add Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois.

 

[TerryP]

When you add bordering to Missouri, you add Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois.

Kentucky brings Ohio into play. Tennessee brings Virginia into play but not West Virginia.

@XXL TideFan mentioned TV market again and Ohio would be a big get; certainly no longer a 'south eastern' conference. A school like Cincinnati would be fun but that's not an AAU school. Based on what Sankey said, they would be eliminated.

We haven't seen a P5 conference add a new members since 2014. I think it may be coming soon—within the next few years—and I'd guess starting in two years.

The TVrights to the ACC and SEC are sewn up leaving that to be a non-sequitur. But the B1G has a contract with Fox and ESPN that's set to expire soon; '22-'23 season if I'm not mistaken. The PAC is next ('23-'24) and then the Big 12 the following year.

I don't know if this shuffle will have anything to do with the SEC in the end. I do know that TV deals, and TV markets, go hand in hand and these conferences would love to expand their footprint. This leads me to be it's more expansion is inevitable.