🏈 UPDATE: Texas Longhorns, Oklahoma Sooners unanimously accept invitation to SEC

[doemasters]

Hopefully that domain I bought of superconferencefootball.com will eventually happen

 

[Ranger]

No chance. Conference only needs 4 “no” votes to block the move.

A&M
Missouri
Arkansas
LSU

 

[XXL TideFan]

No chance. Conference only needs 4 “no” votes to block the move.

A&M
Missouri
Arkansas
LSU

Arms are made to be twisted…….off if necessary.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Would be great as far as watching good football but there is a part of me that despises the fact that Clemson and OSU play in such weak conferences and basically can be pencilled in for the playoffs each year.

Thus the 12 teams and the SEC is in business.

It would be interesting just how/why the Houston paper was given the goods to drop the story

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I think you get pods instead of divisions once you get to 16 teams. And it could be ugly looking but work.

Oklahoma-Texas-A&M-Arkansas
Missouri-LSU-Ole Miss-State
Alabama-Auburn-Vandy-Kentucky
Florida-UGA-UT-SCar

OR

LSU-Florida-Texas-A&M
UA-AU-UGA-SCAR
OleMiss-State-Oklahoma-Arkansas
Missouri-UK-Vandy-UT

Each team plays their pod every year, one other pod (rotates over 3 years), and then a rivalry game. That is either their standard rival (UT in our case) or another rival from a different pod if we are playing our rivals pod that year (LSU for us maybe). That gets you 8 games a year. If you stretch to 9 games then you can add another rivalry game to the mix.

I thought about the 4, 4 team set up. Would certainly be interesting and likely doable. Only thing would be to figure out how to crown the league champion without adding an extra post-season game (don't think the schools would go for that with the looming playoff expansion).

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

No chance. Conference only needs 4 “no” votes to block the move.

A&M
Missouri
Arkansas
LSU

To your point...






Just reading between the lines though, this appears to be pretty far along. The Houston Chronicle dude is saying it could be announced in a couple of weeks. The non-denials by those involved show it's more than just smoke IMO. Could Sankey be waiting to make sure he has the needed votes? Or does he already have them, but didn't want to overshadow SEC Media Days with the news?

 

[252BAMA]

Ideally, Missouri would go to the Big 10 and Oklahoma State to the SEC. Nine conference game schedule with two cross overs annually.

West
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
LSU
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

East
Alabama
auburn
Georgia
Florida
tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
South Carolina

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Ideally, Missouri would go to the Big 10 and Oklahoma State to the SEC. Nine conference game schedule with two cross overs annually.

I'm for any scenario that involves booting Missouri.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I thought about the 4, 4 team set up. Would certainly be interesting and likely doable. Only thing would be to figure out how to crown the league champion without adding an extra post-season game (don't think the schools would go for that with the looming playoff expansion).

Not harder than right now, just more confusing to some.

For example, say we start it next year.

Pod1 and 2 play each other (Subdivision 1)
Pod 3 and 4 play each other (Subdivision 2)

At that point you use the winners of each Subdivision and whatever rules they have right now for tie breakers.

The next year the Subdivisions are

Pod1 and 3 play each other (Subdivision 1)
Pod 2 and 4 play each other (Subdivision 2)

then

Pod1 and 4 play each other (Subdivision 1)
Pod 2 and 3 play each other (Subdivision 2)

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Not harder than right now, just more confusing to some.

For example, say we start it next year.

Pod1 and 2 play each other (Subdivision 1)
Pod 3 and 4 play each other (Subdivision 2)

At that point you use the winners of each Subdivision and whatever rules they have right now for tie breakers.

The next year the Subdivisions are

Pod1 and 3 play each other (Subdivision 1)
Pod 2 and 4 play each other (Subdivision 2)

then

Pod1 and 4 play each other (Subdivision 1)
Pod 2 and 3 play each other (Subdivision 2)

Following you now. Didn't realize that's what you originally meant.

 

[XXL TideFan]

Irony, the program that got dismantled by losing to Bama was still too haughty to join when asked has now come with hat in hand hoping to rebuild their program by riding the SEC (read Bama) brand.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

LSU wants as little media attention as possible right now. Letting it happen overshadows their mess.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I'm for any scenario that involves booting Missouri.

Well played.

 

[Tidestalker]

I'd bet it has to do with several factors, but conference money and conference leadership has to be at the top. Eventually, the Power 5 (or a form of it) is going to break off and do their own thing IMO. Maybe this is the start of some dominoes falling in that direction (regardless if the SEC opens the door for them or not).

Makes a lot of sense there!

Everything is moving quickly here... Pretty wild.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Putting football aside for a bit, consider what this would do for the other sports. SEC basketball would be adding 2 monsters to the mix as well. UT basketball is about to be an absolute force, IMO. Baseball? 2 more good teams (especially Texas). Softball? Yep. That Bama/OU rivalry would certainly spice up a bit more.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Makes a lot of sense there!

Everything is moving quickly here... Pretty wild.

By the looks of it, it was moving quickly and silently until someone got loose lips. Would imagine, assuming the SEC is indeed making these plans, that Sankey is pissed. For the record, I hope it doesn't happen. There's changes I'd like to see the SEC make, but that ain't it. Unfortunately, I don't get a vote though. And selfishly, I'll admit my allegiance is solely with The University, not the conference.

 

[UAgrad93]

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West
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
LSU
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

East
Alabama
auburn
Georgia
Florida
tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
South Carolina

Ideally, Missouri would go to the Big 10 and Oklahoma State to the SEC. Nine conference game schedule with two cross overs annually.

West
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
LSU
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

East
Alabama
auburn
Georgia
Florida
tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
South Carolina

Was scanning through first, but was going to say exactly this. Let Mizzou walk and let Okie State tag along with OU and TX.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I guess we'll be the South by Southwest Conference.