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Why would FSU want to go to the SEC?

Why would we want to do that? Horrible move financially.

Opposite actually. From a financial standpoint going to 9 games is paramount. sec will be relegated to 3rd status behind the PAC-12 and Big-10 until they do decide to go to 9 games. just look at this past weekends slate of sec games. Absolutely terrible. No position to negotiate more tv money with games like that.

Bama lost to a ranked SEC oppenent with strong SOS.

FSU lost to NC State and their SOS is not as strong.

There is your ranking difference.

SEC will add teams to add TV markets. Adding FSU does not add a TV Market. Best bet would be add NC State (UNC will laugh at you) and VT. That way you get NC, VA and DC.

The thread should.be titled be"B1G responds to SEC"

I doubt either NC team would leave a conference that they basically run. My understanding with VT and UVA is that they are a package deal.

Stronger football conference yes. More money maybe, maybe not. The ACC is building an educational consortium similar to the CIC. In time that will dwarf any profits from football just like it does for the B1G. The ACC will still negotiate a good deal for football with the help of ND games and the new members/tv marketplaces. The tv revenue gap will not be so much that a $50 mil exit fee will be made up anytime soon. Let's say the difference is $5 mil per year. That is over 10 years payoff considering the TVOM. By then the educational consortium will be bringing in some revenues.

CIC universities confer, on average, 15% of all Ph.D. degrees awarded annually in the United States.

CIC members engage in $8 billion in funded research, receiving some 12 percent of the total federal research funds awarded annually (18 percent of the National Science Foundation total, and 15.7 percent of the USDA total).

Collectively, CIC members employ more than 38,000 full-time faculty members and enroll approximately 400,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

CIC member libraries own more book volumes (more than 80 million volumes) than the 10 campuses of the University of California system (34 million) and the Ivy League (64 million).

Have a feeling that neither Maryland nor FSU (if they leave) will pay anything close to 50 million.

3-4-1 would be a better schedule...that would keep Spurrier happy since the schedules are all the same within the division.

3 teams in your division
4 teams in another division (eg: SEC East round robins with SEC North - rotates each year)
1 team to maintain any rivalries not covered by above - up for debate as to whether this game counts in the division standings.

You must be LM's son! Just about as smart.

From my understanding the Governor of Virginia pushed UVA to vote for VT even when they didn't want to. There isn't much love between Hokies and Hoos so package deal isn't in the picture. My guess as why VT voted for the 50 million was a promise that Notre Dame would some day become a full member. It still blows my mind they did that, but if FSU or CU jump ship they'll be the first to call the SEC.

I would love to add Duke and UNC. I think doing so would change the way people viewed BBall down here. Add Duke and UNC to UK and UF and watch out. All those great venues would breed other good programs. Now, from a money standpoint, and that's what this is all about, I have no idea if that is a good idea or not. It might cost us money to bring them in. Bit from this fans standpoint, it would be bad ass. VT would be my next pick. After that, do not want

NC State adds nothing. They are just filler and VT is not worth having to bring them in to do it. I'd rather play a OOC game than NC State. No more Missouri's