Mizzou in, Auburn to the east??

[War Eagle!!!]

I say we take neither. 

Fuck TCU, BTW.

1. Taking neither is probably not an option.

2. TCU would be a shit ton better than Missou, V. Tech or West Virginia.

[AUTiger1]

We don't need them, they need the SEC.  We are The Joneses.

[GH2001]

We don't need them, they need the SEC.  We are The Joneses.

And in case anyone hasn't noticed, every other conference is trying to "catch up" to the SEC, not the other way around. It's good to be the Joneses.

[djsimp]

Not only does the SEC have the best football and best opportunities for athletic success, we also have location. The Southeast in of its self is a great recruiting tool. I mean seriously who in the hell wants to go to school in the miserable as Big Whatthefuckever or the Backstabbing Big Whatthefuckever Dos. Maybe the Pac-12 has some nice locations but they're all a bunch of pussies....and the kind most of these young athletes want to bang. So, regardless of how much alignment these other wannabe's do, they're still fucked.

[Snaggletiger]

Not only does the SEC have the best football and best opportunities for athletic success, we also have location. The Southeast in of its self is a great recruiting tool. I mean seriously who in the hell wants to go to school in the miserable as Big Whatthefuckever or the Backstabbing Big Whatthefuckever Dos. Maybe the Pac-12 has some nice locations but they're all a bunch of pussies....and the kind most of these young athletes want to bang. So, regardless of how much alignment these other wannabe's do, they're still fucked.

Now this...was a well thought out, thought provoking post.

[wreckingball]

1. Taking neither is probably not an option.

2. TCU would be a shit ton better than Missou, V. Tech or West Virginia.

I say we take SMU.

[Xanusus]

aTm is cool with me but HELL NO to Misery.

Misery screws us BIG TIME.

We end up going to the eastern side and then you have

4 of the big 6 all on one side(also 3 BCS champs and one who should have gotten it in 2001 or 2007 there with us) meanwhile Bama and LSU not only get the easiest path but they ALSO get their dang programs down into Texas every other year for recruiting purposes. Meanwhile, Auburn is having to contend with all sorts of ugly on the east side and RARE trips into Texas to play in front of all those Texas kids. Yes I know Georgia and TN are currently down but they aren't staying that way. Auburn already recruits Georgia and Florida very good. I'm not at all for conceding an easy path for LSU and Bama on top of getting their program more front and center by playing in Texas all the time while we on the other hand get stuck on murderers row in the East. Not cool.

Screw Mizzou.

[jmar]

aTm is cool with me but HELL NO to Misery.

Misery screws us BIG TIME.

We end up going to the eastern side and then you have

4 of the big 6 all on one side(also 3 BCS champs and one who should have gotten it in 2001 or 2007 there with us) meanwhile Bama and LSU not only get the easiest path but they ALSO get their dang programs down into Texas every other year for recruiting purposes. Meanwhile, Auburn is having to contend with all sorts of ugly on the east side and RARE trips into Texas to play in front of all those Texas kids. Yes I know Georgia and TN are currently down but they aren't staying that way. Auburn already recruits Georgia and Florida very good. I'm not at all for conceding an easy path for LSU and Bama on top of getting their program more front and center by playing in Texas all the time while we on the other hand get stuck on murderers row in the East. Not cool.

Screw Mizzou.

Don't care for Mizzou either...like going backwards.
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Okla. State tied to Okla.
VaTech tied to UVa
SMU really does nothing but add another Texas school.
TCU forces competition for A&M but is just another lengthy trip and about par with Clemson as an athletic program IMO.
I read a post somewhere, perhaps here, about the possibility of adding Louisville. I would much rather have Cincinnati and that market because it's much more attractive. 

North Carolina would be my first choice if it were mine to make because of the Raleigh-Durham market that is loaded with youth. The Tarheel's make the most sense to me but they have it made as a leader in the ACC.
My next choice woul be FSU because they just have that feel of an SEC school. But Florida says nay to that idea. And now it seems I'm forced to wait patiently on the right card that isn't coming.

I'm not sure why it was reported that that West Virginia applied to the SEC and was rejected because...
- of all the above improbables mentioned I could see this working out. WVa reminds me of Colorado as a program, ONLY THEY CARE. Pennsylvania looks down their noses at them and the Big Ten and ACC wouldn't dream of adding them as a member.
The 'Neer's would be similar to travelling and playing A&M by degree of difficulty. I think WVa would actually improve overall as would A&M in a few years, maybe quicker than So. Car. and Arky have since joining the conference.
Texas A&M and West Virginia want to be in the SEC. While I'm not crazy about adding teams, it would be better to add a school where the fanbase is passionate because ultimately, that's what drives the program. 

I once held the thought that Slive would work Okie State in the background to entice the Sooners but I don't think any of that will happen now and I'm going to be pulling for any team that plays Oklahoma because they deserve Texas and they surely don't need a title to crow over. So Oklahoma officials now publicly blame Beebe and Texas for Nebraska's departure, but only after their admission was rejected by the PAC12.   

I'm pulling for the Aggies this season.
And I have nothing good to say about the Longhorns.