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I asked this in another thread and last time I checked, it hadn't been answered.

Regarding Missouri - When does the SEC network begin and will teams be forced to sign a GOR prior to the network being officially starting? If so, when would that be?

Isn't that the next conf. realignment timeline we will all be watching as that would be when Missouri has to decide if they want the SEC or the B1G (If the B1G is genuinely interested)...
 
Speculation about Missouri and UCONN as likely candidates is not unexpected. What I think is interesting is to take that a step further and speculate about how the SEC would respond if Missouri were to leave for the B1G. A few weeks ago the following candidates would have been mentioned as replacements: UNC, NC State, Va Tech, UVA and to a lesser extent FSU, Georgia Tech and Clemson. Who does the SEC add, given the ACC GOR, if Missouri were to leave?
 
Here's another thought. So lets say Delany was doing homework and part of their discussions involved Big 12 teams. So why would he stop moving on the Big 12 teams now?

Unless I'm wrong, I think the first Big 12 GOR was in 2011 and was for 6 years. In 2012 it was extended to cover 13 years. So if Delany was doing work on Big 12 teams recently, he already knew he was dealing with teams who had a GOR. What's to stop him from pulling the trigger now?

Also, I really think the B1G is locked out for good with the ACC area....Those teams WANT to stay together and are not interested solely in maxing out their TV revenues or else some of them WOULD have moved on the SEC and B1G.

To me, it's UConn, it's some of the Big 12 teams perhaps if any of them are able to shake free of the GOR somehow and maybe a mystery team here or there.....or they just stay happy with 14 for a long, long time which is what Frank has been suggesting.
 
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B1GALUM said:
Speculation about Missouri and UCONN as likely candidates is not unexpected. What I think is interesting is to take that a step further and speculate about how the SEC would respond if Missouri were to leave for the B1G. A few weeks ago the following candidates would have been mentioned as replacements: UNC, NC State, Va Tech, UVA and to a lesser extent FSU, Georgia Tech and Clemson. Who does the SEC add, given the ACC GOR, if Missouri were to leave?
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I'd imagine WVU would do everything in their power to get out of the Big 12. If the GOR prevents SEC would have to consider someone like ECU or standing pat at 13.
 
B1GALUM said:
Speculation about Missouri and UCONN as likely candidates is not unexpected. What I think is interesting is to take that a step further and speculate about how the SEC would respond if Missouri were to leave for the B1G. A few weeks ago the following candidates would have been mentioned as replacements: UNC, NC State, Va Tech, UVA and to a lesser extent FSU, Georgia Tech and Clemson. Who does the SEC add, given the ACC GOR, if Missouri were to leave?
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1) this is the first I've heard of a reputable national reporter consider UConn as an option of B1G since prior to Nebraska being added
2) yes the SEC would have quite a problem on their hands. I would think they would stay at 13 unless some team in ACC or Big 12 were willing to break their GOR
 
Why would Missouri be a candidate exactly? They ended up in the SEC because the Big 10 passed. Missouri hasn't changed any since.

At some point hopefully people come to terms with the concept that the Big 10 isn't expanding for the sake of expanding.
 
B1GALUM said:
Speculation about Missouri and UCONN as likely candidates is not unexpected. What I think is interesting is to take that a step further and speculate about how the SEC would respond if Missouri were to leave for the B1G. A few weeks ago the following candidates would have been mentioned as replacements: UNC, NC State, Va Tech, UVA and to a lesser extent FSU, Georgia Tech and Clemson. Who does the SEC add, given the ACC GOR, if Missouri were to leave?
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The B1G was at 11 teams for a few years. Why don't they just take UConn, stay at 15 and wait it out.

The minute UConn is taken by a major conference the other conferences will be saying, "Damn why didn't we take them! Great academics, good TV markets, great mens and womens bb, great other sports, and now that they are in a major conference their FB team is going to kick ass in 5 years. Damn."

Who knows who would call Delany once a 15 team B!G sets in. Only one more spot nd, ut
 
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I think this is acryptic statement and we are going to the SEC. One of the SEC big wigs made a statement about their new SEC network and this was included....

"We understand that in the 11-state footprint is where the most passionate fans are, but there are a lot of SEC fans in California and Texas and New York and Connecticut and Virginia and Nebraska.''
 
sportsart said:
I think this is acryptic statement and we are going to the SEC. One of the SEC big wigs made a statement about their new SEC network and this was included....

"We understand that in the 11-state footprint is where the most passionate fans are, but there are a lot of SEC fans in California and Texas and New York and Connecticut and Virginia and Nebraska.''
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We made it y'all!
 
NEforceUConn said:
The B1G was at 11 teams for a few years. Why don't they just take UConn, stay at 15 and wait it out.

The minute UConn is taken by a major conference the other conferences will be saying, "Damn why didn't we take them! Great academics, good TV markets, great mens and womens bb, great other sports, and now that they are in a major conference their FB team is going to kick ass in 5 years. Damn."

Who knows who would call Delany once a 15 team B!G sets in. Only one more spot nd, ut
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11 teams worked because there were no divisions. 15 would be unbalanced or would need three 5 team pods with the two highest ranked pod teams playing for Conf championship
 
Who said that
sportsart said:
I think this is acryptic statement and we are going to the SEC. One of the SEC big wigs made a statement about their new SEC network and this was included....

"We understand that in the 11-state footprint is where the most passionate fans are, but there are a lot of SEC fans in California and Texas and New York and Connecticut and Virginia and Nebraska.''
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?
 
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Brochacho said:
So the B1G and SEC are fighting over us right now?
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Nah...it just means "someone" had one of those pointed conversations with ESPN that Ruskin is always advocating to happen and now they are just screwing with us... McMurphy AND Skinner mention UConn on the same day??? What a flipping coincidinky! ;)
 
I took creative writing, but you guys must have took creative reading.:eek:

How does, "but there are a lot of SEC fans in .... Connecticut..." translate into your going to the SEC. If you were correct University of Nebraska, Omaha must be going with you because University of Nebraska, Lincoln sure isn't.
 
sportsart said:
"We understand that in the 11-state footprint is where the most passionate fans are, but there are a lot of SEC fans in California and Texas and New York and Connecticut and Virginia and Nebraska.''
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Unfortunately all the SEC fans in ct work in Bristol
 
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GopherHawk said:
I took creative writing, but you guys must have took creative reading.:eek:

How does, "but there are a lot of SEC fans in .... Connecticut..." translate into your going to the SEC. If you were correct University of Nebraska, Omaha must be going with you because University of Nebraska, Lincoln sure isn't.
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Were optimistic ok........... Lol
 
GopherHawk said:
I took creative writing, but you guys must have took creative reading.:eek:

How does, "but there are a lot of SEC fans in .... Connecticut..." translate into your going to the SEC. If you were correct University of Nebraska, Omaha must be going with you because University of Nebraska, Lincoln sure isn't.
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You must recharge your sarcasm meter. Not sure about anyone else but my tongue was being held firmly in my cheek. :cool:
 
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GopherHawk said:
I took creative writing, but you guys must have took creative reading.:eek:

How does, "but there are a lot of SEC fans in .... Connecticut..." translate into your going to the SEC. If you were correct University of Nebraska, Omaha must be going with you because University of Nebraska, Lincoln sure isn't.
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Dude, try being in our position for the past 3 years...

If a bird were to on someone here's driveway tomorrow and it looked anything like the letters "S" "E" and/or "C" that person would take it as some kind of a sign. Conference realignment messes with you in a way you couldn't possibly understand because your team(s) is/are safe.
 
The Viking said:
I asked this in another thread and last time I checked, it hadn't been answered.

Regarding Missouri - When does the SEC network begin and will teams be forced to sign a GOR prior to the network being officially starting? If so, when would that be?

Isn't that the next conf. realignment timeline we will all be watching as that would be when Missouri has to decide if they want the SEC or the B1G (If the B1G is genuinely interested)...
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The Southeastern Conference and ESPN Announce new TV Network and Digital Platform20-Year Agreement and Rights Extension through 2034; AT&T U-verse Will Distribute the Network at Launch
http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NE...762/sec-and-espn-announce-new-tv-network.aspx

GOR already in effect? Regardless, Mizzou is not B1G bound based on my reading of the release.
 
B1GALUM said:
Speculation about Missouri and UCONN as likely candidates is not unexpected. What I think is interesting is to take that a step further and speculate about how the SEC would respond if Missouri were to leave for the B1G. A few weeks ago the following candidates would have been mentioned as replacements: UNC, NC State, Va Tech, UVA and to a lesser extent FSU, Georgia Tech and Clemson. Who does the SEC add, given the ACC GOR, if Missouri were to leave?
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houston.
 
Irish Loop said:
Football drives the bus. Maybe, just maybe, you can influence it if you have a Hall of Fame coach and a proven basketball program that isn't banned from the tournament and suddenly looking very tenuous. It's a longshot, but it helps.

When your football program is clearly not as big and your biggest seller, which is your basketball program, is in uncertain territory? Billy Mays couldn't have sold us to the ACC. I don't blame Herbst or Manuel at all.
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You obviously didn't get the memo. There would be no ND, USC, WVU football victories without Calhoun. But for what Jim Calhoun accomplished, there would be no Rentschler Field. Whatever mistakes his program may have made don't alter this reality.
 
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