(07-02-2013 05:12 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 04:17 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 03:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Good effort over all though not a fan of the division you have A&M in since its a Big 12 microcosm (couple of SWC schools joined with some Big 8 schools who like playing each other but have nothing in common with the schools from the other conference)

Thanks, and I tried to keep geography tight, while keeping talent fairly equal, while paying homage to history. I figured that the pod would only make 1/3rd of a team's yearly conference schedule and 1/2 of a team's conf. perm schedule, so there would be a solid opportunity to assimilate into the rest of the conference. Out of curiosity, how would you have done the SEC?

My assumption would be that if the SEC goes to 16 it will be with ACC rather than Big 12 schools. The thought there being the most likely 16 team scenario is UT/TTU/OSU/OU to the PAC at the end of the B12 GOR and with KU and UConn to the B1G.

The SEC will try to bring in a VA and NC ACC school but if that fails then and 16 is a must then the SEC would look at WVU and one more, possibly ECU if they are now averaging 60K and doing well in football and have improved academically in the 10 years we are talking here...or if not, maybe a last look at Florida State. For argument sake lets say we take a chance on the Pirates to get into NC:

WEST
TA&M
LSU
Arkansas
Mizzou

MIDWEST
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

MIDEAST
UF
UGA
USC
UK ECU

EAST
UTenn
Vandy
WVU
ECU UK

Swap out ECU and UK, and you've got the geography tight, and the strength of the divisions is still unchanged, except in basketball, where any division (or pod) that has Kentucky will have the edge in basketball...