Expansion Rumors…

GoGATech said:
Ohio State, Michigan, and to an extent Michigan State and Penn State already recruit nationally. Having a presence in the southeast isn't going to draw more southern kids to those schools than they already do, and it surely isn't going to draw them to Indiana or Illinois, etc. Having a weak presence in the southeast doesn't do them much good either when surrounded by SEC everywhere. If the B1G picks GT up, they will want us to be a strong program and help us get there.
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Making strong programs - just like they have done for Maryland and Rutgers. Smaller sports need location benefit of travel distance. I get we go the league that asks and wherever the money is -- but i backchannel for a last/best offer if its B1G v SEC. If Clemson comes and FSU comes - the alliance between UGAG and FL and SC is broken. UGAG would be the key as we have no other help - The legislature wouldnt spit on us if we were on fire like other states. Relegation seems near.
 
I'm all in on the upside of the SEC. Go home to the SEC or shut it all down. All of the past uga/Florida/South Carolina agreements went null as soon as the SEC added Mizzou/A&M and now Texas/OK. Those three don't have the numbers to keep us out alone. TStan needs to be on the phone working this from all angles.
 
If I remember correctly, the Big Ten gets paid 7x the amount for Big Ten Network viewers in a state that has a Big Ten team. The Atlanta market is the key for two reasons. 1) The Two Biggest Conferences want national viewers and they get them by having a presence in all the biggest markets. 2)The Big Ten gets paid a lot more money through their network.

And I will add that Atlanta is the capital of college football. I still think Tech is on the radar of the Big Ten for those reasons. The SEC is never going to take us back.

Having said this, Tech leadership has constantly fallen down on the job regarding athletics. Tech leaders as politicians have constantly fallen down on the job regarding athletics. Tech leaders as media spokesmen have constantly fallen down on the job regarding athletics. I expect the worst.
 
Does the SEC natch up GT for the sole purpose of keeping the Big 10 out of Atlanta?
 
Y’all are underestimating the power of mama and family. If a kid wanted to go to Penn State and play, but was from Georgia, it would make mama happy if she were able to go to UNC or UVA or GT to see a couple of games a year instead of Indiana or Ohio State or Rutgers
 
good thing I checked, I was going to post the link a couple of posts up (actually wasn't the same link but probably the same source)

I come down on the side of going to the SEC if that is possible but if you look at the speculated BIG map there would be 10 teams east of Illinois so perhaps for the minor sports it would be like 2 10-team leagues associated with each other with "interleague" games with the frequency of MLB.

Even basketball would have to be different. Home and home in your half plus single games with the other half would be 28 games. Even playing half the other side each year would be 23 games.

The scheduling is going to be a lot different.

This is going to evolve into more and more made for TV events. Maybe we can CGI some fans for the TV shots.

The BIG schedule would be dull. You won't have a round robin with 9 other teams, so we'd have our yearly rivals be from the closest - Indiana, Purdue, ND, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, and MD. We would probably get the last 2 for sure unless they want to divvy up the new un interesting teams among the pods for breather games for the others. If we don't get those we will probably get lumped with the two less attractive Indiana schools.
 
For what it's worth, regarding ND, this was posted on FB
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Just a guess, but Florida State, Miami and Clemson would be more likely candidates than UNC. The Florida schools have a large tv market with population centers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville. Clemson brings the appeal of a national contender. Football is leading the way, not basketball. I am not sure UNC or Duke would ever be more than a Vanderbilt type team. Decent in minor sports but cannot consistently offer much appeal for TV ratings for football. Sort of reminds me of another program.
 
GoGATech said:
Three words. A-A-U.
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I don't think the AAU will be a hurdle anymore. The days of conferences having identities are over, and everyone is very openly chasing the money.

If it wasn't clear before it should be now that the Big 10, comprised of ten -- wait, sorry, fourteen -- historically midwestern schools, just added two California teams.
 
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