Originally Posted by
tsquare
Dear lord I hope not... When ARK was added to the SEC, the rivalry factor was diminished because you used to be able to drive from one school to another. It took a... real... long... day to drive from Knoxville to Fayetteville a few years ago... not many Big Orange fans did so. I don't want the conference to turn into the PAC 10 where you need an airliner to go to an away game. Tailgating starts to suck then.
Well, whatever the behind the scenes story is the SEC decided not to invite A&M. I wouldn't have minded A&M. Maybe it's a cow college thing.
Heard rumors Mizzou would've been added and Auburn would've gone to the SEC East, which would've sucked if you had to play Bama twice a year. Takes the fun out of the once a year event. I think some NFL rivalries would be a heck of a lot better if they were once a year events.
but you're right, college station is FAR FAR from Gainesville and Columbia SC. Still not as stupid as what the ACC did having schools from BOS to MIA.
Of course the funny part is FSU. They didn't want to compete so they chose the ACC and that served them really well for a decade plus. But yet TLH is closer than GNV.
I don't know who was going to make 14, Clemson? FSU? GaTech? Louisville?
oh well.