IF Mizzou comes to the SEC Gumps could go east

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Also, wrong board.

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Huh?

Somebody really should sticky one of the better geography/division splits threads.

It was moved! It was originally on the Rant.

frick the gumps. let them go east so they can preserve their precious UT rivalry.

My vote is Tide to the east- it would balance the east and west better-

Plus with the current level of talent in the east they should be a shoo in for years to come

Just looking to balance the divisions better. All the power has been in the west

I want to be part of a conference and not some clique within it. Back in the decade of the 60's we had the following:

o we played AU once (after not playing them for 26 yrs)

o didn't play GA (we were in the middle of a 24 yr period of not playing)

o we didn't play Vandy (we only played once in a 24 yr period),

o we played TN twice.

What kind of fricking conference was that? And why do you want to return to it? No, we will not have 26 year gaps, but it ain't going to be much better. GA, TN, SC, KT, MO, and Vandy should play in TIger Stadium more than FIVE TIMES IN SIXTY YEARS (8 game sched with one perm x div). It should be at minimum 12 and an ideal 15 (a home and away every 4 years).

The conference getting bigger means these x-div permanent games have to go. They probably won't, but they are paradoxically a detriment to the conf. It's no coincidence that the conf reached it max after these cliques were broken up.

You speak of matchups, but matchups are not determined by name, but play on the field. It's just a fact that the propects of teams vary over time, even for the big 6. Thowing all your eggs into one basket maximizes the risk of missing better matchups. Diversity is the key to maximizing quality.

Even though we've played FL almost continuously since the 50's, it didn't really turn into a great matchup until the ealy 2000's. The great storied AL/TN matchup has been more dud than even interesting in the last 35 years.

Do I WANT AL and AU to move to the east? No. But if they insist on playing TN, GA, FL every year instead of being in a conference, they need to be together. Besides this was the way it was in the 60's and they desparately want to return there. I don't care strongly about geographical boundaries, so I would take any of the other teams that want to be in a conf in return, so it doesn't have to be Vandy.