If we just get A$M, that makes 13...how does this work

Nah, we add VT.

It has been reported that slive would be content with 13

nah, we add Florida State in the East to balance A&M in the West.

I don't think we add Florida State unless the SEC wanted to be a 16 team conference. I think the SEC would look for a school in a state where there is no SEC school obviously like the state of Texas. Virginia Tech, North Carolina, something like that for the east. Florida St, Miami, Georgia Tech, Clemson, those are good schools out east but I just don't think the SEC would want to go after a school where we already have programs in those states. I think for ESPN/CBS TV money and recruiting purposes that the SEC targets areas where we have no schools already in those states.

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I assume they will still play UT every year...

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No, that rivalry is dead, after 100+ years.....

A&m had given their word, their 100% commitment, that they would move to the PAC 16 with TX, OU, Okie State, Tx Tech and Colorado. When A&M called to say they were breaking their commitment, they were told that none of those 5 former Big 12 schools would ever schedule them again in any sports unless they honored their word. A&M still picked the SEC.

God you are some whiney bitches. I don't know what y'all are going to do without having aTm around. You won't be able to say things are "aggie" anymore. The rivalry will resume in a couple years after you quit being a bunch of pussies about A&M picking a real conference instead of an easy out with 2 auto bids and no championship game.

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Either way, the SEC is getting tougher

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Not sure about that. Over the last decade, A&M is 63-59 (36-46 in the Big 12). We're basically talking about another Ole Miss.

SEC will not leave it at 13, I look for VT to join no later than next week.

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lots of coin flipping for the 4 tied teams who didn't play each other.

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None in 18 years, though. If the SEC had no divisions after expansion, only three times would a tie-breaker have been used at all, and head-to-head would have solved them all.

1992 - Alabama 8-0, Florida 6-2, Georgia 6-2. Head to head - Florida.
1993 - Auburn 8-0 (ineligible), Florida 7-1, Tennessee 6-1-1, Alabama 5-2-1
1994 - Alabama 8-0, Florida 7-1
1995 - Florida 8-0, Tennessee 7-1, Arkansas 6-2
1996 - Florida 8-0, Tennessee 7-1, Alabama 6-2, LSU 6-2
1997 - Tennessee 7-1, Florida 6-2, Georgia 6-2, LSU 6-2, Auburn 6-2. Head-to-head: AU 2-1, UGA 1-1, LSU 1-1, UF 1-2; Auburn wins tie-breaker.
1998 - Tennessee 8-0, Florida 7-1, Georgia 6-2, Arkansas 6-2, Mississippi State 6-2
1999 - Alabama 7-1, Florida 7-1
2000 - Florida 7-1, Auburn 6-2
2001 - Tennessee 7-1, Florida 6-2, LSU 5-3, South Carolina 5-3, Georgia 5-3, Auburn 5-3
2002 - Georgia 7-1, Alabama 6-2 (ineligible), Florida 6-2, Auburn 5-3, LSU 5-3, Tennessee 5-3, Arkansas 5-3
2003 - LSU 7-1, Ole Miss 7-1, Tennessee 6-2, Florida 6-2, Georgia 6-2
2004 - Auburn 8-0, Tennessee 7-1
2005 - LSU 7-1, Auburn 7-1, Georgia 6-2
2006 - Florida 7-1, Arkansas 7-1
2007 - LSU 7-1, Georgia 6-2, Tennessee 6-2. Head to head: Tennessee.
2008 - Alabama 8-0, Florida 7-1
2009 - Alabama 8-0, Florida 8-0