Ad Nauseum topic: Why does MIZZOU make so much sense?

Because most of the schools you listed other than Louisville aren't dumb enough to leave an easier confernece that is in no danger of folding for an already tougher conference that is about to get a lot tougher to win so your options at that point are kind of limited.

There is just no logical sense whatsoever for a top tier team like FSU, VT or OU to join the SEC. I imagine Clemson and Miami probably feel the same way as well. GT might be the only one that would make the jump but I just don't see the SEC taking them.

At some point in time you have to way the risk/reward. Is the slight increase in money a big enough reward for an OU, VT or FSU to risk their relatively easy paths to the BCS and chance slipping in the national view of their program when the start falling to lower/mid tier bowls more often?

Well it's documented that they want out of the B12. The B10 already rejected them.

OU, UNC don't seem like a fit in the SEC. OU is apparently scared to leave UT, and UNC is a BBall school.

VT would work in the SEC.

OU will go west if offered

their high-level leadership is, for lack of a better phrase, an intellectual snob. they would rather their university be aligned with Cal and Stanford then Alabama and Florida (which are both good schools)

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The SEC landing OU and A&M would be huge.

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I heard Tim Brando on the radio today say that OU sees themselves as a higher class institution academics-wise. They would rather be associated with Stanford & Cal in the PAC-12/14/16 than with schools such as Alabama & LSU.

EDIT: Rouge beat me to it.

It's hard enough finding die hard Missouri fans outside of Columbia as it is now. I can only imagine what it would be like if they were routinely getting drilled in the SEC.

I wonder if that would be a tough sell for recruits and its own fan base. I find the Pac-10 to be pretty boring, and hardly ever watch their games (because I don't find their teams too interesting and many of the games are late due to them being on the West Coast).

If I am a recruit in Texas and have a chance to play in the SEC or the Pac-10, I would imagine that the SEC would have the advantage.

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If I am a recruit in Texas and have a chance to play in the SEC or the Pac-10,

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i'm not sure how much a recruit looks at the conference as much as just the specific

if OU went west right now, you might see 4-5 straight OU-UO title games (much like at the beginning to the SECCG with Bama-florida)

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OU has OSU
UNC has duke
VT has UVA

its difficult to break any of those bonds.

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yet somehow Florida/FSU, Georgia/Georgia Tech, Clemson/S. Carolina and Kentucky/Louisville still make it work

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et somehow Florida/FSU, Georgia/Georgia Tech, Clemson/S. Carolina and Kentucky/Louisville still make it work

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no they dont.
its the exact same situation, yet opposite. FSU will not be in the sec because UF says no, etc.

its really pretty obvious

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why does MU makes sense over schools like OU, UNC, or VT?

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It doesn't, but I don't think those schools are options.

I like the Missouri option. I think it's good to increase the footprint of the SEC. Bring in some new markets and shake things up a little. Adding A&M and Missouri would be great additions.