WoodlandsAg07

Personally I hope we do. It's something all of us grew up with and would be ridiculous if it ended. If it does, LSU would be my first and only choice to replace it. I love being the only college game on Thanksgiving Day.

Putting LSU in early/mid November would still make it a really fun game IMO. That, Arkansas staying early in the year at Jerryworld and the whorns on Thanksgiving would give us a schedule packed full of hate

I could see it as a possibility for one year when they only have 13 teams

Misleading titles have been pretty common in this thing with ESPN only. It's happened several times with stuff related to us, most notable being when ESPN plastered the headline "SEC votes no on A&M" several weeks ago when it was obvious that wasn't the case, they just met to discuss further action when we applied.

I know Grant is a big time name amongst the younger coaches. LSU and MSU have been good in the past as well, and I think we help add balance in the West for basketball. We always played Kansas tough for what we had to work with, I hope we do the same with Kentucky. At the very least both fanbases can bond over Gillispie drinking tales.

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The Big 12, the 12 team ACC, the B1G and Pac 12 don't happen without the SEC moving to 12 in 1992

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Exactly, and I think this example shows how people losing their shite about superconferences might be overreacting. The Big 12 was the only immediate reaction, the ACC didnt happen until around 10 years later, and the others didn't happen until this past year.

16 team conferences could absolutely happen, but to expect it to be that way in 4 or 5 years seems a little crazy given history. I think the SEC and PAC sit at 14 and it stops there.

I'm not old, but from what I understand/have heard from older alums about the SWC, what we are doing now is pretty similar to what Arkansas did in the early 90's- bolting a fricked, unstable conference for the exact opposite. Unless I'm mistaken, the SEC set the modern quota at 12 and a CCG (which every conference with a pulse just got to this year) with the help of Arkansas and SC.

I would say Arkansas played a very significant role in the "superconference" evolution, as did SC and as we and OU/OK State likely will. Without the first moves by the SEC and Arkansas/SC, who knows what conferences would look like now. I don't consider the Penn State thing all that significant because the Big 10 still remained a conference without divisions or a championship game. It was basically just a slightly larger version of the old status quo conferences.

What I don't know is if Arkansas played the role we are currently playing now, where they instigated expansion and became the 11th team and SC was brought in as 12 to even it out, or both were brought in together. I'm sure y'all know more about that than me.

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Pac12 is to damn boring living out here

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I can imagine.

Arkansas and LSU would be huge home and home draws for all schools involved, that's why I'd almost rather do a neutral site OOC with a school like Tech or UH. If I go to Oxford I imagine I will fly to Memphis, but I will definitely remember those Arkansas speed changes.

But yes, we will have to expedite stadium expansion to make proper room for visiting fans.

I only want 1 neutral site game. I'd rather it be LSU in Houston for selfish reasons, but more than 1 neutral site game in conference would be way too much and I doubt we do it. I'd much rather have no neutral site games than 2.

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