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UVa and UNC in the east division and move Mizzou to the west. NC and Va would be great additions for recruiting.

There is this I was just reading on Orangebloods.com from Chip Brown.

Keep your ears open for rumblings out of the SEC about a push that could include Alabama with support from Texas A&M and Missouri to get Florida and Georgia to relent on their opposition to adding Florida State and Georgia Tech.

Louisville has been ringing the Big 12's doorbell since realignment started, but now could be a candidate to replace Maryland in the ACC. The Big 12 has done studies that show schools such as Louisville and Cincinnati don't move the meter enough in terms of television, so there is no interest in those additions at this time.

The ACC outfoxed the Big 12 to get Notre Dame. Could the SEC outfox the Big 12 to get Florida State and Georgia Tech?

Would the Seminoles and Yellow Jackets be open to such moves?

The fact that we are even asking these questions tells you that realignment is back and everyone better be on their toes.

Also if you want a twitter feed to read about conference expansion check out this cat:

Why would the SEC want FSU and GT. they bring absolutely nothing. No new markets. GT does not bring many fans or any prestige. Cannot see FSU bringing anything since we already have Fl covered. Va or NC but they would have. $50 million buyout as would GT and FSU.

I totally agree, Alaman.

We already have the Atlanta and North Florida markets covered, so it would make zero sense to consider either of those schools.

Although Florida State would provide competition in the SECe, college football is all about the arms race now, and TV $$$ prevail.

Two more teams in new, viable TV markets makes ultimate sense, and the potential additional revenue from our TV contracts could be outrageous. NC and the DC markets are huge; I believe we will go after them.

I believe D1 college football will soon consist of four 16-team conferences, so we should be careful to ensure that we wrap up the best TV markets available.

UNC Chapel Hill and VATech would open huge markets and increased national interest.

That's what I'm talking about!

The conference could expand in the other direction.

Or maybe LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss & MSU could join the Big XII.

With Delany suggesting "Demographics" as his incentive for adding Maryland and New Jersey to the Big Ten.....sounds like expansion being driven by political motivations along party lines.