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[QUOTE="qdawgg, post: 4722742, member: 52"]
My personal opinions on all of this.  The SEC has a plan, they’ve been very strategic in all of this.  They haven’t added teams like Rutgers, MD or Washington that add no real value to the league other than being punching bags for the conference.

I think the B10 has a preoccupation with the SEC.  They want to grow in size and be “the” league in CFB.  I said that a long time ago in the conference realignment type threads.  Picking teams off in the west just solidifies that thought for me even more.  They can’t beat the SEC in championship games typically but they can try to outmuscle them in sheer conference size.  Everyone laughs at B10 for adding MD and Rutgers, even B10 fans.  But the conference did it anyway.  Diluting their product.  That’s why I think their expansion is largely because of their insecurity with the SEC.

The SEC up to this point is the best conference in CFB.  They don’t need to make any rash moves the way some of the B10 moves have felt like, to me anyway.  BUT with the moves this week, I think they may begin to look at options.  ACC and SEC are tied to ESPN.  All 3 groups have a lot to lose, especially ESPN and the ACC.

As I said yesterday.  When I look at the new map of where the B10 schools are across the country and visualize the B12.  If I’m the SEC, it’s clear the B10’s next move is moving into SEC “territory”.  Maybe not for 10 years but if I’m the SEC, I’m starting to make plans to prevent the B10 from doing that.
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