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Imagine if the 2011 realignment turned out differently

Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:36 pm
Posted by TriStateAreaFootball
Member since Dec 2024
850 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:36 pm
Instead of A&M and Missouri joining the conference, OU and Texas join.

2012 - 2023 SEC Divisions

West (With the theoretical 1-7 permanent)
1) Arkansas (USC)
2) LSU (UF)
3) MSU (AL)
4) Ole Miss (UGA)
5) Oklahoma (UK)
6) Texas (AU)
7) Vanderbilt (UT)

East
1) Alabama
2) Auburn
3) Georgia
4) Florida
5) Kentucky
6) South Carolina
7) Tennessee


A really FUN conference. A&M and Missouri slip off to the Big 10 (Where they both want to be now anyhow)

The SEC adds UNC and UVA in '21 instead of OU and TU.
Posted by SPAGHETTI PLATE
Member since Jan 2025
87 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:50 pm to
A&M wouldn't mesh well with Big 10 culture IMO, Missouri probably would though.

Also: GFY
Posted by cardboardboxer
Member since Apr 2012
34665 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:55 pm to
frick that, Texas thought they were too good for the SEC then.

They only changed their mind when our entrance enabled the SEC (mostly Saban) to drain the Texas talent into the SEC.
Posted by TriStateAreaFootball
Member since Dec 2024
850 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 3:57 pm to
Posted by Mr Sausage
Cat Spring, Texas
Member since Oct 2011
14443 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:00 pm to
in every scenario, Arkansas is still everyone's bitch in football. wow, that's a shame.
Posted by geoag58
Member since Nov 2011
925 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:02 pm to
Conferences days are numbered for NFL lite*. Going forward who thinks conference affiliation will mean as much?

ETA
*with totally unrestricted free agency college probably should be NFL heavy.
This post was edited on 4/22/25 at 4:08 pm
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
33028 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:31 pm to
imagine if we wouldn't have got a program like Arkansas in 1992 who offered/offers absolutely nothing to the SEC other than an easy win.

Why add Arkansas when we could have added Memphis?
Posted by SPAGHETTI PLATE
Member since Jan 2025
87 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:32 pm to
Memphis? Put down the crack pipe
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
33028 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:35 pm to
they are the equivalent of Arkansas.

Probably has a bigger fan base after decades of Arkansas irrelevance.
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
16864 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:37 pm to
quote:

in every scenario, Arkansas is still everyone's bitch in football. wow, that's a shame.

Both Texas A&M and Mizzou been beating Arkansas like Arkansas has been begging for some more beatdown. No wonder why Arkansas fans wanted Texas A&M and Mizzou gone.
Posted by MtVernon
Member since Jul 2024
6318 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

A&M wouldn't mesh well with Big 10 culture IMO


Yall will rebrand yourselves to take care of that. Yall love being in a feigned position to turn your nose down at others, which doesn't happen with Texas around. So yeah, you'll be gone and will play the academic card of the Big 10 in order to start pissing on the SEC.

But your football will suck worse.
Posted by BuckI
Grove City, Ohio
Member since Oct 2020
5338 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:38 pm to
Texas tried to join the B1G, but they wanted to bring Oklahoma with them, and for some reason, they did not accept the Sooners.
Posted by MtVernon
Member since Jul 2024
6318 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:40 pm to
quote:

Texas tried to join the B1G


This is the problem with anonymous internet posters.
Posted by Warwick
Member since May 2022
1640 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:40 pm to
academics were a hurdle with OU, and the separation of OSU
Posted by TriStateAreaFootball
Member since Dec 2024
850 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:41 pm to
quote:

cajunbama

You respond to an ungodly percentage of my posts. It's honestly disturbing, but in a strange way, I admire your commitment.
Posted by LSUTigresFan
SE Louisiana to Austin (Texas Ex)
Member since Mar 2013
4652 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 4:42 pm to
I'm glad we didn't join the B1G. That would've sucked honestly. Texas has no connection to Michigan or Ohio.
Posted by HClassof84
Member since Feb 2025
170 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 6:05 pm to
quote:

Arkansas is still everyone's bitch in footbal


yeah, thank goodness there is more than one sport in this league.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25512 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 7:16 pm to
Arkansas has more fans in Memphis than Memphis fans.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
16512 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 7:18 pm to
quote:

They only changed their mind when our entrance enabled the SEC (mostly Saban) to drain the Texas talent into the SEC.

Y’all got the last laugh though when you sent Jalen Milroe to end his career.
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
21010 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 7:24 pm to
Texas and Texas A&M are basically the same.
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