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<blockquote data-quote="topdecktiger" data-source="post: 129488975" data-attributes="member: 1459051">The part about bringing in teams that aren't a threat to the top teams isn't really the point. The only team in expansion that is a threat to the top (well, at least theoretically) is Nebraska. That's not the issue. The point is that the teams picked in expansion were teams that added value to the conference, whether by name or by market. You can take a mid-level P5 teams like Rutgers or Colorado, and they still bring value with their market, even though they aren't very successful otherwise. That's why I made the point about Cincinnati earlier. They don't have the name value, and there is a big question about whether they actually deliver their market. So the problem there is you don't know if a team like that offers any value. Texas A&amp;M and Missouri delivered monetary value to the SEC, so there was a purpose for bringing them in.One thing I don't get with the Pac 12 reference. What do you mean about the two best teams being #17 and #19? Stanford finished #3.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="topdecktiger, post: 129488975, member: 1459051"] The part about bringing in teams that aren't a threat to the top teams isn't really the point. The only team in expansion that is a threat to the top (well, at least theoretically) is Nebraska. That's not the issue. The point is that the teams picked in expansion were teams that added value to the conference, whether by name or by market. You can take a mid-level P5 teams like Rutgers or Colorado, and they still bring value with their market, even though they aren't very successful otherwise. That's why I made the point about Cincinnati earlier. They don't have the name value, and there is a big question about whether they actually deliver their market. So the problem there is you don't know if a team like that offers any value. Texas A&M and Missouri delivered monetary value to the SEC, so there was a purpose for bringing them in. One thing I don't get with the Pac 12 reference. What do you mean about the two best teams being #17 and #19? Stanford finished #3. [/QUOTE]

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