UNC Exploring Move to the SEC

[KevininOhio]

Hell to the no. Duke has no shot at the SEC and we wouldn't wan that anyway. Imagine Duke with an SEC tag, with ESPN promoting them in conference (would be 50 times worse than it is now), with NIKE selling DUKE to SEC and the national position they'd be in with the SEC tag. Throw in their commitment to basketball like ours and putting them on a level field with us no way. Duke isu extremely powerful because of about 3 factors. We need them to be left out and we need them in a bottom tier conference. Duke is dangerous to us for historical reasons. And you put them in the same conference as UK WITH UNC? ESPN would see to it we don't add up to that. It would be horrible and probably hurt us bad.

A program like Duke is a serious threat. They need to be eliminated. One of my favorite aspects of the conference shifting (which I hate) is Duke has the wind taken out of their sails if UK and UNC are the premier conference game and Duke ends up BIGEAST or one smaller than the big 2. Duke had a shot at climbing and they decided to neglect their football program for 30 years. They've tried to catchup but it's too late. K hurt those chances years ago.

If Duke were to be in the SEC, we could guarantee that every time we play them would be the late game on a Tuesday night to bring in ratings.

 

[megablue]

The SEC is getting tougher for KY to regularly compete at a high level. I hate saying that, but that’s how I see it. KY is a basketball school. We have to be realistic.
Accordingly, if we could play Duke every year, home and home, in basketball, I would like to see them in the SEC. Same for North Carolina. For the same reason, I like playing Tennessee twice a year. Rival games.