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<blockquote data-quote="Rob07" data-source="post: 1230918" data-attributes="member: 57270"><p>Would UT rather be in a football superconference SEC where they might get into the CFP even as the second place team, or prefer having a clean shot at the CFP every year by winning an easier B1G, PAC12 or ACC? I don't know the answer but don't think the former is the clearly superior option. And I do think that UT's boosters probably see the goal as winning national titles, not conference titles.</p><p></p><p>I'm not even convinced the SEC's interests are best served by becoming the far-and-away best league with everyone else irrelevant. The net result of that is probably that the other 70% of the country stops caring about college football, not that the other 70% of the country starts watching the SEC exclusively. Better to be a national sport than a regional curiosity. (Assuming national interest is high enough to generate TV revenue from ESPN/CBS/FOX -- if not, then I agree the calculus changes and it's better to dominate the niche.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob07, post: 1230918, member: 57270"] Would UT rather be in a football superconference SEC where they might get into the CFP even as the second place team, or prefer having a clean shot at the CFP every year by winning an easier B1G, PAC12 or ACC? I don't know the answer but don't think the former is the clearly superior option. And I do think that UT's boosters probably see the goal as winning national titles, not conference titles. I'm not even convinced the SEC's interests are best served by becoming the far-and-away best league with everyone else irrelevant. The net result of that is probably that the other 70% of the country stops caring about college football, not that the other 70% of the country starts watching the SEC exclusively. Better to be a national sport than a regional curiosity. (Assuming national interest is high enough to generate TV revenue from ESPN/CBS/FOX -- if not, then I agree the calculus changes and it's better to dominate the niche.) [/QUOTE]
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