All realignment has done has made more teams eligible to win shit. Congrats to those taking advantage of it.

ROFL

It's as though you have no idea what words actually mean.

The following numbers definitively prove nothing, but they provide some interesting data points:

That makes no sense at all. Kentucky and Florida basketball are hurt, not helped, by playing those garbage teams. You may have a case for football but again that didn't seem to bother the ACC team who beat the SEC best for the title.

Conference affiliation isn't meaningless... it's not as important in basketball, where minor conferences are more competitive. But UCONN also won its title with 5-star talent recruited while it was a member of the biggest, baddest basketball league in America.

We'll have to see how they do in terms of recruiting and program success down the road. THe double-whammy of losing Jim Calhoun and switching leagues at the same time could be an issue (though it likely isn't, since they've become a blue blood, have great facilities and private donor support, and have an energetic young coach who should be able to capitalize on his natty).

Florida State doesn't prove anything regarding conference affiliation. They're a national program in a major football conference. The ACC TV money is not great (I think FSU is at around $25 million by the time its T3 rights are included), but FSU also has a huge and generous donor base (benefit of being a blue blood in a talent-rich state).

It's crazy how much that state doesn't care about pro sports with as many teams as they have, granted this is based solely on the people I have talked to there.

Rays, Marlins, Jags, Dolphins, Bucs, Panthers, Lightning, Heat, Magic are all second fiddle to the Gators and Noles. Dolphins may be the only team that is even close and even that is probably a stretch.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>ESPN, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks have reached an agreement for carriage of the SEC Network</p>&mdash; Joe Schad (@schadjoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/schadjoe/statuses/492400758110056449">July 24, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>SEC Network now is in about 60 million homes. Distribution has turned out much better than some privately worried about months ago.</p>&mdash; Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonSolomonCBS/statuses/492402559001194496">July 24, 2014</a></blockquote>
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BTW Why isn't the Longhorn network available in KC?

It's on Google Fiber but you have to pay extra for it. SEC Network will be on regular cable just like the Big Ten Network.

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Are there any cable systems left that won't be carrying all the SECs games?

It is listed as a channel on U-verse, and I have the sports extra programming. Still nothing.

What an Epic Fail.

http://bostonherald.com/sites/defaul...?itok=u7XgRG3T

lol, SEC Network...

biggest fail in the history of sport

DirecTV is the only major national carrier left. They might not cave, it's hard to say.

Disagree. They just about have to cave to compete with Dish.