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@docaggie Of the remaining open SEC coaching vacancies, Arkansas actually has to look the best. Unlike Auburn or Tennessee, the team is removed from an 11-2 record by just a year. One would hope, barring Petrino's penchant for aiming for lower ranked recruiting classes that there's a lot of potential waiting to be molded into a Top 15 / Top 10 team. That is, the likelihood of a new coach coming in and doing well quickly enough to satisfy fans is higher at Arkansas. Auburn fired its National Championship coach after just two years, Tennessee is a wreck of NCAA violations from the Kiffen era, running low on money, and there's no very recent successful season to point to as reassurance of the players' quality. Far from being a dumpster fire, it's a nice cozy spot by the fireplace with a glass of the drinker's choice.
@BamaWahoo If Tech was to split from the ACC, it would go to the SEC, not to the Big 12. As John has stated many times, it has very much the personality of an SEC school. It's just down the road from Knoxville (I-81) and would definitely prefer to travel to the other southern states than join jet setting West Virginia. UVa would only go to the Big 10 if it couldn't follow Tech to the SEC. Minus Maryland, ALL of its traditional rivals are to the south. This is all premised on the ACC collapsing which won't be happening any time in the near future.