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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

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buckeyemania11 said:
The SEC will be right back to being propped up in the summer with comically over inflated preseason rankings for the usual suspects.
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This goes back nearly 50 years at this point. Whenever ESPN became a thing, the ONE thing that they absolutely knew was that they needed College Football. The Big 10 and Pac-10 were already tied into the Rose Bowl and national broadcasts. Oklahoma and Nebraska from the Big 8 were also nationwide. So where did that leave the fledgling network? The SEC. So E!SPiN hitched its wagon to that beleaguered conference, and they promoted it and promoted it and promoted it. And they always WILL promote it. Because that's their bellcow. But NIL and the portal have destroyed E!SPIN's football hegemony. The B1G and PAC programs have ALWAYS had more money than the SEC. BUT they (mostly) followed the rules. The current CFP runs through ESECPN until the end of the 2031-2032 season. In the current expansion negotiations, the B1G doesn't even need to take the hard line. They just need to wrestle control of the CFP from ESECPN. Which they can and will do.

The entire State of Alabama only has two billionaires, and both of them are Auburn supporters. NO ONE in the SEC can outspend Ohio State, or the Cheaters up North, or Oregon, or Washington, or USC, or even freaking INDIANA. They can't even outspend Northwestern or Purdue. Even Rutgers and Maryland can basically spend with any SEC school except UT and aTm.

OKAY. I'm rambling. My bad.
 
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lvbuckeye said:
This goes back nearly 50 years at this point. Whenever ESPN became a thing, the ONE thing that they absolutely knew was that they needed College Football. The Big 10 and Pac-10 were already tied into the Rose Bowl and national broadcasts. Oklahoma and Nebraska from the Big 8 were also nationwide. So where did that leave the fledgling network? The SEC. So E!SPiN hitched its wagon to that beleaguered conference, and they promoted it and promoted it and promoted it. And they always WILL promote it. Because that's their bellcow. But NIL and the portal have destroyed E!SPIN's football hegemony. The B1G and PAC programs have ALWAYS had more money than the SEC. BUT they (mostly) followed the rules. The current CFP runs through ESECPN until the end of the 2031-2032 season. In the current expansion negotiations, the B1G doesn't even need to take the hard line. They just need to wrestle control of the CFP from ESECPN. Which they can and will do.

The entire State of Alabama only has two billionaires, and both of them are Auburn supporters. NO ONE in the SEC can outspend Ohio State, or the Cheaters up North, or Oregon, or Washington, or USC, or even freaking INDIANA. They can't even outspend Northwestern or Purdue. Even Rutgers and Maryland can basically spend with any SEC school except UT and aTm.

OKAY. I'm rambling. My bad.
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The sec is about to become Texas, aTm, then everybody else. Maybe Vanderbilt. Florida and Georgia could scrounge up some donors but still unlikely to match big ten alumni money.

Of anyone is inspired by what Indiana did its Vandy.
 
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From AI, but I checked and accurate...explains the original attraction of Big12 members to the SEC a bit more fully?

As of January 2026, the American university with the largest paid (dues-paying) member alumni club is Pennsylvania State University.

While many universities have recently moved toward "non-dues" models where every graduate is automatically a member (making their total "member" count equal to their total living alumni), Penn State maintains a distinct dues-paying structure that consistently ranks as the world's largest.


Top Universities by Paid Alumni Membership

  • Pennsylvania State University (Penn State Alumni Association): It is recognized as the world's largest dues-paying alumni association, reporting nearly 175,000 active, paying members as of 2025/2026. This is part of a broader network of over 800,000 living alumni.
  • Ohio State University: Historically cited as one of the largest dues-paying associations in the country, it maintains a massive engaged base within its total alumni population of over 600,000.
  • University of Michigan: The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan (AAUM) has one of the most robust paid membership models, serving a total living alumni base of nearly 700,000.
  • University of Texas at Austin (Texas Exes): Known for its "Texas Exes" association, it maintains a significant paid membership base (including life memberships) within a total network of over 600,000 alumni.


Important Distinction: Total Alumni vs. Paid Members

In 2025 and 2026, several large public universities surpassed others in total living alumni, b
ut their "member" counts often include all graduates for free:
  • Indiana University: Now boasts the largest total living alumni base in the U.S. with over 805,000 individuals.
  • Texas A&M University: While it has a massive and fierce "Aggie Network" of over 640,000 former students, its association does not require dues for general membership, distinguishing it from Penn State's paid model.
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