If Oregon ends up going to either the BIG10 or SEC, I prefer to play in the SEC!!!
So many talk about the difficulty of traveling to the SEC. I dont understand that logic. Go ask Google the distance from Eugene to Ohio st. Then ask the distance between Eugene and Tuscaloosa Alabama. It's almost the same distance.
I prefer to play the best teams in the best conference which we all know is the SEC.
SEC country has way better weather than BIG10 country. I know for a fact because I lived in Florida/Georgia for 2 years and I have 1 brother live in Nebraska for 2 years (he said it got down to -35). My youngest brother lived in Minnesota for 2 years (he said it got down to -46).
If Oregon plays in the SEC we could use that to our advantage with recruits. Play at Oregon and at the same time play in the SEC. Tell all the southern California kids who probably enjoy warm weather if they play at USC they'll play in freezing weather. Play at Oregon and you're close to home and play best teams in the SEC with Way better weather.
We might end up being the only SEC team on the west coast. Think about how huge that will be for Oregon in recruiting.
Eventually we'll have to travel a lot further for games and the distance is basically the same going to play in the BIG10 or SEC.
If you want to prove how good you are as a team and measure how far you've come as a program, to me it's the SEC all the way.
I know personally how much SEC fans eat, sleep, breathe and live football. If we as a west coast team can come in and beat them...... it speaks VOLUMES compared to beating Purdue, Indiana, Maryland.
Lets go Ducks!!!