(06-04-2014 02:27 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(06-04-2014 07:57 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(06-04-2014 07:16 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(06-03-2014 08:24 PM)XLance Wrote:  I found it too hard to try to grade the Big 12 schools re: the SEC, PAC and B1G because I just don't know enough about those conferences. I really can't say I know that much about the Big 12 schools, but I can say that the only two that I see ever joining the ACC are Texas and Kansas. I think that Oklahoma somehow ends up in the SEC.
I agree with OliveandBlue in that Oklahoma is not a good fit for the ACC.

If Texas does not go to the PAC we won't get 4 x 16.

I used to believe that as well, but I've now come around to H1 position of the PAC adding 4 Central Time Zone schools to get the value necessary for a P4 to come to fruition.

I think that way too much is made about trying to keep up dollar wise with the B1G especially when it comes to the PAC. Why would they (PAC) want schools that don't fit their profile just to get mid-western coverage for their network. If it weren't for increased revenue the PAC would NEVER consider Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Baylor or TCU!
And so what if they make 10 million less than the SEC or the B1G, how can that really hurt them. UCLA is not ever going to join the B1G just to get $10M a year.
The Big 12 has some great schools that just don't fit in anywhere else. And the PAC schools are so isolated from the rest of the country that they are untouchable.
Unless some schools want to move around to get a better "fit", I'm beginning to think that we might be done for a while.

Why? Corporate Network money and the desire for further advertising incentives for higher rates have been behind it all and those motivations are still with us. The tinkering by corporate influences has is only paused as they figure out the legal entanglements before moving on.

JR, I think what you are seeing is some push back from the PAC not legal entanglements.
The PAC controls two time zones and to alter their schedules to accomodate a third TZ is quite a bit to think about.
If, for instance, the PAC takes four schools in the central TZ, will the west coast get out of bed to watch a 10AM TV start in Austin or Lubbock? Will the folks in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas or Iowa willing to give good numbers on a late start in Pullman or LA?
Why would anyone try to run a conference spread over three time zones? But if I'm the PAC, my four central teams would have to be blockbuster to get me to move to 16.
You may have to focus in on 3 x 18 + 1 x 12.