(08-07-2017 02:49 PM)JRsec Wrote:  The only answer to that dilemma is that the networks would have to make some of those lesser schools worth our while.

Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas State and Iowa State to the PAC is not wholly unreasonable.

West Virginia to the ACC is not unreasonable.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to the SEC are not unreasonable.

Kansas to the Big 10 is not unreasonable either. Does UConn go with them?

That's everybody but T.C.U. and Baylor. You could argue that T.C.U. goes to the PAC instead of Kansas State because of Dallas. If only Kansas State and Baylor are left out and 8 is enough to dissolve the conference what have you lost? A toxic program that currently nobody would want and a school with the worst all time football record in the FBS if you take away Snyder's years.

But let's look at something else which is actually much simpler:
Kansas, Kansas State, Texas and Texas Tech to the PAC.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to the SEC.
Iowa State and West Virginia to the ACC and N.D. remains an independent.

Why Iowa State? They add to ESPN's penetration into the Big 10 markets. Notre Dame delivers large cities such as Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis, and part of N.Y. City.

What about T.C.U. instead? I don't know if the ACC would go for this but having a school in Dallas / Ft. Worth would be huge for their new network launch. So maybe it's T.C.U. and West Virginia for them instead.

We can call the new Texas/Kansas foursome Bevo-hawk instead of Texa-homa and I think the PAC would go for it.

So tell me why the PAC would go for two brands and their brothers?

I think the SEC could do much worse than the pair of Oklahoma schools.

And the ACC adding West Virginia for branding and T.C.U. for markets, or Iowa State for academics is not wholly unrealistic either.

Is their a football first school in the ACC that wouldn't like to have some exposure in DFW? I don't think so.

So as long as 8 is not unreasonable dissolution is possible.

The latter scenario does make a lot of sense.

If the PAC turns that down then they're incredibly foolish. My only question would be over whether Texas would head that way. They'd have to give a good bump to the PAC just to maintain UT's current level.

I can see the B1G picking up UConn. Not sure who else they'd go with.