(06-21-2014 09:40 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: (06-21-2014 08:35 AM)ESE84 Wrote: The Sooners would be in if Bevo made it a condition of Texas entering the B1G.
Just said something along the same lines in the BigTen forum ... seems likely the Presidents of Wisconsin and That School Up North vote no on Oklahoma, unless its a package deal that lands Texas.
Texas is a bright shiny object for the academic snobs that could distract from quite a lot of other things they would normally go bonkers over.
For carriage rights adding any state would bring itself plus any adjacent state for third tier rights.
Nebraska brought a few of adjacent states into the B1G.
1) Nebraska
2) Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming
Oklahoma would have a good regional impact for the B1G.
1) Oklahoma
2) New Mexico, Texas and Arkansas
How about Virginia Tech?
1) Virginia
2) Tennessee, North Carolina
Georgia Tech?
1) Georgia
2) Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama
It sounds then the Georgia Tech should be the one the B1G is going after and to justify their inclusion another southern football school like Virginia Tech should be added as a rival.
Take a bite out of SEC football recruiting. The B1G does not fear B12 football power since that league may not hold together beyond the current football TV deal. It also lets the PAC have another crack at the Texoma schools.