1. ESPN gets a piece of the PAC and shares the overhead with FOX. Both help to increase the carriage and scope of the PACN.

2. ESPN lands the T1 Big 10 contract and shares rights with FOX that has the majority of the Big 10 Network.

3. Privates find it necessary to separate themselves from the publics for legal and economic reasons but find a healthy way to market themselves.

Then we could wind up with a P4 that looked like this:

Big 10:

Georgia Tech, Maryland, N.C. State or U.N.C., UVa or Va Tech
Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin

PAC:

Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
Arizona, Arizona State, California, California Los Angeles
Colorado, Texas, Texas Tech, Utah
Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma

Privates (and Service Academies)

Army, Navy, Northwestern, Notre Dame
Boston College, Miami, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
Baylor, Duke, Texas Christian, Vanderbilt
Air Force, B.Y.U., Southern California, Stanford

SEC:

Kentucky, N.C. State or U.N.C., Tennessee, Va Tech or U.Va, West Virginia
Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Alabama, Florida State, Louisville, Mississippi, Mississippi State
Arkansas, Louisiana State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M

The privates is a dream conference for N.D. and between B.Y.U., N.D., and the service academies and the huge markets the conference reaches including the Armed Services Network, there is plenty to be made. Plus a PAC without U.S.C. and Stanford make a Texas and Oklahoma move even more palatable.

Interesting JR.
In another scenario we remain at a P5, but 12 becomes the new 16. The networks (ESPN, which owns most of the bowls and controls the bowl broadcasts) seems to have decided that they like the structure just the way it is (all of the legalities have been worked out for the bowls, access bowls and championship series) and it might be easier to move teams than to redo everything else.

Your "privates" conference would for the time being be a football only association, but could over time grow (maybe with others) into being a full fledged conference and would consist of : Notre Dame, Boston College, Wake Forest, Army, Navy, Vanderbilt, and Northwestern. (I have seen this presented with and without Purdue. Possible add could include: UConn, Temple, Cincinnati and even Tulane

B1G
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Purdue
Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Rutgers, Penn State and Maryland

Big 12
Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Arkansas and Oklahoma State
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State

SEC
Texas A&M, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama and Auburn
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia

ACC
Syracuse, NC State, Pitt, Louisville, Florida State and Clemson
UVa, Carolina, Dook, Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia Tech

PAC
Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado, UCLA and Southern Cal
California, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State

There seem to be a lot of different proposals floating "out there". Most seem to circle around the "pay for play". For some like Wake Forest, it's a matter of cost, for others like Notre Dame it seems to be a matter of principle.

We are a state school.

(04-08-2015 06:04 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  We are a state school.

You are semi public, like Pitt.

No, we are state related. There is nothing semi about it.

(04-02-2015 09:39 PM)JRsec Wrote:  Privates (and Service Academies)

Army, Navy, Northwestern, Notre Dame
Boston College, Miami, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
Baylor, Duke, Texas Christian, Vanderbilt
Air Force, B.Y.U., Southern California, Stanford

This is basically a dream-come-true scenario for BYU. It's a great nationwide conference with marquee matchups and fantastic brands, but plenty of winnable games to stay competitive.