If you are going to speculate on this level, consider the following Big Ten national conference-

West: Southern Cal, UCLA, Stanford, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah

Southwest: Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arizona State

Midwest: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, XXXX

Eastern: Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland

There may be an incentive to do something like this. The Big Ten Network could absorb the Pac 12 Network and run Big Ten 1 and Big Ten 2. The Pac 12 and Big XII chosen members would leave their respective conferences and join the Big Ten as members. The Big Ten Network secures Texas and California. Finally, the conference could run 4 divisions under one conference. A round robin schedule for divisions could foster a regional feel like the old conferences.

(06-21-2015 11:39 AM)chess Wrote:  If you are going to speculate on this level, consider the following Big Ten national conference-

West: Southern Cal, UCLA, Stanford, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah

Southwest: Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arizona State

Midwest: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, XXXX

Eastern: Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland

There may be an incentive to do something like this. The Big Ten Network could absorb the Pac 12 Network and run Big Ten 1 and Big Ten 2. The Pac 12 and Big XII chosen members would leave their respective conferences and join the Big Ten as members. The Big Ten Network secures Texas and California. Finally, the conference could run 4 divisions under one conference. A round robin schedule for divisions could foster a regional feel like the old conferences.

If school XXXX is a BigXII school (KSU/ISU) then you have enough votes to dissolve both the PAC and BigXII.

I have a better idea: 8 conferences of 8. Every conference gets blown up, and everyone is better off.

(06-21-2015 10:02 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I've got a pretty realistic Pac12 dissolution plan.

A massive Earthquake rips apart the San Andreas fault. UCLA, USC, Cal, and Stanford are all casualties of the quake, and vanish from the face of the Earth in the ensuing tsunamis.
At the same time, the thrust fault along the pacific northwest takes care of Washington, Oregon, and Oregon State, and erupting volcanos take care of what remains.
All that remains are Washington State, 2 Arizona schools, Utah, and Colorado, who spend a year or more without athletics while cleaning up from the aftermath of the geological shakeup.

But where are the zombies? There has to be zombies...

(06-21-2015 03:58 PM)goodknightfl Wrote:  

(06-21-2015 10:02 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I've got a pretty realistic Pac12 dissolution plan.

A massive Earthquake rips apart the San Andreas fault. UCLA, USC, Cal, and Stanford are all casualties of the quake, and vanish from the face of the Earth in the ensuing tsunamis.
At the same time, the thrust fault along the pacific northwest takes care of Washington, Oregon, and Oregon State, and erupting volcanos take care of what remains.
All that remains are Washington State, 2 Arizona schools, Utah, and Colorado, who spend a year or more without athletics while cleaning up from the aftermath of the geological shakeup.

But where are the zombies? There has to be zombies...

Pouring RoundUp on Auburn's new trees.

(06-21-2015 03:58 PM)goodknightfl Wrote:  

(06-21-2015 10:02 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I've got a pretty realistic Pac12 dissolution plan.

A massive Earthquake rips apart the San Andreas fault. UCLA, USC, Cal, and Stanford are all casualties of the quake, and vanish from the face of the Earth in the ensuing tsunamis.
At the same time, the thrust fault along the pacific northwest takes care of Washington, Oregon, and Oregon State, and erupting volcanos take care of what remains.
All that remains are Washington State, 2 Arizona schools, Utah, and Colorado, who spend a year or more without athletics while cleaning up from the aftermath of the geological shakeup.

But where are the zombies? There has to be zombies...

Washington and Colorado have legalized weed.

And people are making a lot of money from it. I can see it now. CSU's new stadium-Joe Smith's all natural more than a mile high stadium.

(06-21-2015 03:58 PM)goodknightfl Wrote:  

(06-21-2015 10:02 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I've got a pretty realistic Pac12 dissolution plan.

A massive Earthquake rips apart the San Andreas fault. UCLA, USC, Cal, and Stanford are all casualties of the quake, and vanish from the face of the Earth in the ensuing tsunamis.
At the same time, the thrust fault along the pacific northwest takes care of Washington, Oregon, and Oregon State, and erupting volcanos take care of what remains.
All that remains are Washington State, 2 Arizona schools, Utah, and Colorado, who spend a year or more without athletics while cleaning up from the aftermath of the geological shakeup.

But where are the zombies? There has to be zombies...

None survived the tsunamis. But they provided some brief amusement to those who saw them trying to surf.

(06-21-2015 12:33 PM)jrj84105 Wrote:  

(06-21-2015 11:39 AM)chess Wrote:  If you are going to speculate on this level, consider the following Big Ten national conference-

West: Southern Cal, UCLA, Stanford, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah

Southwest: Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arizona State

Midwest: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, XXXX

Eastern: Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland

There may be an incentive to do something like this. The Big Ten Network could absorb the Pac 12 Network and run Big Ten 1 and Big Ten 2. The Pac 12 and Big XII chosen members would leave their respective conferences and join the Big Ten as members. The Big Ten Network secures Texas and California. Finally, the conference could run 4 divisions under one conference. A round robin schedule for divisions could foster a regional feel like the old conferences.

If school XXXX is a BigXII school (KSU/ISU) then you have enough votes to dissolve both the PAC and BigXII.

Something to consider-

Moving one school from the eastern conference to the midwest would open a spot for Connecticut. So, would UConn offer more value than Kansas State or Iowa State (or West Virginia)? How about Missouri leaving the SEC and taking that spot? Maybe.

This is one I've thought about for awhile. It all starts with Penn State

1) The only thing that stopped the Big East from succeeding was not having Penn State. Around 2020, Penn State begins talks with the former Eastern Indies and gets them all on board to start the Eastern Conference. It includes:
Penn State, Rutgers, and Maryland from the Big 10
Pitt, Syracuse, and BC from the ACC.
UConn from the American

2) The Eastern Conference invites Ohio State, Michigan, and Miami. OSU and Michigan realize that they have more alumni in New York than in Chicago. They also think that with 4 top teams, they'll get the same TV contract as the Big 10 but only split it with 10 schools instead of 14.

3) As the rest of the Big 10 considers what to do, Indiana panics and applies to the ACC. This combination of schools intrigues Kentucky so UK and IU join the ACC.

4) The remaining 8 Big 10 teams invite Missouri and Cincinnati. The conference isn't half of what it used to be nationwide, but its remaining members like it more than ever.

5) Tennessee realizes that if they join the ACC, they'll be at the geographic center of the conference. They convince Vandy that the academics are better in the ACC, and they both join the ACC.


Final numbers:
(new) Eastern Conference: 10 teams
SEC: 10 teams
Big 10: 10 teams
ACC: 14 teams
Big 12: 10 teams
PAC: 12 teams

This is what's going to happen.

The Big 10 will take

Houston and Georgia Tech

ACC

will add UConn to replace Georgia Tech

Big 12

Will take Cinncy and Memphis

Pac 12

Nothing happens

SEC

Nothing happens

(06-28-2015 09:56 PM)pearland1 Wrote:  This is what's going to happen.
The Big 10 will take

Houston and Georgia Tech

Myopic may be correct but Big 10 fans will hate this.

At least Houston finally gets a P5 invite