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RE: Fluge: OU &100 year decision time
(01-04-2016 06:31 PM)AllTideUp Wrote: (01-04-2016 05:28 PM)JRsec Wrote: Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State & West Virginia to the SEC
Missouri & Kansas to the Big 10.
Connecticut & Notre Dame to the ACC as a full members.
Iowa State, Kansas State, T.C.U. and Texas Tech to the PAC.
That's the simplest way to end this. It preserves all of Texas's existing rivalries and Oklahoma's. It covers West Virginia & Baylor who won't get in otherwise. The ACC loses nobody. Nobody but Big 12 schools move. Baylor & West Virginia & Oklahoma State is the price of Texas and Oklahoma.
SEC:
East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, West Virginia
Central: Alabama, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M
West: Arkansas, Baylor, Louisiana State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
ACC:
Connecticut, Boston College, Notre Dame, Syracuse
Louisville, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest
Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami
Big 10:
Maryland, Penn State, Ohio State, Rutgers
Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue
Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Wisconsin
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
PAC:
Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State
California, Cal Los Angeles, Southern Cal, Stanford
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
Iowa State, Kansas State, T.C.U., Texas Tech
Nobody is out. Connecticut is in. The ACC maintains academic integrity. We move to champs only. SEC Network shifts to Dallas. Charlotte becomes ACCN. Big 10 earns more with less. SEC earns more with more. L.S.U. gets out from under Bama's shadow. Missouri gets the Big 10. The ACC essentially only adds UConn but with a network, F.S.U. gets their favorite kind of division out of it. We move to a P4 Champs only model. Finis.
I've wanted to believe that Texas will join the SEC. It's still possible it will happen, but part of me says the quasi-independence deal they could get with the ACC makes the most sense. They don't have to capitulate to A&M or OU in any way. They get a more profitable network. They also get the freedom to play a few regional schools while possibly increasing their exposure nationally. They probably get an annual game with ND as well. It sounds like the sort of golden parachute that would stroke UT's ego perfectly.
How about this?
The B1G gets KU and VT
Texas gets an ND type deal with the ACC. UConn, Cincinnati, and Baylor also join up to make 16 full members.
The PAC gets TT, TCU, Houston, and ISU
The SEC gets OU, OSU, KSU, and WVU
All 10 Big 12 members are accounted for. Texas gets what they want. OU and OSU stay together. The B1G grows with a couple of strong brands. The PAC becomes relevant all over TX. The SEC takes a couple of lesser brands to finish things off.
SEC Divisions:
--Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Missouri, Arkansas
--LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
--Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia
That still works. I think it is a good fall back scenario should Texas find the allure of quasi independence to be too strong to resist. At least KState does add another market.
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2016 06:56 PM by JRsec.)
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