(05-07-2016 10:06 AM)pesik Wrote: neither ucf/usf or both can deliver the whole state, cincy isn't bringing the entire state of ohio
if the big 12 had that mentality (giving an entire state to a team located in it) theyd have taken louisville over wvu
but i love the mentality that people use..so the big 12 just finished a study that said the ideal number for a conference is 12...so foxsports blogger says they should do 14??
and honestly if people really believed cincy could get all of Ohio, ucf/usf could get all of Florida, Memphis could get all of Tennessee, houston/smu could get all of texas etc
then the AAC would have created our own network a long time ago
The media only mentioned the models run for 10 with a CCG, 12 with 8 conference games, and 12 with 9 conference games. The report was that, of those 3, 12 and 8 gave them the best chance at the CFP.
But other media reports said Navigate Research also ran models for 14 with 8 and 9, and 16 with 8 and 9. The Big 12 apparently didn't release the data for those, but any of those could be in the mix, too.
Remember, this is only one piece of the data puzzle, talking about the CCG, the CFP odds, and the scheduling variations.
The Big 12 has yet to hear from Bevilacqua on the conference network iterations, which will add a whole new dynamic to the puzzle. In those scenarios, you can bet that adding more than 2 schools will get a lot of play, assuming they go ahead with a B12N.
It looks to me that adding 2 teams is almost a certainty now, and adding 4 is something the Big 12 is contemplating, again according to several media reports. I don't think 16 is getting any play, but to dismiss 14 at this point is a mistake, IMO.