(08-04-2017 08:53 AM)TexanMark Wrote: Okay in this off season exercise drop one P5 school you think is redundant or doesn't belong.
ONE RULE: You can only add a G5 school or one that was dropped from another P5 conference.
Theory: With most teams tied up with GoR's that is hindering P5 to P5 transfers. The only P5 transfer I could see happen is a swap inside the ESPN FAMILY: Vandy for NCSt But I don't see even value there.
My try:
ACC: drop Wake Forest, wanted WVU but added Vandy (considered UConn, Cincy)
SEC: drop Vandy add WVU (considered ECU/USF/UCF)
B12: drop WVU add Houston (considered Memphis/USF/UCF)
B1G: drop Purdue add UConn (considered Cincy and Wake Forest)
PAC: drop WSU add BYU (considered SDSU, Colorado St, Boise St, UNM)
??? Nashville for a redundant research triangle school is a plus. They both are usually around .500. And the ACC gets the academic upgrade while the SEC loses its academic bell cow. Plus they are middle of the road in hoops and strong in baseball. N.C. State is below average in hoops and usually very good in baseball.
But since Xlance would have a stroke let's take another approach.
The SEC drops Vanderbilt and the Big 10 picks them up. And the SEC adds East Carolina to get to back to 14. The SEC adds T.C.U. and West Virginia
The Big 10 drops Nebraska and the PAC picks them up. The Big 10 adds Vanderbilt. The Big 10 adds Kansas and Virginia Tech to get to 16. (There are no G5's that the Big 10 would likely add (Rice & Tulane are just too small).
The PAC drops Washington State and picks up Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada Las Vegas, and Texas Tech to get to 16
The ACC drops Virginia Tech and adds Cincinnati, Connecticut and Notre Dame.
But it will never happen. For G5 inclusion I would suggest that each conference build to 16 out of the existing Big 12 (there's a puzzle for you) and that we each move to 18 with two G5 schools.
PAC goes to 16 with Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State.
SEC goes to 16 with T.C.U. and West Virginia.
B1G goes to 16 with Kansas and Iowa State.
ACC goes to 16 with Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
PAC adds UNLV and Hawaii.
SEC adds ECU and USF.
B1G adds CSU and Rice.
ACC adds UConn and UCF.
So the compromise here is that Texa-homa heads to the PAC to add the value the PAC needs to compete monetarily and their network gains carriage. They pick up Hawaii to expand influence into the Pacific in a reach towards Asia and they add the state of Nevada to close the distance on their footprint.
The SEC gets into to DFW and expands into the beltway region with WVU. We get no prize but add markets and competitive programs. We get into East Carolina and pick up that needed 2nd Florida School with USF.
The Big 10 misses on the top two prizes as well, but they get the 3rd place Big 12 school in Kansas and add another AAU in their region. They use their G5 additions to reach into the Colorado market and into Texas. Colorado State is a work in progress academically but the other 3 are AAU.
Neither the SEC or Big 10 grow much financially which allows the ACC with a full pickup of Notre Dame to expand their market footprint into Ohio with Cincinnati, and into New England with UConn and they pick up a middle Florida school in Disney's hometown.
Now we all have 3 divisions of 6 and the P4 emerges with a champs only CFP. The extra round of the playoffs becomes the conference semifinals where the three division champs and the best at large play it off.