(01-11-2019 08:08 PM)AllTideUp Wrote: What if Texas can't separate from Texas Tech? What if they don't particularly care to?
That begs a question, if UT and TTU are more valuable than Oklahoma and Oklahoma State then is there a great benefit in taking OU and OSU?
OK is still a small market at the end of the day and if OU can't separate then perhaps that puts them on an island.
The Big Ten won't take OSU and the PAC probably wouldn't either.
If the SEC can swing Texas and Texas Tech then they don't really need anything else. Does this dynamic force OU to pull out all the stops to move somewhere by themselves? Or does it create an opportunity for OU to be the centerpiece of a different league?
The ACC would be foolish to turn down an opportunity to grab Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, correct?
If Oklahoma can separate from Oklahoma State then why not go to 18 with Oklahoma and Kansas?
If we are just staying at 16 then Texas and Texas Tech would be better. They triple dip a state of 28 million and still add content.
SEC West:
Arkansas, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
SEC East:
Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
That would still leave West Virginia and Notre Dame for the ACC. And it would create an interesting issue for the PAC.
Would they take Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and T.C.U. to move 18 with 3 divisions of 6? It might be the only way for the PAC to expand. That puts them in 4 states with 6 schools, enhances their markets immeasurably, puts them in DFW, adds 2 AAU schools and 2 national brands and gives them the football brand and hoops brand they need.
And what that sets up for the SEC is the football first schools of the ACC when the Big 10 is forced to move on the ACC in 2036.
Let's say the Big 10 moves on Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Virginia to go to 20. The SEC could counter with Clemson, Florida State, N.C. State and Virginia Tech to reach 20.
Boston College, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Wake Forest, and West Virginia could get with Baylor, Army, Navy, Air Force, Central Florida, South Florida, East Carolina, Memphis, Tulane, Houston, Southern Methodist, Cincinnati, Temple and Brigham Young to form a new 4th conference.
Army, Boston College, West Virginia, Navy, Temple
Central Florida, East Carolina, Georgia Tech, South Florida, Wake Forest
Air Force, Baylor, Brigham Young, Houston, Southern Methodist
Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Tulane
If the PAC wanted to move to 20 they have the two Nevada's to choose from, or Wyoming, or San Diego State, or Hawaii.
