(12-20-2017 02:02 PM)Win5002 Wrote:  I like a P4 for symmetry but if due to conference and individual school politics we can't get it done I do believe the below P5 with 70 teams with 14 teams each league would make the most sense if everyone gets a conference network and the revenues are similar among the conferences.

The new P5
ACC: adds ND & WVU, UCONN, CINCY, loses Va. or Va. Tech and NC St.
***ND finally goes all in and the ACC gives up 1 team in the state of Virginia & North Carolina where they have duplicate teams.

B1G: adds Va. or Va. Tech loses Nebraska
***The B1G continues to build on the Atlantic coast recruiting grounds they started with Rutgers & Maryland. Nebraska realizes without OU coming they will never be the athletic fit in the B1G they desire due to the focus of solidfying the PSU brand.

SEC: adds NC St. loses Arkansas
***SEC gets a school in North Carolina which is just as valuable to them as Arkansas
If the SEC wants to they can trade Missouri to the Big 12 for TCU to give them a 2nd Texas market and if Missouri is smart they realize the fit in the SEC just got worse with Arkansas leaving.

Big 12: add Nebraska, Arkansas, Houston, BYU & (BSU or Memphis probably depends whether Arkansas likes their inclusion or not) or if the PAC takes BYU & BSU the Big 12 takes CSU & New Mexico
***Nebraska & Arkansas are better fits for athletic success in the Big 12, if Missouri wakes they are also. If the Big

PAC 12: adds either CSU & New Mexico or BYU & BSU
***I think BYU & BSU would give better content but my guess is PAC 12 bias goes with CSU & New Mexico.

That is about as equal as you can get. The PAC weaker but we are probably in this situation because they would not be split up among the B1G & Big 12.

Him, I could see PAC schools wanting to join the B12 for more revenue with Nebraska wanting to leave the B1G and rejoin some of its old friends. I could see the SEC trying to secure Oklahoma by offering OU, OSU, Kansas and Nebraska as Texas will try to milk the next B12 deal to death—thinking partial membership in football like Notre Dame /ACC.

Also, if Nebraska left the B1G, the ACC schools are still under GOR until the 30’s. B1G might want to add a B12 school or an AAC school or a few PAC schools.