(03-16-2020 07:52 AM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  

(03-15-2020 05:49 PM)Scoochpooch1 Wrote:  

(03-15-2020 04:10 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  Here's what I think will happen around 2024

BIG XII: 14 SCHOOLS
Additions - Colorado, Cincinnati, Houston, UCF

PAC 12: 14 SCHOOLS
Additions - SDSU, UNLV, Fresno State

THE AMERICAN: 12 SCHOOLS
Additions - BYU, Boise State, Air Force, Florida Atlantic

MOUNTAIN WEST: 10 SCHOOLS
Additions - UTEP, New Mexico State, Idaho

CONFERENCE USA: 12 SCHOOLS
No Additions

STANDING PAT: BIG 10 (14), SEC (14), ACC (14), MAC (12), SUNBELT (10)

Nice ideas but I'm not so sure.
Colorado is very happy in PAC 12 and only needs to create annual games with Oklahoma and Nebraska to be fully content.

Just impossible to fathom Cal schools allowing SDSU and Fresno into the conference.

I could agree with Boise Community College and BYU. Air Force may be a stretch though.

I can't see UNM adding NM State and Idaho is just a mess.

Oklahoma does not have enough non conference games to play Colorado every year. Maybe Nebraska... I think the the PAC-12 is going to collapse over time. Even the NFL conferences each have a western division as it is the best way to keep those teams in the east coast eyes. I can see the Big 12 and Big Ten carving up the PAC-12.

Colorado has been very unsuccessful in the PAC 12. They regret leaving the Big XII and the Big XII under, the circumstances, would welcome them back. The Big XII has for a long time had it’s eyes on Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF for obvious reasons. If they are ever going to expand, this would be their opportunity. Air Force moving to the American makes sense because they would be in the same conference with Navy and it would free up their non conference scheduling, plus they would have more challenging opponents and more exposure.