(05-21-2023 09:37 AM)esayem Wrote:  We've all been secretly (or not so secretly) rooting for what we want to happen behind the thin veil of predictions more or less. Here is your chance to tell us what you actually want to happen. Let it loose!

I strongly believe Five Major Conferences (we won't even use the term "Power" because it's been hijacked) in college football and Six Major Conferences (Power still works here) in college basketball is what is BEST for those sports. Conferences becoming Super Conferences of more than 16 is no longer a Conference, but a Convention! I don't see the long term feasibility of this anyway because college athletics are much more dynamic than their professional counterparts. Throw in the fact that we are dealing with government institutions for the most part and evidence in the past has shown legislators will not allow an exclusive club; see BCS and fifth bowl. I also believe the ACC GOR will hold based on evidence that has been coming out lately. This is what I believe.



Now for what I would like to see happen…

Outside of total fantasy options, I would like to see:


The Pac 10 remain the Pac 12 with the addition of San Diego State and SMU

The Big XII become the Big XIV with the addition of Memphis and UNLV

The AAC bring in UMass (all-sports), VCU (Olympic sports), and UConn football-only

The MWC replace the schools they lost or not, I haven't given this much thought. I do think it would be cool to see Montana move up because I’ve always liked their program

The A10 invite William & Mary and reunite the Tribe with the Spiders

What I would want is to go back to around 2010, before Nebraska left for the Big 10, but that's not going to happen.

What I would like now, in somewhat realistic options, is for the M3 to become a more stable M2 and the G5 to become the G4 and quit looking at so many move-ups.

Big 10 goes ahead and brings in Washington and Oregon so USC/UCLA are not alone. SEC gets FSU and Clemson as makes sense. Both stop at 18.

Then the M3 become the M2. Big 12 absorbs the 8 remaining Pac schools. ACC brings in the 3 eastern Big 12 schools, UC, UCF, WVU. Big 12 gets back to 18 with SMU so they have 9 central time zone schools along with 9 mountain and pacific time zone schools. ACC gets to 16 with UConn. Maybe eventually Notre Dame joins them while keeping a separate fb TV contract and USF becomes #18.

MWC adds UTEP, NMSU, UNT and UTSA to get to 16, 15 all sports.
AAC adds Texas St., Army, UMass, Ga. St. and Marshall to get to 16, 14 all sports.
MAC adds WKU, MTSU, Liberty and Missouri St. to get to 16.
SB merges with rest of CUSA, SHSU, La. Tech, Jax St., FIU, KSU to get to 16.