(06-29-2020 10:21 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 10:07 PM)Transic_nyc Wrote:  If Disney wants to save the Big 12 there are two moves that they could make that not only secures the Big 12 footprint but also the Western footprint in general.

First, pay the ACC enough money to take in West Virginia. In the new media world, WVU shoots up in value. So bring them in and put them in to play Louisville, Miami, Syracuse and Pitt every season. XLance gets his 15 team conference.

West Virginia, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, Miami
Clemson, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State
Boston College, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia

With an extra slot open, the Big 12 goes to kill off the PAC 12, taking in all the critical public schools from that conference. Washington, Oregon, California, UCLA, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado move over.

Washington, Oregon, California, UCLA, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado, Texas Tech
Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas, TCU, Baylor

I could see Stanford and USC going the independence route, perhaps taking a football deal with the ACC for exposure in the Eastern markets, to leave them with enough weeks to play their public school counterparts. Their Olympic sports can stay local.

Why not surrender T.C.U. to the SEC as a second Texas school and surrender West Virginia to the ACC.

Then they could add 8 from the PAC:
Arizona, Arizona State, California, California Los Angeles, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech

That leaves Baylor as the private necessary to cover freedom of information issues.

And Southern Cal and Stanford join this conference as partials.

So the ACC is at 15 plus a partial, the SEC is at 15, Big12/PAC is at 16 and 2 partials, and the Big 10 is at 14.

That would smooth out things a bit more. Also, the great irony of the last two Big 12 additions being key to unlock everything else.