(09-11-2017 02:29 PM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(09-11-2017 12:54 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(09-11-2017 12:31 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(09-11-2017 12:01 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(09-11-2017 08:57 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  As long as we get some version of Texahoma then I'm ok. And I wouldn't mind it if we end up at 20 with schools like Kansas or West Virginia.

Earlier, y'all were proposing an interesting idea...limiting the number of conference games so schools could create big match-ups. I think it's interesting because if you're going to make room for plenty of big games in non-conference then it almost doesn't matter how large your conference gets.

Theoretically you could go to 4 divisions and create semi-finals for the division winners. You could also go old schools and allow schools to decide which other non-division games they play within conference. You could preserve a lot of rivalries that way and just not count the results towards the division race.

If you had 4 divisions of 5 providing 4 games then keep 4 games for playing non-division foes. That leaves 4 games for playing quality non-conference games.

I don't know, but it's an interesting thought.

Absolutely. If your divisional schedule is 4 or 5 games there is a lot of flexibility. And if winning the division puts in into the playoff for the finals then it changes your whole thinking about cross divisional scheduling.

As to additions, I think if expansion is made independent of the other conferences then a good case could be made for expansion to 20 out of the Big 12 and with the very schools you mention. Although there might be some debate over whether #6 would be ISU or WVU. The prospect of picking up 3 AAU schools would be the favored position of the presidents. What WVU brings athletically would likely be the networks preference. Still the decision wouldn't be a deal breaker either way.

But if expansion is made in conjunction with the same for the ACC then the property disposition changes. Throw in the PAC or B1G and it changes yet again.

I think the SEC and ACC could both go to 20 without much fuss although I don't know if the ACC would accept any Western options if they're not getting Texas.

SEC adds Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, and Iowa State

ACC adds Notre Dame, Cincinnati, West Virginia, UConn, TCU, and Houston

That's several fairly weak products for the ACC although they would all pretty much fit the league's profile.

FIFY

Agreed with Houston over SMU. Should the B1G and ACC both come to call on Connecticut, would Connecticut have a preference? If they went B1G, would Memphis or perhaps Temple be in the running for ACC #20?