(07-07-2022 02:25 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(07-07-2022 09:19 AM)JMURocks Wrote:  What's fascinating is how the B12 seems to have worked their way up the ladder in one iteration, going from AAC backfills to now possibly poaching the PAC.

Would love to see the SBC do the same, and go from CUSA teams to poaching a couple key AAC teams next time. Most of what's left in CUSA is not that desirable. At Mettlen pointed out, even WKU/MTSU may not provide a large benefit over the current alignment.

I agree that the SBC should move beyond WKU/MTSU as expansion targets. The focus for future SBC expansion should now be to raid the AAC and sway Memphis and ECU to join the SBC.

Both Memphis and ECU harbor higher ambitions, yet, future opportunities for P2/P3 membership (or whatever this realignment madness finally shakes out to be) is IMO, off the table.

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. If 6 PAC schools join the BIGXII, there will be no room at the BIGXII inn for Memphis (or ECU). The BIGG will never add either school, leaving ECU’s only remaining hope to “move up” would be to join a weakened ACC (saying the SEC takes a couple ACC teams like Clemson or Florida St. Even then, that could be a false hope as I don’t see the ACC stooping so low, or being so desperate, that they’ll extend an offer to ECU.

Memphis to the SBC West and ECU to the SBC East tho are natural fits, and would definitely elevate SBC basketball (Memphis mostly), football, and baseball (ECU mostly).

Adding Memphis & ECU to the SBC might be pure fantasy, but who would have thought the PAC would fold just one week ago? I’m sure SBC Commissioner Gill is on this.

Unlike ECU, where the fan base could probably be convinced down the road that they aren't getting in the ACC and playing in a regional SBC East would make tons of sense, Memphis fans won't be easy to convince in that regard. They are too busy comparing themselves to Ole Miss.