(08-21-2016 09:12 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(08-21-2016 02:48 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  Someone has to say it, it might as well be me...

What are the odds of Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, and Iowa State being the move we make?

I know 20 is a lot, but I could see ESPN paying for it to 1) make sure Texas is fully in the fold, 2) completely cut off the B1G, and 3) keep from creating a 3rd league that demands huge money which would occur if the PAC were to get UT and OU.

West: Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa State

Central: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Missouri, LSU

South: Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky

Play your 4 division mates, 1 permanent rival from each of the other 3, 1 rotating rival from each of the other 3. That's 10 games and you'd play everyone at least once every 4 years.

I think that's hard to beat.

I could see the ACC taking maybe UConn and West Virginia with eyes on another if Notre Dame ever decides to join up.

That would work quite nicely. I'm just not sure that anyone will jump to 20 without hitting 16 or 18 first. And I think the biggest obstacle to it would be the networks wanting to carve up Texas to help the marketing of multiple conferences with what could be a new crossroads state, especially for marketing purposes. Tie three conferences into Texas and you tap that 26 million many more times than if just one conference has access to that state.

True, but I don't see a way for them to really do that without promoting Houston or keeping TCU and Baylor at the Power level.

I'm not sure the PAC takes any of the others if UT heads to the ACC. If UT goes to the PAC then they probably want a few regional partners. Perhaps Houston or Baylor would be of interest to the ACC, but I'm not sure they want to expand that far into the middle of the country unless they're getting UT.