RE: Plan B to get to a PAC-16
To get to 16 in the current environment, where Texas is happy as is, would require the P12 to add Iowa State, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
Pods of 4 work, as do two division of 8
New Big 8 - Arizona, ASU, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa State
Old Pac 8 - USC, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Washington, WSU, OSU, Oregon
Their title game and league office should be in Vegas.
Nebraska needs to reestablish recruiting in California and Texas. Playing in California, ASU, and Oklahoma will do that for them. They can become relevant again. The P12 gets 4 schools in the Central Time zone. The academic relations are the step up Oklahoma has been seeking. Nebraska trades fealty to Ohio State and Michigan for that of Stanford and USC. Likewise Oklahoma trades Texas for Stanford and USC.
How much more money this construct makes is questionable, but money isn't the real issue in the P12 or with Nebraska and OU.
From top to bottom, it's at least 40% cheaper to do anything in Vegas as opposed to SF. Spatial constraints drive underlying land values and everything else through the roof. The P12 needs to step out of that.
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2020 12:47 PM by Statefan.)
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