Quote:The Pac 10 will not expand. Other conferences could go to 14 and they wouldn't budge.
I agree. There isn't anyone close to the PAC10 schools that would bring any value except BYU, and with their policy on no Sunday games they are more trouble than they are worth.
The fact of the matter is that there simply aren't many large tv markets out west that the PAC10 doesn't already control.
Quote:The Big 10 would consider going to 12 or even 14, but there is opposition to a championship game and some only want to expand if it is Notre Dame. I think a few are giving up on waiting for Notre Dame, as there are enough candidates to go to 14 if the Irish change their mind, but the championship game as well as how often teams get Ohio St/Michigan on the schedule are still sticking points. Conference name is probably an issue as well.
It depends on who the Big 10 brings in. I imagine if they expand to 12 with Nebraska that would lessen the pain of the Western Div schools not seeing Ohio State or Michigan every year.
Quote:I just don't see the Big 12 getting bigger. There are some replacement candidates out there, but no one they would grab unless they had to.
Agree. People like to point at TCU...but there is no way the Big XII wants another Texas school. I could possibly see BYU and/or Utah, but it's a stretch, to say the least.
Quote:The SEC would grab Texas and TAMU if they could, but I just don't see it happening. Texas wants strong academic relationships, and the SEC is weak on that. I'm not sure there is enough of a gap in money to make them jump, either. Maybe if there was a lot of money involved and they grabbed Texas, TAMU, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State to be paired in the West with Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss and MSU. It would require a lot of change in common opponents for the last three though.
The SEC tried in the late 80's to grab Texas and A&M, and because Texas balked and A&M isn't going anywhere without Texas they ended up with Arkansas. Maybe if they offer Oklahoma at the same time the Longhorns would be more receptive.
I don't see the SEC wanting Oklahoma State, not Texas Tech and Baylor in any way, shape, or form.
Quote:The ACC expansion was so chaotic last time it left a bad taste in the mouth of many administrators. The expansion did not go near as well as planned, and the Big East (the conference they tried to destroy) is arguably stronger than it was before. Going to 12 teams with BC was a terrible long term move, with Syracuse, UConn, WVU, Pitt, and Rutgers all arguably a better choice. Rutgers, in particular, could have made a great rivalry with Maryland, and they have significant growth potential, enough to make the Big 10 curious. Furthermore, going to 12 let USF into the BCS, which is something Miami did not want. Right now the ACC can't even decide on a long term location for their championship game, although I think they may settle with Charlotte eventually. The ACC might one day grab two schools to go to 14, but I think it will take someone else making a move or a lot of time before it happens.
Had things gone as planned IMO both the ACC and the Big East would be in much better shape today. Despite the rhetoric on this board, the ACC never wanted to "destroy" the Big East. If that would have been the case they would have went after Virginia Tech to begin with. The original expansion plan would have left the Big East in stronger football shape initially, but the State of Virginia stepped in and forced us to take the Hokies.
Quote:Since when did the acc invent what is known as the bcs? I have always read that it was the brainchild of Roy Kramer, the old SEC comissioner. He then proceeded to get the other leagues on board. But this is the first time that I have heard that the bcs was the invention of the acc, and interesting enough, its an acc fan who is making such a claim.
The ACC did create the Bowl Alliance for the exact reasons XLance posted. The ACC didn't have a bowl agreement in place for it's champion until 1988 when it signed with the Citrus Bowl (now Capital One) In 1980 a top 10, 11 win ACC Champ UNC team played a 7 win Texas team in the Bluebonnet Bowl. The ACC wasn't going to see that happen again.
The BCS was created by Roy Kramer when he was running the SEC, but it was an evolution of the Bowl Alliance/Bowl Coalition.
Quote:I don't think the BCS will tolerate any additions beyond the current 66.
How many the BCS tolerates will be directly proportional to what the NCAA does as far as the current moratorium on moving between divisions (DII to DI) and subdivisions (Div I-FCS to Div I-FBS) If they essentially do nothing then there will be enough teams set to move up that the BCS conference will be in the minority, especially if the proposed moves in this thread eliminates a conference or two. The BCS might have no choice but to add CUSA and the MWC to the party. IMO it's going to be enough of a financial windfall that everybody will still be making a lot more money than they are right now, because you'll have the playoff system and still have the bowl exibitions you already have.
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One man's view on the SEC doing a "hostile takeover:" of college football
It's practically unbelievable how much disrespect our schools get sometimes, though it's nothing new... 
