(04-15-2016 01:21 PM)akhosrof Wrote: B1G & SEC collusion? Haha I love it!
Good points on Oklahoma and the DFW area. Oklahoma's largest alumni base is in Dallas. As you mentioned, that would be a major get for the B1G as the SEC Network is already in Texas.
I still think 16 is the sweet spot. While on the topic of collusion, I think Oklahoma and Kansas to the B1G and UNC/UVA to the SEC would produce ideal results for both conferences.
At that point could there be a Big XII/ACC merger? Would Texas go west with TTU to the PAC 12? Or would each conference try and stick with what they have?
B1G and SEC would definitely need to collude to force a merger (PAC isn't really necessary unless they can pull Texas out)... its been the talk for nearly a decade now.
The ACC has schools covering the same DMAs so its quite likely that the B1G and SEC collude to take one from each while also cementing inter-conference rivalries
A hypothetical:
B1G takes UVA, Duke, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Oklahoma, Texas to get to 20
SEC takes Va Tech, UNC, Kansas, Oklahoma State to get to 20
ACC merges with B12 and grab 6 schools from The American to get up to 20
East division
Syracuse, Boston College, Clemson, NC State, Miami, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Central Florida, South Florida, UConn
West division
Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Iowa State, Houston, Memphis, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Louisville, West Virginia