(06-27-2021 11:26 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Would it make sense for teams to seek greener pastures? I assume the "expansion" teams would be attractive to the B1G and the SEC would be interested in the "traditional" teams?

If the B1G and SEC DO poach, who's left out in the cold?

I think they might create more value separate within a Big 10 and SEC group while splitting the states. For example:

B$G group
Big 10
West-Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern
East-Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan St., Ohio St., Rutgers
Big Atlantic
North-Penn St., Maryland, Pittsburg, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame (maybe)
South-Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami

$EC group
SEC
West-Texas A&M, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi St.
East-Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Florida
ACC
North-Missouri, Louisville, Syracuse, Boston College, West Virginia
South-Florida St., Clemson, North Carolina St., Wake Forest, South Carolina

They could go back to 8 game conference schedules with only 12 or 10 teams while having 1 or 2 cross conference games within the group to sell the the TV networks. To try to entice Notre Dame (Cincinnati or one of the Florida twins would be the alternatives), the Big Atlantic could only have a 7 game conference schedule.