(05-15-2014 08:22 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:14 PM)XLance Wrote:  I'll try to keep this short.
4 x 16 is the goal for multiple reasons.
In order for 4 x 16 to work, Texas must go to the PAC (ESPN will get their due somehow as a payoff for their LHN investment).
Texas Tech will end up going with Texas.
If any school gets left out it will be TCU......
Everything else is "up for grabs", (although I do think JR is correct in that Baylor will end up in the SEC).

And at this point 4 x 16 would be a reasonable way to end things, if it can be pulled off, and I'm not yet convinced of that. If Texas goes PAC with Texas Tech it will be interesting to see how things wrap up. Who do you think the ACC will get in that and why? My concerns will be that the SEC and Big 10 will distance themselves from the ACC and PAC and that the disparity there will only lead to more instability in the future. I felt strongly that the ACC needed Texas to at least bring a bit more parity in income.

Notre Dame and Vanderbilt. West Virginia goes to the SEC to take Vandy's spot.
ESPN will market the ACC and the SEC together.
ESPN gains a piece of the PAC network or at least broadcast rights in a large part of the country.