(02-05-2017 05:33 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-05-2017 05:15 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(02-05-2017 04:19 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-05-2017 03:56 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(02-05-2017 08:17 AM)JRsec Wrote:  Bowlsby announce yesterday that the Big 12 will consider its options with regard to Baylor. If they do find a way to punish Baylor it could become a catalyst for much bigger things up to and possibly including the suspension of Baylor's vote on conference matters. It would then only take 7 votes to disband. A rancor over something like this could also push a possible dissolution.

I'm not saying anything will happen here with regards to Baylor, but at least their commissioner has opened that door. We'll see.

Considering the neglect that has gone on at that school, I would vote to kick them out. That's just my opinion though. Not that I think they'll do that...

With 7 votes you could do this:

SEC takes Oklahoma and Oklahoma State

B1G takes Kansas and UConn

PAC takes Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, and Houston

ACC takes West Virginia and Notre Dame

The important thing is that no matter how the division occurs 7 is much more doable and without Baylor even 9 is not out of the realm of possibility.

True. Things get a lot easier.

At that, if I were one of the Big 12 officials and I could guarantee 9, I would take that option yesterday.

Maybe something like this...

SEC takes Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Tulane

B1G takes Kansas and UConn

PAC takes Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, and Iowa State

ACC takes Notre Dame and West Virginia

Or maybe something a bit more economical:
SEC: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
PAC: Texas, Texas Tech, T.C.U., Kansas State
Big 10: Kansas, Iowa State
ACC: West Virginia and Notre Dame joins in full.

Now we have the 4 x 16. Big 10 gets Kansas and the price is Iowa State. SEC gets Oklahoma and the price is O.S.U. The PAC gets Texas, Texas Tech, and T.C.U., and the price is Kansas State. The ACC gets N.D. to join in full and the price is W.V.U..

That's 64 and we're done.

That said, I think it will be necessary to take 4 Big 12 schools to land OU and UT. It's going to be fascinating to see how this situation with Baylor unfolds.

It works. The rest of the Presidents would really have to be on the same page to make it happen though.