Well here we are almost a year later and look what is transpiring. Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech are petitioning the ACC for unequal revenue sharing. The odd thing about that is that if the pie were to be divided differently it still doesn't help any of them significantly and hurts the poorer members of the ACC even more, which means they will reject the notion.

If those 7 then threat to dissolve the conference, with Notre Dame likely being the 8th vote, and possibly Georgia Tech and Duke being 9 and 10 should the Big 10 be interested we will have witnessed what we were talking about specifically almost a year ago.

Then the schools I thought would be SEC targets were the same with one exception, N.C. State instead of Duke, which makes sense if North Carolina is seeking the approval of the Universities of North Carolina system.

Taking N.C. State and Virginia Tech is what the Big 10 can't do. The SEC picks up four schools in a population base of about 20 million. Clemson is outside of Big 10 norms, and really Florida State is as well. So the SEC needs to specifically court those two. With those six Miami makes sense for reaching a part of Florida that UF and FSU don't reach very well. It also locks the Big 10 out of Florida.

Who's number 8? I think Kansas would be a fine addition to the West giving the SEC a new state, a blueblood hoops program currently first in all time wins, and a school which helps to cement Missouri both as a market and as a rival. If that fails then we could consider many other options.

If ESPN wants and buys Notre Dame's T1 rights then the SEC could be a replacement for the ACC deal giving the SECN entry into many Northern Midwestern cities.

As Bettie Davis once said, "Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy ride!"