(07-22-2017 12:13 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(07-21-2017 05:10 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  What if Texas goes Independent like Notre Dame? They want eastern exposure, so they would be looking to be like Notre Dame for playing 5 games against them. That means the PAC 16 lineup could be different since Texas Tech may not be all that interesting to the western schools. They may look at adding Boise State and San Diego State instead. They have said they will keep an alert eye on those two if they improved their academics even more which they were impressed when they added Colorado and Utah. This would give the state of Idaho off the table for any anti-trust lawsuit against the P5 or P4.

Now, we have to reorder the PAC 12.

East:Houston, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah
North:Washington, Washington State, oregon, Oregon State
Southwest:California, Stanford, UCLA, USC
Central:Boise State, San Diego State, Arizona, Arizona State

That really hard to get unless they go to more than 16 to get things even out better. PAC 20 might be a little better.

Northwest:Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Boise State
Southwest:California, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Hawaii
Desert:San Diego State, Arizona, Arizona State, UNLV, Utah
East:Houston, TCU, Colorado, New Mexico, Colorado State

That would give PAC 12 more states and coverage that they are not getting right now.

I don't think the Pac wouldn't add any of the current MWC schools unless it absolutely had to.

They did with Utah. A few years ago before the updates, TCU was an R3 like type school where Boise State is at right now. Before now and then, some of these schools could rise or fall depending on their research departments.