(05-26-2018 01:44 PM)JRsec Wrote:  I agree with this for the most part, although I think the four would be Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Those 4 (really just OU and UT) represent 80% of the population base of the Big 12 and about 45% of it's revenue. So if the cost of getting Oklahoma is OU the PAC should just shut up, swallow their pride, and do it.

College football only becomes less stable if either the SEC or Big 10 lands either or worse both of Texas and Oklahoma. The resulting financial disparity would lock us into a cycle of upheaval. If the PAC gets them it boosts the PAC into the SEC/B1G range of pay. Of course the same would be true if that foursome headed to the ACC.

The SEC and Big 10 could either stay the course at 14 or if they really wanted to move to 16 they could make niche market adds that would not really affect the overall balance of things.

For the first bolded point: this is why every realignment follower who believes in "even-ness" (i.e. same number of teams with the same number of potential contenders in each power conference) should hope the PAC hands the keys over to Oklahoma and Texas.

For the second bolded point: Notre Dame into the ACC for football may bring them that much closer. I'd like to see West Virginia take that #16 spot.