So it sounds like Texas and Oklahoma have made a backdoor deal to join the $EC and TAMU isn't happy about it and spilled the beans. What that means is there will be another spike in expansion.
The next biggest domino is Notre Dame. Monetarily and in other ways they'd prefer to stick in the ACC and they could amp up the ACC's TV rights package. The ACC then would take another team most likely either WVU, Kansas, TCU, Baylor or Cincinnati.
USF and UCF are no-gos for the ACC unless other teams leave to join the Big Ten... What the Big Ten does next will be interesting as well. Can they unbundle more ACC teams?
Will the Pac-12 expand more eastward? Probably not.
So can the American conference expand?
Right now they have 10 schools full-time plus Navy replacing Wichita State for football so 11.
Do they go to 16
In this scenario say ND and WVU go to the ACC, B1G stands pat and that leaves some interesting options
Baylor, Iowa State, TCU, KU, K-State, OK State, and Texas Tech.
In an ideal world maybe the B1G takes KU and ISU or K-State
You get to 16 by adding Baylor, TCU, K-State, OK State, and Texas Tech. That would rekindle some rivalries as well.
What do you want to see happen.
16 teams would mean a pod format
POD FORMAT
EAST:
Pod 1: Temple, Navy, ECU, Cincinnati
Pod 2: USF, UCF, Tulane, Houston
WEST:
Pod 3: Baylor, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech
Pod 4: Ok State, Tulsa, K-State, Memphis
Does that move the needle?
The next biggest domino is Notre Dame. Monetarily and in other ways they'd prefer to stick in the ACC and they could amp up the ACC's TV rights package. The ACC then would take another team most likely either WVU, Kansas, TCU, Baylor or Cincinnati.
USF and UCF are no-gos for the ACC unless other teams leave to join the Big Ten... What the Big Ten does next will be interesting as well. Can they unbundle more ACC teams?
Will the Pac-12 expand more eastward? Probably not.
So can the American conference expand?
Right now they have 10 schools full-time plus Navy replacing Wichita State for football so 11.
Do they go to 16
In this scenario say ND and WVU go to the ACC, B1G stands pat and that leaves some interesting options
Baylor, Iowa State, TCU, KU, K-State, OK State, and Texas Tech.
In an ideal world maybe the B1G takes KU and ISU or K-State
You get to 16 by adding Baylor, TCU, K-State, OK State, and Texas Tech. That would rekindle some rivalries as well.
What do you want to see happen.
16 teams would mean a pod format
POD FORMAT
EAST:
Pod 1: Temple, Navy, ECU, Cincinnati
Pod 2: USF, UCF, Tulane, Houston
WEST:
Pod 3: Baylor, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech
Pod 4: Ok State, Tulsa, K-State, Memphis
Does that move the needle?
