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Unlv maybe

Yea I think they would have to try for those 2 before they looked elsewhere. But if the Big 12 expands I can't see Oklahoma or Texas leaving.

I'd think they'd have to try? I don't think it would work but it's all about money. My dumb ass can't even spell Oklahoma??

The PAC12 is too smart to pick up Boise State. Outside of FB they have absolutely nothing going for them, they aren't in a good TV market, and have pretty much no following outside of Idaho other than a few bandwagon fans here and there. This is about money and BSU does not equal money.

SDSU would be a better pickup for the PAC12 than BSU.

And that makes me very glad.

Wouldn't be shocked to see the PAC12 reach cross country and go to a pod system of scheduling, but there would be no point in expanding if the BCS playoffs only takes conference champions.

Lets just assume the the SEC adds VT and UNC.

BIG12 adds FSU, Clemson, Louisville, GT (ND is a possibility)

BIG10 adds Syracuse, Pitt, Maryland, Rutgers/ Cincy (ND is a possibility)

The PAC12 would likely first look at ND since ND likes being associated with USC and Stanford and ND recruits CA heavily after that you go after major media markets - Miami, Rutgers, UVA, Duke, BC.

It is hard to fathom Miami, UVA, Duke, and even Rutgers/ UConn not finding a place.

The Hippies and the Trees would never agree to let in a religious school like BYU...just as they (supposedly) were against Baylor tagging along.....if that bogus talk about Texas and Ok joining the pac, and bringing their little brothers, had an ounce of truth.

IF ND were to join a conference It'd be either the B1G or the PAC...

We'll see, the B1G makes sense geographically, and because of the tie in between the B1G and the PAC, traditional rivalries can be maintained. IMO, they will remain independent as long as they have a seat at the table, they are their own brand...

No, the B1G makes the least sense geographically. Notre Dame doesn't want anything to do with a regional entity. The reason they are joining the Big 12 is because it will cover the most land east/west/north/south of any conference. They are likely going to join the Big 12 with some major stipulations like they only have to play 6 conference games or something. It will take some real logistics to get them in but the Big 12 has a brilliant Commissioner coming in.

They'll want to play their 6 intra-division teams, Texas or Oklahoma, maybe even just every other year, and then keep USC, UCLA, BC, Michigan and Navy on their schedules probably as best they can.

You're just having your own thoughts.

They would love to have the following:

PAC SIXTEEN

Pacific: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington St., California, Stanford, USC & UCLA
West: Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Arizona, Arizona St., Colorado & Utah

But it sounds like it will be this:

Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington St., California, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona St., Colorado, Utah, ________, _________, __________ & __________.

with the final four spots going to some variation of the following:
BYU - pretty safe bet, solid academics, big audience, football tradition;
Boise State - not so much, Johnny come lately but Peterson isn't going anywhere so neither is Boise, former Junior College academics aren't there;
Air Force - service academy that makes a perfect geographic fit;
Miami - assuming they get left without a chair in the next shuffle, which seems likely, obviously they would be football only, if you're Miami/Pac16 you also have to think about how playing 2/3 time zones apart affects the school/conference;
Hawaii, UNLV, Houston, SMU