I've seen it stated that OU/Texas don't want to diminish the RRR, so they don't want a rematch scenario ... so same division or bust for them.
TCU is going to pitch a fit about anything that separates them from local games (they'll be the final holdout on voting in favor of expansion I'm guessing, because of this), but outvote them, pair them with Baylor (who would LOVE to get away from Texas/OU for an easier path), and tell them to shut up.
8 games gets OU fan base what it wants = more games against other elite national teams. Pair teams with yearly cross-division rival. Done.
OU - Cin (because Boren wants them so bad)
OSU - WVU
UT - TCU
TT - Bay
KU - [insert team 12]
KSU - ISU
If you add BYU, you can stick them in the group of death instead of KSU and have the Cats' cross-division rival be KU. Don't much care either way.
Does this make OU/Texas happy? Guessing yes. Everyone else can and will deal.
A lot of that is true, but two things:
1) I don't believe (my opinion) that we can drop to 8 games if we want pro rata increase for teams 11 and 12. It stands to reason that if we're going to water down with teams that aren't as big a draw as other schools, the TV partners will overpay for the additional guaranteed conference games. Therefore, my guess is 9 conference games or bust.
In your scenario, I think the cross division rivals line up more like this:
UT/Baylor (played over 100 times)
Tech/TCU (this is an actual rivalry game)
OU/WVU (this has turned into a pretty good little rivalry)
KSU/ISU (Farmageddon)
OSU/Cincinnati
KU/UConn
The Pac also does nine games because they mandate that all of the Cali schools play each other every year. Therefore, I'm guessing that as a part of this, we'll follow their scheduling model pretty closely. Especially since we pretty much have mirror TV deals in T1/T2.
If we go this route, I really don't think we'll have a ton of games against the new schools in football, or at least no more than intermittent, cross-divisional games. Putting WVU/TCU/Baylor in a division almost guarantees balance, and adding ISU and the new schools to that division make travel for WVU more friendly.
Boren is going to get what he wants, and if a network is in play, I can easily see UConn being a part of it because their basketball programs will be a tent pole for that strategy from November to April. ESPN is probably going to be more than willing to see the LHN fold into a larger network to get more carriage and money. They can just keep the studios in Austin to protect the investments already made. I'm just guessing as a concession, Texas will get unequal amounts of money and coverage because, well, duh.