Watching Kurtz’s videos about Big 12 realignment, and I already strongly regret the UCF and Cincy additions. We should have just added Hou/BYU to replace OU/UT. And then held pat until some more things shake out.
The Big Ten’s TV contracts expire in 2023. That means they’re going to be negotiating a new deal over the next year or so. I have to believe the topic of adding teams from either the ACC or Pac 12 is going to come up. If reports are to be believed, the ACC GOR will be too expensive to break, so the Pac 12 is the only realistic option for the Big Ten. I think the Bog Ten should add 7 teams from the Pac. That would give them a total of 21 teams… three divisions of 7 each. Play 6 games in your division plus two games against each of the other divisions. The three division winners plus one at-large make the Big Ten championship series. Who are the 7 teams? I imagine: USC, UCLA, Cal, Stan, Ore, Wash, and ASU.
Once that is done, the Big 12 would have the opportunity to pick from what is left. Utah and Col would make sense. If we can find a way to get rid of WVU, add Ariz in replacement. How does this 12-team league sound?
Hou, Tech, Bay, TCU
OSU, KSU, KU, ISU
BYU, Utah, Col, Ariz