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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132081612" data-attributes="member: 1812660">I agree that the Big 12 should be in the best position between the PAC 12 and ACC ten or more years down the road.&nbsp; PAC 12 still has a few schools at risk to the Big 10/ SEC expansion, be it in a few years or a decade.&nbsp; The ACC's top dogs are going to be consumed in this arms race as soon as it is feasible.&nbsp; The PAC has no real replacement options.&nbsp; The ACC has a few replacement options, but they are bad.&nbsp; The Big 12 has an opportunity to monopolize the 2nd tier FBS spot between the first tier Big 10/SEC programs and the AAC level teams.&nbsp; Not glamorous, but the best realistic outcome for a conference that is not the Big 10 or SEC.Aggressively pursue the best 4 teams left in the PAC 12 even if they are at risk of being poached later.&nbsp; Make the 16 team model work until the ACC gets raided and then be ready to pick off the best of the rest.&nbsp; Joining a 20 team cross country conference that includes the current Big 12 members plus Arizona, Colorado, ASU, and Utah in the west with Louisville, NC State, Syracuse, and one other in the east is better, to what degree is debatable, than staying in a decapitated PAC 12 or ACC for those teams.&nbsp; A Western division and Eastern division of 10-12 schools each where there is no interdivisional games and only the division winners play for the conference title could work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132081612, member: 1812660"] I agree that the Big 12 should be in the best position between the PAC 12 and ACC ten or more years down the road. PAC 12 still has a few schools at risk to the Big 10/ SEC expansion, be it in a few years or a decade. The ACC's top dogs are going to be consumed in this arms race as soon as it is feasible. The PAC has no real replacement options. The ACC has a few replacement options, but they are bad. The Big 12 has an opportunity to monopolize the 2nd tier FBS spot between the first tier Big 10/SEC programs and the AAC level teams. Not glamorous, but the best realistic outcome for a conference that is not the Big 10 or SEC. Aggressively pursue the best 4 teams left in the PAC 12 even if they are at risk of being poached later. Make the 16 team model work until the ACC gets raided and then be ready to pick off the best of the rest. Joining a 20 team cross country conference that includes the current Big 12 members plus Arizona, Colorado, ASU, and Utah in the west with Louisville, NC State, Syracuse, and one other in the east is better, to what degree is debatable, than staying in a decapitated PAC 12 or ACC for those teams. A Western division and Eastern division of 10-12 schools each where there is no interdivisional games and only the division winners play for the conference title could work. [/QUOTE]

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