We were talking about this on our radio show yesterday and after about 30 seconds, we realized that now is the perfect time for the SEC, B1G and even PAC 12 to add the last of the big players to their conferences. Here was what we were thinking....
We all know that the Big 12 is desperate and because of Texas' network (loosely), they are in risk of falling apart. Texas isn't going to give up their network and they would be extremely successful as an independent. We can't deny that. So why doesn't the rest of the Power 5 strip the Big 12 and reduce to a Power 4? I think we can all agree that no one is going to land a true home run because all the big dogs are pretty much taken or their respective market is covered (outside of Oklahoma). So the B1G comes in and gets say Oklahoma and OSU, the SEC gets Tech and TCU, and the PAC 12 gets Baylor and some other team (obviously that is not a sexy option so maybe they get nothing). It just seems to make sense.
Now, could you take this and turn the Power 4 into the Playoff bracket?
We all know that the Big 12 is desperate and because of Texas' network (loosely), they are in risk of falling apart. Texas isn't going to give up their network and they would be extremely successful as an independent. We can't deny that. So why doesn't the rest of the Power 5 strip the Big 12 and reduce to a Power 4? I think we can all agree that no one is going to land a true home run because all the big dogs are pretty much taken or their respective market is covered (outside of Oklahoma). So the B1G comes in and gets say Oklahoma and OSU, the SEC gets Tech and TCU, and the PAC 12 gets Baylor and some other team (obviously that is not a sexy option so maybe they get nothing). It just seems to make sense.
Now, could you take this and turn the Power 4 into the Playoff bracket?