FIRE!!!! if the fire i like to poke at on here actually happens, i think it will go like this:
-fsu/clem to the b12. they go first and take gt/miami with them.
-lville is now s'ing the new commish's d but they are still not invited.
-the sec won't let the b12 get the upper hand. vt is added.
-the sec goes to norty cary but none of the 4 will bite. unc is stubburn and knows it can last second move to the b10 if the whole place burns down. ncst wants out eventually, but the b12 also called. decisions to be made. the sec's backup is to grab tcu for a 2nd texas market.
-ncst to the sec. the sec is now all set at 16.
-the b12 needs 2 still. but they sit knowing lville/cincy and others are there.
-the pac makes a move fearing byu/bsu might get the b12 call. protecting turf. the sec didn't protect its turf from the b12, the pac will. the pac won't be left out when it comes to expansion. why? because if it brags a couple so so teams, that still kills any nbe west divisions and also kills any wac/mwc type conf. the pac is the only inventory in the end.
-the b10 anounces that its looking around.
-b12 tries for md/uva and others, no dice
-b10 adds md/uva for 14. unc is next but only with nd.
-nd finally sees the writing and goes. so does unc. nd saw 4 16 team confs happening and they had to join the b10. acc was dead and the b12 isn't attractive enough. getting left out makes it hard to make a 4 team playoff. eventually a 8 or 16 will happen but thats down the road and by then conf's will be at there 2nd tv contracts since the moves and they will expand again for inventory to 18.
-b12 grabs cincy/lville to finish up after striking out elsewhere.
-pac adds sdsu/unlv/unr/fresno
pac+bsu/byu/unlv/urn/sdsu/fres
b12+fsu/miami/gt/clem/lville/cincy
sec+ncst/vt
b10+uva/md/unc/nd
-memphis isn't sure what to do
-smu and uh are thinking about splitting at this point but they hold tight
now the acc tries to add teams to get back to a ok league and be the 5th best. teams don't bite becuase there contract with espn is screwed. now the nbe without any west teams can go to town on the east coast and nbc fueling the fire. duke can't even deny its wet putty over this bball league, wake comes and the ball is rolling. we make cuse and pitt and bc get on there knees and all that bad behavior before they can join.
be=uconn/ruty/temple/bc/cuse/pitt/army/navy/usf/ucf/duke/wake/smu/uh/memphis/16? you pick # 16. this league gets a crazy good contract considering everything that just happened. bball pays out ok in the end but fball is behind the top 4 by far. nd is a bit mad looking at all the northeast school and army/navy all together, those markets are what nd wanted in a big acc. looks at whats being built as a mwc/wac and its ugly. no one left with any national brand, they call and get spot 16. this league can actually goto 4 fball pods.
mwc/wac= nmst/cst/wy/id/ust/hawaii/utep + the big sky basically. that league is a nothing league with a small tv check if anything.
cusa has its poop already together and has its 16 to go to battle with and the mac is fine for now, there looking at uh/maine/albany/ccsu types for a big league on day down the road...
reast of 1-aa either upgrades or goes d2. by the time this is all done, its the 2nd go around of tv contracts.
b10 +ruty/uconn
sec + utsa/tcu
b12+ memphis/smu/ecu/richmond
pac-no adds but it checks with kansas and tex schools. b12 is always the weakest of the 4 but never weak enough.