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Message: [QUOTE="SportsPageMike, post: 2696625, member: 1070"] Eventually the two big big boy conferences, the SEC and the BIG 10, are going to expand to 16 teams with two divisions of eight teams. This will start and ripple effect that will change the landscape of college sports. The question is which one of them strikes first. I think that it will be the SEC once again. They started this many years by grabbing Arkansas from the SWC. They followed up by asking Texas A&M and Missouri to join. We all have opinions and so do I. Even with Florida bitching I think that Florida State will get nabbed from the ACC. And, the other team is possibly West Virginia from the Big 12 or both Oklahoma schools. The Big 10 will not sit and watch what took place without making a move. They will grab and add as well. Virginia would be a perfect fit for them. The other team added would be a hard choice. Even though Iowa State would bring nothing to the table it is properly located within geographic territory not to add them. Plus, it gives Iowa a rivalry in all sports that should be played annually. There you go. Now, the ACC has holes to fill. UConn and UCF get asked to join their conference no matter what Boston College has to say. The big loser at some point is going to big the Big 12. They stand to loose anywhere from one to four teams when conference realignment takes place. Possibly, even more if the Pac 12 jumps in and steals four of their schools. [/QUOTE]