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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 1512027, member: 2524"] It could be that ESPN wants the SEC to stay away from the ACC, keeping that together (SEC and ACC are its two prime properties), wants the SEC to encroach upon the B10 (Ohio), and that the SEC is willing to go to 20 teams to help ESPN gather market share. If you're not stopping at 16 teams, 20 makes more sense than 18. If you're planning to go to 20, then who is there from the B12? Oklahoma, Kansas, another Texas team to complement A&M which is in southeastern Texas; you could take Oklahoma State too; but it's hard to get to 6 teams. Cincy and WVU would do it. If you're going to take Cincy eventually, taking it now and frustrating B12 expansion helps break up the B12 quicker. In this scenario ACC adds Texas with a Notre Dame like deal, and maybe UConn and some other B12 leftovers. [/QUOTE]