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Message: [QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 1709768, member: 523"] I would say this regarding Texas not wanting G5 schools. They are not completely wrong. There is a spot for one more mega conference aside from the SEC/B1G, with the P12 covering the Pacific time zone. If Texas could convince the 11 best schools in the ACC/B12 to dump their current affiliation and move to a brand new conference, it could rival the other two. There are a fee problems with this idea, but it you have enough money you could do it. Problem one: You'd need a rights deal in your back pocket and the people giving out the deals already own everything in a different configuration. Problem two: You'd need enough schools to dissolve either league and then poach the remain schools from the other. As much as we like to think CR is and easy as moving chess pieces, it doesn't work that way and achieving that kind of critical mass is darn near impossible. The six ACC schools poachable by the current B12 are FSU, UNC, Clemson, VT, Louisville, and Miami. Add them to TX, OU, OSU, KS and you have 10 fairly strong brands in a 16 team league. The balance of GT, VA, Duke, Wake, NCST, Pitt, Cuse, BC falls to AAC level even if they add Cincy, UConn, UCF, Houston, USF, and Memphis. If you're TX, why not give it a go, even if you can't pry away UNC. Getting FSU and Clemson on board may start the merry go round and free up a couple other pieces, so long as you are willing to give up the ESPN check for the LHN. Fox might be dumb enough to pay 40M per team for a B12 + FSU, Clem, +2. [/QUOTE]

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