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Message: [QUOTE="Ldandy, post: 2954940, member: 4584"] I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Nelson. If you remove Texas and Oklahoma from the football side of The Big 12, I don't see the schools left behind moving the needle anymore than the top programs of The AAC. The appeal of a program like Ok State or Texas Tech is in watching them match up against UT or OU. Outside of a very concentrated area of the country the average college football fan would be no more inclined to watch OSU match up with Baylor, than they would be to watch UCF versus USF, or Boise State versus Utah State. You could say the same thing about most conferences, but the fate of The Big 12 is more tied to these two programs than any other. If UT and OU did bolt for The B1G it might be to the benefit of the left behind programs to seek their best deals including to and up to forming new smaller regional conferences. Hypothetically 9 teams playing an 8 game round robin. These conferences could coordinate to have their champions face off in a playoff for a NY6 auto bid. Hypothetical Realignment- East Conference: Army, Navy, WVU, CT, Temple, Cincy, Memphis, UCF, USF West Conference: KU, KSU, ISU, OSU, TT, Baylor, TCU, UH, SMU. I included independents like Army because they bring TV Value, The AAC because their mulling of a GOR could cause programs to look elsewhere in a few years, and The Big 12 which would essentially be a loosely affiliated group of teams without UT and OU. I left out schools like Tulsa, Tulane, and ECU because their total athletic departments are more in line with programs in Conference USA and The Sunbelt. Play 8 games within your conference and schedule the other 4 from P5's, Regional G5's, FCS, etc. A UConn schedule like this makes more sense to me. 8 Home 4 Away some years, 7 Home 5 Away others. Short of getting into The B1G or ACC something like this would probably stir up more interest than what is currently happening. H-FCS Regional A-Cincy H-FBS Regional (Rutgers) H G5 Regional (Umass) A-USF A-Army H-Memphis H-Navy H-UCF A-TCU A-WVU H-Temple [/QUOTE]

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