best guesses

[originaloverthehilltop1]

1) what are the chances the remaining big 12 schools and aac will all join to form a super middling conference? is that what espn wants? do we? speculate?:

2) best outcome for smu? and no, SEC invite is not plausible.

3) i think sonny has fatterson's number, so i hope that rivalry stays.

[MustangFan]

I don't know. Kind of feels like the Big 12's leftovers would be resistant, because even without OU and UT, they seem to think they're somehow better than the AAC. Or am I wrong on that?

It's not like road trips to Waco or Manhattan would be dream destinations, but if it means a bigger piece of the $$$ pie for SMU, bring it on.

[Topper]

Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Baylor would all cause a big spike in attendance at Ford. Kansas State is known to travel well. Let's face it: Who living in Stillwater, Lubbock or Waco wouldn't look for a good excuse to visit Dallas? The Little 8 still think that they will be poached by the ACC or PAC 12. Personally, I believe that Kansas and Iowa State will go to the Big 10 no matter what and I really doubt that the PAC 12 would be interested in any of the remaining 6. I'm not sure that those 6 teams will have much choice but to form some alliance with the AAC teams whether Baylor and TCU want us or not.

[originaloverthehilltop1]

what are chances the little eight will try to cherry pick from aac? uh, memphis, ucf, smu, any 2 to fill big open slots? if they did, i rather think it would be 2 of the non smu candidates. maybe uh and ucf?

[Charleston Pony]

what are chances the little eight will try to cherry pick from aac? uh, memphis, ucf, smu, any 2 to fill big open slots? if they did, i rather think it would be 2 of the non smu candidates. maybe uh and ucf?

It's all about appealing to ESPN & FOX and making the best deal they can with future TV contracts, so If the little 8 wants to get back to 10 members by adding 2 schools, I would think Cincy & UCF will be by far the most attractive from the AAC and 2 additional eastern time zone members in strong media markets would probably please West Virginia (assuming the latter can't convince the ACC to take them)