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They cancelled out Navy. Now without SMU but with Army, we have 14 football schools and 13 basketball (and most other Olympic sport schools).
In my opinion, we should be selective with any new programs that bring football. We're already a conference with a random allotment of schools with few big rivalries. Market size should be lower on the priority list for future expansion, with more focus on competiveness of programs and potential to create more rivalries or reignite old ones.
If we focus on expanding the Olympic sport-only programs, I think we should go east and target some of the A-10 schools. If we are looking for schools that will bring all sports, look west, and try to grab up some quality MWC programs before they give any life to a rebirthed Pac-12 (if we aren't invited to it).
The more I think about the FBS future, the more I think the SEC/Big10 (Top40) will split away from the rest. They will still play OOC inter-division games with other FBS (they need their 7 home games), but their playoff will be exclusive.
In that case where the Big12 and remnants of the AAC fall out of the top tier, then we should be proactive to join their tier with them, say Tier 2. Assemble a AAC/MWC/P2 combo conference. Something SMU2006 actually suggested>
West - Wazzu, Oregon State, Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, CO State, Air Force
East - North Texas, UTSA, Tulane, Memphis, USF, Navy, Army
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