Backroom favorites:
ND->BYU->Ark->TCU->Pittsburgh->AF->Houston->SMU->ECU->NDSU->Rice->NM
Not Bad... but I wouldn't stop with 1.
I have and will continue to believe the Big XII will have to go back to 12 eventually for the Conference Championship and continued AQ status (which won't leave unless Texas and OU do).
THE Conference Championship will be part of the AQ system to the eventual 8 or so teams in the eventual playoff system. My choices addresses the football need, but I also used Men's BB as a factor. I am going vertical... 1st 3 to say yes say hello to the BIG XII (with 12)!
1. ND - replaces the National titles Nebraska took to the B1G, probably won't happen... praying may help!
2. BYU - (Will be in soon) the only team not named Notre Dame and not from a AQ conference to win a National Title in the last 50 years.
3. Pitt - if anything it will start the dismantling of the AQ conference that should be dismantled.
4. Air Force - can't go wrong with a service academy, a nice geographic replacement for CU and will go well with BYU.
5. Memphis - Big TV market - MBB helps move the Tigers up the list
6. TCU - It is an attractive choice and you hit the Big East again
7. Houston - Not trying to recreate the Southwest Conference, and not excited about 2 new Texas schools.
8. Boise State - Idaho is Not Salt Lake City, but a solid choice.
9. New Mexico - could mean the Mayor can start treating Alfraud like his whipping boy and would be guaranteed wins for awhile in FB
10.... etc. Wyoming - Why not???
then I suppose hit the other former SWC teams SMU (we know they would come) Rice, whatever, if we get this far down the list the Big XII will be in trouble.