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Message: [QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 29403, member: 683"] Short-term, all we're looking at is the SEC getting a 14th to even their divisions and the ripple effect as conferences backfill from that change. After that, it is ALL about Texas and Notre Dame. Every BCS conference has designs on one (or both) of them and no one is going to max out at 16 until those biggest of fish select a pond for the long term. As long as the Longhorn Network and Irish independence remain dealbreakers, the SEC (ideal scenario is UT and Oklahoma if they can separate OSU from the deal, or UT and an ACC school if they can't) and ACC (will hold out for ND and whoever ND wants) will stay at 14, while the B1G (has dreams of getting both UT & ND) and Pac-12 (we've seen their offers) will keep those extra spots open to accomodate their target teams and their alliances. [/QUOTE]