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[QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 8811, member: 683"]
But that was an 8-team conference competing in a BCS where 12 teams had become the norm.  They selected the best team possible without stepping on any toes from their fellow BCS conferences (and also somewhat tied up a team that could theoretically be competition for a superconference spot).  And I didn't see any reports about pledges of conference stability being written into the expansion agreement.

The game has now changed.  Whatever happens will likely stick for a while and there's going to be one and more likely two losers once the dust settles.  Unfortunately, the BE isn't in a position to be too pro-active.  The best they can do is make some behind the scenes contingency "offers" to the best schools that could be available.  But I doubt many of the individual BE schools would vote to formalize those offers until their individual scenarios play out.  And the target schools aren't going to accept a BE spot until their current/potential alternatives run out and they know what BE teams will be remaining to join with.
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