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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5335891, member: 622"]
Ithink the only add to Kansas and WVU would be BYU.  I think Utah does less in the state and if it weren’t for Urban Meyer most CFB fans would barely know Utah has a team.  BYU carries more fans in Utah and has some following out of state.  I don’t see any other team of significant value.  I am not convinced the Arizona schools have much to offer.

To your last comment, I can see an hypothetical with ESPN dumping some dead weight from the ACC, merging the remaining ACC with the SEC, and forming a giant conference.  This keeps ESPN relevant in the populous north east and does not force ESPN into becoming a regional network for the SEC.  There is too much value in the northeast to write it off.

I also can see where the SEC refuses to a giant merger, thus ESPn is willing to pay for the ACC at a lesser rate than the SEC but more than the remaining FBS conferences, the solid third conference.

Regardless, I can see the B1G and Fox wanting SU and Pitt if they resurge so as to effectively push ESPN out of the northeast and make it a southern, regional network in college sports.  I can also see PSU and Maryland wanting them, too.
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