re: The BIG 10 is destroying itself, geographically.

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Regional Football is important and actually means something.

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At the very least, conference identity matters. The old PAC teams could at least say they shared the Rose Bowl history with the B1G schools. Maryland and Rutgers can't say that, and any potential ACC entrants certainly can't.

If the ACC falls apart, we're likely to pick up schools from that (as much as I don't want us to expand again). However, those schools would be schools that bolster the SEC's identity. The B1G and Big 12 will also pick up schools, but I don't think either of those conferences' identities will benefit by being national conferences. Revenues will go up, but expenses will also go up.