Purple Haize wrote:Those 2 conference would have to bury a lot of hatchets but it makes sense.
I agree completely that any possible realignment would be a bit messy. But economics are driving toward this uncomfortable situation. The NCAA could help this along by working with school of playoff credit redistribution and waiving some of the league requirements allowing the new realigned leagues to maintain their full auto bid status. This could be done as an emergency order from Indianapolis. Keep in mind that the P5 schools with their increased authority would have to be on board. Persoanlly I don't see a down side for the P5s, but they could hang this over the G5 heads as a "concession" they have generously made to help the viability fo the subdivision.
Such a realignment would not necessarily be to our benefit as we could still be left out in the cold. But there is the possibility that the NCAA could allow the two leagues plus indies to be split into three leagues perhaps Southwest (Texas,NM & possibly LA schools), South and East Coast. We would would be thrilled to land in either of the latter two leagues and would probably be willing to go to Southwest if it meant leveling out other thorny issues. But this is just pure conjecture on my part.