Used to be for. Aren't laying in football anymore. Maybe this year in BBall... but not the next year. Got a starter transfer from Michigan St. and a transfer who got kicked off Minnesota that will be a first round NBA Draft pick according to Jordans, Wades, and Howards former trainer... not to mention a couple good recruits they got this year. Fred has already made a huge impact, in just a few months on the job.

The PAC 10, if you didn't know, also already operates on an uneven revenue distribution system, so I don't really know why that is such a big hangup. The format would provide huge TV contracts that all schools would ultimately benefit from. As we have seen, schools who may not have a sustainable single product could band together to form a more comprehensive package. Every conference has "have's and have not's". Northwestern getting 20 million from the Big 10 is unlikely to change its fortunes. Your objection sounds more like sour grapes to me. I don't believe Texas has ever been the #1 revenue earner since the conference's inception. The difference usually isn't more than 3 or 4 million dollars. I think this aspect is a bit overblown.

So you think ISU is gonna have a good football team? What about the Iowa vs ISU game in Iowa City? What is your prediction of the shellacking?

Four extra teams aren't worthy of an extra at-large bid.

Good football team, yes. Record, probably not. One of the most talented teams ISU has had(not saying much) and looks like the best coaching staff they have had(mainly because of their OC and DC, but the HC looks like he could be the real deal too).. but they have the hardest schedule in the nation. I think their defense will be able to hold the Hawkeyes a lot better this year, and the 14 quarter streak without a TD will end. Win maybe not, but it will be within a score either way.

27-9 Hawkeyes.

Arguably, yes. 4 preseason top-10 teams. One could make an argument for Tennessee, though. They play (essentially) 3 top-10 preseason teams, 2 of them ranked higher than any team Iowa State plays, and a total of 5 top-25 preseason teams.

Yeah... no way they score that much this year.

Maybe not any four. Notre Dame already has a special case for being BCS eligible and USC has been the dominant team out of the PAC. Are you really trying to tell me if all four of those teams (with UT and OU) were BCS eligible the BCS wouldn't want them? Yeah, you keep sticking your head in that SEC sand.

Sorry, but Alabama, Florida, LSU, and Georgia are every bit as strong as USC, UT, OU, and ND. Lumping those top 4 with 12 other teams doesn't deserve two at-large bids.

Close toss up. I think on any given year USC and UT can be better than AL and FLA. Remember AL is just 2 seasons removed from a 6 loss year. They've got a ways to go before they become a USC type dynasty.

LSU and OU can either really good or really bad.

Georgia and Notre Dame are kinda in the same range I'll agree.

My power rankings for the last few years are this:

Florida
Texas
USC
Ohio State
Alabama
Oklahoma

If Alabama wins it again this year they go to #1. Saban does have that thing rollin

I agree that it's a close toss-up. Which is why an additional at-large bid for his proposed 16-team conference is not warranted.

Shut yo mouth! ISU has our frigging number every year no matter how good we are supposed to be and how shitty they are.
With Wegher so freaked out by knocking up his girlfriend that he can't practice or come to class the curse of Iowa being ranked top 10 preseason has already started.

Agreed. Not those 4 teams, not that conference anyway.

Why are you getting so bent out of shape about a long shot hypothetical? You should know college football isn't about how any one group of teams is at any particular time. College Football is about politics and ratings and there is no way on God's Green Turf that Georgia and LSU have the same kind of political clout and national appeal that Notre Dame and USC do. If you had Notre Dame vs a military academy and Georgia vs a military academy, I will guarantee you the Notre Dame game will pull in a higher rating. Same thing for USC and LSU. To pretend its close is to ignore a national appeal versus a regional one. Florida and Alabama have it, LSU and Georgia don't. In fact, those two schools are dropping faster with each passing year as anyone who has mild interest in the SEC could tell you. They are fine football schools that bring a lot of respect to the SEC as a whole, but they are not national schools. The closest one not on a national scale in the hypothetical is OU, but even their appeal is broader the Georgia and LSU. I'm not talking about how good any one team is "right now". Networks don't think that way. They think over a long term, which schools will be bring me constantly good ratings. If the SEC went to 16 teams, I'm sure they would get an extra at large as well. But, under the hypothetical, I have little doubt the merits would even be seriously questioned.