IMHO, 3 schools are key as to whether the SEC eats the whole pie:
1. USC
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
If USC bolts, goodbye Pac-12 as a major player.
If Ohio State and Michigan bolt, goodbye B1G as a major player.
If those 3 bolt to the SEC, the SEC = the Major Leagues, everything else = the Minors.
If those 3 stay, the B1G and the PAC can survive as big time players getting big time recruits and big time tv $$$$ contracts; combined on a roughly equal basis as the SEC. The population and tv markets support that. Of course, it would also help if Notre Dame joined the B1G. I think this holds, even if Clemson and FSU join the SEC.
Oh, USC is reportedly unsatisfied and could be longing for something bigger ...
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