I doubt both Cal and Stanford get left behind if pac10 teams start moving to the Big 12. The Bay area and the following of college football is still big out there, even if the percentage of population is small due to vast population size. Barring Big Ten expansion and assuming Noter Shame stays independent with a new NBC contract, I can see the Big 12 adding Stanford to give NBC one more Noter Shame away game. ND would host Stanford and play one Big 12 away game, then next year, host a Big 12 team while playing at Stanford. They have scheduling flexibility as these would only be games 6 and 7 plus the five games against the ACC.
Should the Big 12 - NBC - ND thing actually come to fruition, this would only supplement the primary Tier 1 and Tier 2 tv rights to make the Big 12 much more revenue than the pac 10, plus if/when Stanford is in the fold, then the other 9 pac 10 teams will most all want in. From them, I think it would be wise to skip Cal as Stanford brings more to the table due to their ND rivalry. From there, add Oregon, Washington, and Utah. I would stop at 16 unless networks raise value/revenue for adding any other teams. You could go to 18 in the event the Big Ten comes calling on Oregon and Washington or Stanford.
Should the Big 12 - NBC - ND thing actually come to fruition, this would only supplement the primary Tier 1 and Tier 2 tv rights to make the Big 12 much more revenue than the pac 10, plus if/when Stanford is in the fold, then the other 9 pac 10 teams will most all want in. From them, I think it would be wise to skip Cal as Stanford brings more to the table due to their ND rivalry. From there, add Oregon, Washington, and Utah. I would stop at 16 unless networks raise value/revenue for adding any other teams. You could go to 18 in the event the Big Ten comes calling on Oregon and Washington or Stanford.
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