More conference re-alignment fun. Good article here:

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...nt%253F-020812

My speculating brainstorm (got some of this information via Outkick the Coverage a few weeks ago):

The ACC is the most vulnerable league at the moment. The SEC TV contract is huge and they'd like to penetrate even more states as their next targets (for TV sets). Would you believe, North Carolina and Virginia? Now , the U of North Carolina will not leave the ACC because of their relationship with Duke. However, NC State is a very possible target. As far as the state of Virginia is concerned, Virginia Tech is a more likely target than the U of Virginia. After these two schools leave for the SEC and further improve that league's TV contract the carosal does not stop. The Big Ten may look at adding both the University of Maryland and/or the U of Virgina or they could go another direction and choose two of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

After this round occurs the Big 12 will be scrambling and the Big East will once again be vulnerable as the ACC may go after UCONN and Rutgers while the Big 12 goes after Louisville and Cincy.

Its all about TV money. Its important that the Big East get a mega TV deal asap. for both football and basketball which will make it more attarctive for schools to stay. My crystal ball shows the Big East signing a deal with the new NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) who are on the prowl for conference affiliations. The question - how soon can they get it done? IMO, we won't be in a stable place until that occurs.