Regarding Houston Meeting with Larry Scott

Likely the beginning of the next shake up of trying to get 4 conferences of 16 schools.

PAC needs 4 schools
SEC, ACC, and Big 10 all need 2 schools

Big 12 has 10 schools ... presence of ND makes 11 ... but would be pretty much bound to ACC.

Oklahoma and Texas are obviously the big prizes ... I don't think that there's any chance Oklahoma and Oklahoma don't show up somewhere together.

Kansas may be a fit for the Big 10 because of basketball.

West Virginia probably has somewhere to go whether ACC or Big 10 ... they bring enough to the table.

Iowa State and KState are really basketball schools that probably don't have a home for football.

The non-Texas Texas-based Big 12 schools all have some issues. Tech is the biggest but in the worst location and not really any kind of academic pedigree (#RaiderRash) ... TCU has good programs and academics but the "C" could turn some off as well it being a smaller private school versus large state school ... Baylor is even more of a religion problem than TCU and is facing more uncertainty with what is going on with their football program not to mention the location is shit.

Then you have the non Power 5 schools that have some kind of asset that they bring to the table ... this includes Boise, UConn, Houston, UCF, and Memphis.

Nothing works for the PAC without starting with the Oklahoma schools. I doubt Boise can get their academics up enough or brings really enough to the table (across the board) to warrant inclusion. Probably have to bite the bullet with Texas. That leaves 1 remaining spot for another Texas school. I'd expect the split then to go PAC8 vs New8.