![]() ![]() ![]() In this scenario, Texas Tech would be in great shape. Right now, the SEC doesn’t have enough teams to form their own super conference, and taking away their most attractive options for further expansion would seem to be the best way for the Big 10, ACC, and PAC 12 to block an SEC power play. If the SEC is truly trying to form a super conference and break away from the NCAA to be its own entity as many are theorizing, then it would behoove the other conferences to try to block any further SEC expansion by gobbling up as many quality programs as possible. ![]() Some optimistic fans are choosing to believe that this alliance will prompt the involved conferences to expand. But what Texas Tech fans want to know is where the Red Raiders will fit in the new landscape of college football. What Auerbach’s article (which is behind a paywall) doesn’t specifically lay out the terms of the alliance between the three conferences, it does imply that the three leagues are vowing to vote together on all issues (such as the expansion of the College Football Playoff) in what feels like a move to try to counteract the SEC’s current powerplay. Of course, noticeably absent from that equation is the beleaguered Big 12 and that fact puts the future of the Texas Tech football program into even more uncertain territory. It is being reported by Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic that the PAC 12, Big 10, and ACC are on the verge of announcing an alliance that Auerbach says “isn’t just about scheduling”. ![]()
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