The Big V(Big XII leftovers)

This is assuming Texas and Texas Tech head elsewhere, and Oklahoma and Oklahoma State head to the Pac 12. 

There are a few options for the Big V(Big XII leftovers: Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Baylor). You have the option of staying together and rebuilding the Big XII, going to the Big East, or maybe the MWC.

The Big East option:

For the Big East this is possibly the best scenario to date. The Big East picks up the St. Louis DMA and Kansas City DMA as well as parts of the Dallas/Ft Worth DMA.

This puts the Big V leftovers in the best basketball league in the nation and those 5 schools aren't that bad in football. Missouri and Kansas has had BCS appearances the past 5 years. Put those 5 schools with TCU and Lousville and we have a nice western division.

What bothers me about adding 5 more schools to the Big East is how do we manage a 22 team basketball league? We could have a 7/7/8 alignment or a 5/5/6/6 alignment. I'd prefer a clean split from the Catholic Schools to be honest.

The MWC option:

I'd say this is a very unlikely scenario, unless the MWC is offered a BCS(Bowl Championship Series) bid. You would create a 14 team league under the scenario as well. I think we're more likely to see the Boise State's of the world head to the Big XII than this though.

Rebuilding the Big XII option:

While this scenario is unlikely, this is what I'd like to see happen. For this to happen, the BCS would have to let the Big XII keeps its Automatic Qualifying Bid to the BCS.There aren't too many options out there, but there are options;

Boise State: Great football program, starting to get more and more National Respect. Academics are a little weak and has a small television market(but its national brand makes up for the weak TV market)

Houston: Decent football program in a large market, great recruiting grounds and allows Big XII schools 2 trips to Texas a year.

Memphis: Not so good of a football program but basketball is very good. Decent DMA and ok at best academics.

Colorado State: Decent football program that brings the Colorado DMA because its a State Flagship.

I'll leave it at those 4 for now. There may be better options than the 4 I proposed and their may not be.

On another front, Chip Brown is reporting that Texas is talking to the Atlantic Coast Conference(ACC) about membership. Its looking more and more likely that Texas is getting a little desperate; in my opinion. Could they be ringing the telephone at the Big East office in Providence next?