Very possibly, but kneecapping the ACC means the current B12 membership necessarily forms the core of any future “Conference three” that the Super 2 would likely want to have around for anti-trust reasons, and I think that pragmatism has been no small part of why the B12 outlasted the PAC and might outlast the ACC. Then, you have to tell me what “equity” even means for a college athletic conference. The devil is in the details here. Do they own 20% of the revenue in perpetuity, or just the current and subsequent media deals? Do they own 20% of anything if the schools vote to dissolve the conference between media deals?

It could absolutely be a disaster, but CFB is kind of already a disaster if you’re not in the B1G or SEC. As for traditions, the bigger schools already decided that their own shared traditions with the B12’s current membership were insufficient, so while Yormark’s execution may end up better or worse, I don’t see a philosophical problem with the B12 maintaining the “tradition” that they play at the highest level of the sport. If that means he needs to be jettisoned once the schools feel safer, then so be it, but right now I think they believe he’s still the right person for the job. I hope they’re right.

Also, all my half-assed flair extensions are dead due to my moving over from KBin and various OS and browser updates. I gotta figure something out before the Dublin game kicks off.