Mentioning this is like talking to brick walls.
Perceived stability is almost everything.
PAC 12(soon to be 10), got raided, lost USC, UCLA. THAT MAKES PAC 12/10 VULNERABLE TO BEING RAIDED AGAIN AND LOSING OREGON, UW, STANFORD, and becoming the PAC 7, instead of PAC 12/10, because of the PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY, lack of stability of PAC, now that lost USC, UCLA.
By adding SDSU, SMU:
1. That gets PERCEIVED by the media, college football world as stabilizing expanding, etc, and because of that the PAC will probably be less likely to be raided of Oregon, UW, Stanford etc.
2. Even if the PAC does get raided, lose those teams, etc, PAC 12 would be at a survivable life support, PAC 10, instead of a DEAD PAC 7, that others start feeding frenzy off of.
3. Adding SDSU and SMU will, can create the opportunity, chance to semi successfully negotiate a BETTER MEDIA deal, so that even tho adding more members it's not lessening the pie share per each of the existing PAC colleges in the PAC now.
4. And SDSU and SMU could take lesser shares, that would help prevent the current PAC colleges from having the pie amount to them after improved media deal, be less then what getting now. Less Shares to SDSU, SMU, would help prevent that.
5. Once all the above is done, there would be a better chance of joint ACC/PAC media deal alliance that would increase the pie that PAC gets.
6. After that done. PAC could maybe get ISU OR AN OR TTU from Big 12.
7. DFW is one of the HOTTEST recruiting areas in nation.
8. SMU used to be in the same conference with Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc, and SMU used to be BIG TIME FOOTBALL.
IT CAN BE AGAIN SOMEDAY if it joins the PAC or Big 12.
But even if the above were to be not true, and adding SDSU, SMU is pointless and shouldn't add them, and stay at PAC 10:
Then the PAC 10 either DIES and gets eaten up by Big 12 and Big 10, and becomes PAC 7, then PAC 5, and dies, etc, or becomes the PAC 7/5 merges with MWC and either dies, or becomes IRRELEVANT, OR it becomes a G5,6, group of 5, group of 6, level, NON P5, PAC 10.
The ONLY WAY THE PAC SURVIVES, STAYS RELEVANT AS A P5 CONFERENCE IS BY EXPANDING TO 12, 14, 16, by adding SDSU, SMU, negotiating a BETTER MEDIA DEAL, doing a joint ACC/PAC deal, getting either an or ISU, TTU from Big 12, and STABILIZING or at least having everybody thinking PAC is STABILIZING even if it weren't stabilizing.
ITS EITHER DO THAT OR STAY AT PAC 10, and either DIE as PAC 7/5/PAC/MWC merger , or DIE as PAC 10 G5,G6 NON P5 conference.
At least if PAC tries by adding SDSU, SMU, there is a chance.
But if PAC doesn't try, does not add SDSU, SMU, expand, there is even less or no chance.
It's that brutal, DIRE for the PAC.
And the PAC is not going to Convince Okie St to leave Big 12 to join PAC, UNLESS PAC FIRST adds SDSU, SMU, ISU, TTU, KSU, etc, and STABILIZES.
