Originally Posted by
td577
I think they are just letting every catch their breath for a moment. It won't die down for long because the Big 10, the Big 12, and the ACC have to make sure the SEC and Pac 12 doesn't run away with everything. The SEC is just waiting to see what everyone else really wants to do and if they don't like what they see, they will start steam rolling everyone. Sure the P5 voted to make their own rules because everyone else wants to make sure they are attached to the SEC. Eventually, the Big 12 will be told what they have to do or they will be out. Strongman already made a good point about the ACC being held together by FSU and maybe just a couple of other schools, of which would fit very nicely in the SEC. Tell me a division with Florida, Florida State, Miami, and possibly Notre Dame wouldn't have a nice ring to it. There are a few other schools in the ACC that would work out quite nicely in the SEC to build up to four divisions. Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Clemson to name a few. OU and Texas to the west and they just built their own division 4. Also, if you notice, there is already complaints the current playoffs will leave 2 P5 conferences with the SEC pretty much guaranteed 2 spots.
It won't be the SEC pushing for a P5 split, it will be the Big 10 and ACC. The Big 12 will have to fix their mess to be included which means Texas and OU have to dump their networks or leave. The Sooner network isn't as big as the Longhorn network, but it would have to go. If the P5 doesn't split and the Big 12 doesn't fix their mess, then it very soon become the P4. I think the silence is because before the SEC was the loudest voice and they got everything they wanted. Now the others will have to start pushing and well, yelling to be included. It all comes down to the moment when the Big 12 realizes they are not at the table anymore. The only reason they are not excluded now is the hope it can be salvaged.