Dip into the seemingly make-believe realm of having some options, a plan, and the initiative to make something happen. Knowing that the B1G is the preferred destination but grappling with the uncertainties and unknowables that exist, suppose for a moment several options presented themselves in the near-term. Which would you, as the AD, pick while lighting candles every night that there might be a B1G spot some day after FSU and Clemson get snagged by the SEC and ND does or does not make the move.
Assume that no sugar daddies are emerging to fund the department in perpetuity nor that any affiliations will come with cheap and easy escape clauses.
Assume that no sugar daddies are emerging to fund the department in perpetuity nor that any affiliations will come with cheap and easy escape clauses.