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Losing the geography thing is something that bites us all.  I remember when the Braves were in the NL West and the Falcons were as well.

Maybe there is some chance over time of a Big Confab where they check back into conferences with some geographical sense to them.  Maybe.  Even the ACC has been a "stretch" and WVU in the B12 ...

SWC  SEC  ACC  Pac  Big Easterly

Looking back, it's funny.  The SWC decided to disband when the alternative was for everyone to stop cheating.
I know, I know, there's more to it.
But that's kind of a big part of it, no?

All joking aside, I believe the real reason the SWC conference disbanded is because everybody left.  Ark left for the SEC and Tex, Tex A&M, TT and Baylor left for the Big 8/Big 12.  TCU, SMU, Rice decided to join the WAC.  The only school left was Houston,  which decided to join a new conference called CUSA.  So the SWC just died. 

Of course one of the keys reasons they all left is that they believed they could not get a decent TV contract if they would have stayed together.  8 Texas schools plus Arkansas.  Not a lot of cable TV markets there for ESPN. 

The interesting thing is that 8 out of 9 SWC schools have now made it back to a P4 conference.  3 in the SEC.  4 in the Big 12.  1 in the ACC.  Only Rice has been left behind. 

I started to re-think my opinion that FSU cannot leave the ACC until 2036 after the media rights contract expires. I haven't read the media rights contract, so this is one of the worst legal opinions, I could offer.
Over objections of NC, FSU, and Clemson, the ACC media rights changed. The travel requirements were modified, not just a little bit. If this is not covered in the contract, it will be a major blunder by those not seeking to exit the ACC, and if it is covered, who knows if the contract now can be upheld given the unreasonable travel requirements.

@OrangeAfroMan  I just had an idea for a new game you should create.

"Risk-- College Football Edition"

The gameboard is a map of the states of the USA and each player represents a conference, trying to take over every state.

I mean, you'd have to change the name and all due to copyright stuff, but it sounds like a million dollar idea.  You can donate my cut to the charity of your choice. 

I'll get right on it.

But the map would be uneven from the start.  OSU gets a big, populace state all to itself, while Mississippi and Iowa are divided in 2? 
Gimmie a break!  lol

Yes, then you will have to come up with rules where suddenly a conference in the Midwest can somehow take over Southern California and a conference along the Atlantic coast can some how take over northern California. Not to mention how a P5 Pacific Coast conference can leave itself so vulnerable.

You have your work cut out for you.  Maybe for the first 10 turns you can only attack schools in a contiguous state and the conference can only have 10, then 12, then 14 members. Then suddenly the rules change and you  can attack anybody anywhere and have an unlimited amount of members.