I think the play might be SDSU + SMU to stay in SoCal and add the DFW market presence. I also think going to 14 in that case makes sense via paired rivals for SDSU & Utah to go with CU paired to SMU. Those other 2 would be from among FSU, UNLV and BSU.
It is possible that the folks in the pac are already aware that ucla is going to be held and that they have assurances from the others that they aren’t going to bolt in replacement of ucla to the big. That would in some way explain the premature sdsu leak.
only add one. and Stanford has a far better chance at sometimes being relevant in the pac than joining the big. Just spitballing…