Stanford would be a really good academic fit, they also bring shockingly a pretty large fan base and a major media market. Plus a good fuck you to the domers.
From what I could find Oregon has a top 10 fan base, but academically is a stretch. That would be my 2.
Have 1-8-8 scheduling. Tell Oregon and Stanford that they are now rivals and that they’re gonna like it as we shove money in their face and tell them it’s all right. if they don't like, go play in the Mountain West and see how you like that!
Sell it to the media partners as the big ten after dark one game a week. Try to move the 7:30 time slot up to 7:00 since 3:30 game is typically over by then. Then have another timeslot at 10:30, that’s 9:30 central. So 4 weeks of the year it’s all west coast and the other 7 have it as a west coast vs central time zone game. 13 straight hours of big ten football.