I could see the Pac replacing those schools with Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State or maybe BYU.
Don't see Colorado coming back or the PAC taking Boise or BYU - they don't want religious schools and to them Boise is not in their league academically. Also don't see ACC taking WVA due to academics. One move that I would like to see is the SEC send Missouri back and Big12 send WVA to the SEC. This helps both leagues from a geographic standpoint.I enjoyed the talk about realignment being good for the Big 12 for once. I could definitely see Arizona, ASU, and Colorado coming over, maybe paired with West Virginia leaving amicably for the ACC. We might end up in a division with the new schools + the Kansas schools.
Another note if Arizona joined the Big 12 in the near future is that Paul Rhoads could coach against Iowa State.
I could see the Pac replacing those schools with Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State or maybe BYU.
They're going to be much improved with the firmly entrenched mel tucker.Colorado aint coming back.
Whoopie Goldberg will be elected the next Pope before the California Pac-12 schools will admit Boise State, UNLV, and BYU into their elite academic fraternity. May be an athletic conference, but the academic snobbery is intense. Colorado and Utah got in only because they are highly regarded academic institutions and AAU members.
What does adding of those schools do the Pac12 if they’re down to 9? Gaining a conference championship game isn’t worth diluting what’s already a threatened pot of money. How much inequitable of a payout would it take to keep the other 9 whole?If you are talking about looking to go from 12 to 14, sure. If your conference just got raided and you’re down to 9 institutions, it’s a whole different ballgame. The Pac-12 doesn’t even have the same pre-Nebraska “AAUs only” status that the B1G had. And there are zero AAU options available to the Pac-12. Maybe they would take Boise State for football only, Gonzaga for basketball only, and stick at 9 for the non-revenue sports. Who knows. But there aren’t really a lot of options in that situation and they are going to have to pick one of them (in this hypothetical).
What does adding of those schools do the Pac12 if they’re down to 9? Gaining a conference championship game isn’t worth diluting what’s already a threatened pot of money. How much inequitable of a payout would it take to keep the other 9 whole?
Another note if Arizona joined the Big 12 in the near future is that Paul Rhoads could coach against Iowa State.
Didn't know the Coach Rhoads was now the Arizona DC. Good for him. He has moved back up the ladder pretty quickly.
If the Big 12 poaches Pac12 schools and USC goes independent, one could seen it to cascade into not only conference realignment, but intercollegiate athletics Armageddon. Maybe not, but we’ve been heading that direction for awhile.Suppose they need to "promote" schools like BYU, Boise St. and maybe UNLV, Wyoming, or Utah St to fill the void and be viable. Obviously that would only work if ESPN would accept a diluted PAC12 product to keep the network or be able to void the contract. I would be really curious if USC would go independent rather than stay in an unprofitable college model.
No they wouldn’t.I don’t see Colorado coming back, but Colorado State would be a great add
I enjoyed the talk about realignment being good for the Big 12 for once. I could definitely see Arizona, ASU, and Colorado coming over, maybe paired with West Virginia leaving amicably for the ACC. We might end up in a division with the new schools + the Kansas schools.
Another note if Arizona joined the Big 12 in the near future is that Paul Rhoads could coach against Iowa State.
I could see the Pac replacing those schools with Boise State, UNLV, and Colorado State or maybe BYU.