Yeah, the ACC’s only an option if the B10, SEC and B12 all pass on a school. And that’s if the ACC even can expand without opening up their GOR.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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UCF is a sleeping giant, look at the recruiting rankings and alumni base. I'm far more convinced they will have success than Houston.
As opposed to the other 100% of the time when crank up the negativity? Who cares?
They say it with out ever saying it, they're ready for the Big 12. lmao
What recruiting rankings? Their best ranking ever was 38, with most seasons being in the 40’s-70’s. Houston is a super low bar to have more success then. Like I hope everything works out but the idea that these schools are somehow going to make some kind of magic leap while facing a huge bump in competition is out there.
All the 2021 additions are projects, to some degree. But the B12 might not have stuck together, probably wouldn’t have inked as good if a media deal, and wouldn’t be in a position to poach PAC schools without them.
That said, with the PAC on the table and the ACC likely to be in ~10 years, there’s no reason for the B12 to take on any more projects.
As for the Pacademic snobbery, they need to put their money where their mouth is. As a conference, they should invite SMU, Rice and Tulane which are all upper tier Academic schools that play FBS and are in HUGE markets.
As for Cal specifically (and I like the Bears), if they don't like the direction of the Pac and don't want to lower themselves in the Big Xii, they can always join the other UC schools in the Big West for all sports and go Independent in football.
Thats the age old multi-billion dollar question. Who knows…networks are chasing the dragon and college athletic departments are just along for the ride.
My own fandom for football has diminished significantly. If it's not Iowa State or the Chiefs I'm not watching if I'm honest.
You're also talking about a country where the #1 sport for close to a century was baseball, potentially the most boring sport of all sports and this is coming from a guy who has coached it for like 8 years now.
And this is why I don’t want them in the Big 12. All the attitude and snobbery of Texas, without anything Texas has to offer. They’ve been the most vocal about bashing the Big 12, I don’t think they’d do anything but cause problems while they are here.
Would WAOR cause problems if the Big 12 managed to somehow pull that off, maybe, but they haven’t been complete dicks to the Big 12 this entire process, while Utah has.
Plus, the 4 new schools helped stabilize the conference. Sure, we can say it was a no brainer for them to join the Big 12 but was it? Big 12 was reeling after OUT.
UCF is far away and is going to spend a heck of a lot more than ISU in travel. They aren't complaining. Also, ISU has remarkably done well in Florida in recruiting and UCF helps us and the rest of the Big 12 more in the state in that.
Wilner mailbag today:
- Gives basically zero chance of OR or WA joining the Big12.
- Admits Yormark outmaneuvered Kliavkoff all the way.
- Says Arizona could easily jump and maybe the entire 4 corners.
- Says Stanford and Cal are rudderless with change in leadership, but thinks they could both land Big10.
- SD St > Colorado
- Says PAC should expand with at least 3 now, but is expecting disappointment.
- Hasn't been misled by his sources.
- It's all Larry Scott's fault.
Mailbag: Next steps for Oregon and UW, the Bay Area void, Arizona’s role, the $40 million question, expansion options and more
Where will the Pacific Northwest powers land as the Pac-12 fights for survival following the third departure in the past 13 months.
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Their real value to us is that clone fans with children can fly down on a Thursday, hit up universal on Friday, head over to the bounce house for a cyclone win on Saturday and fly home Sunday.
For how long will university presidents and AD's continue to believe the PAC on an upcoming deal and payouts? Any deal that might have been coming assumingly factored Colorado in, so the adjusted payouts on the future of the PAC would drop some from what was previously put in front of the committee. No network is going to swing big bucks at a league that doesn't watch the games on tv and doesn't attend games in person (okay, some of the teams do have good in person attendence), but now you are talking about league games that have even less draw. I guess you get to the point where you are so invested in the money pit that you are going to ride that horse to the glue factory.
They are at least in the acceptance stage of their grief now, in that they know that this PAC thing probably isn't going to work out.
Good lord. I couldn’t make it a quarter of the way through that. Talk about your head being up your own ass… that doesn’t even do it justice.
One could say that Colorado is a bit of a project...but a project that has the potential to improve quickly given their decent fan support and willingness to pay their coaches. Sitting next to the ginormous Denver market has both positives (population) and negatives (many pro teams...the outdoors...etc.).
