Guessing he even used 3 shakes at the urinal instead of the allowed 2.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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he sent the pac12 the same amount big12 got.... its the presidents that turned it down
If it's between convincing the presidents the deal is the best available, strapping in for the Kobayashi Maru exercise, or walking
I'm giving the presidents a shot and then walking to keep my reputation in place.
What documentation is going to be uncovered? Not sure many schools will keep good records of "back room talks." I could be wrong though.
FSU needs a place to go before they leave. From what I can see, neither the SEC or the BIG 10 have an apatite to expand until their next media deal (Or if ND wants in.)
He went to the presidents with $31-$32 mill/school/year and the presidents turned it down?
Here’s the article McMurphy is referencing. It’s a good read:
Inside the Pac-12 collapse: Four surprising moments that crushed the conference
How did the Pac-12 die? These surprising decisions by USC, Oregon, Washington and others thwarted efforts to save the conference.
Here’s the article McMurphy is referencing. It’s a good read:
Inside the Pac-12 collapse: Four surprising moments that crushed the conference
How did the Pac-12 die? These surprising decisions by USC, Oregon, Washington and others thwarted efforts to save the conference.www.latimes.com
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Oregon interim president Patrick Phillips vehemently shut it down. He said he would not have the Ducks in a conference where they have to take less money than UCLA, and any conversation about the possibility quickly died
Lol, which is exactly where they are now.
The fact they wasted so much time on some devious plot with the Regents to block UCLA’s move is crazy.
Especially considering the Big 10 would have just turned around and invited Oregon or Washington instead.
I breezed through it, but ESPN was going to ride solo and pay the PAC while the Big 12 brought in Fox to partner.
It sounds like a nice win-win-win for Fox-ESPN-Big 12 vs the dipshittery going on in PACland
As somebody who created those types of models (in a different industry), this is my nightmare scenario. I cringe every time somebody asks for “a quick back of the envelope number, it doesn’t have to be perfect”.
This shows the greed of the Athletics departments broke up the conference , but everyone blames the TV money.
What happens when these teams that are used to going 11-1 and complaining, start going 7-5 in a super conference.
Their fans are going to be pissed.
Eastern Carolina and Florida Atlantic to Washington State and Oregon State is quite a drive. Not a huge deal for athletic departments with 100 million dollar budgets, but these schools will have significantly less funds than that.
Has anyone sent this article to Mandel or is he still spewing that the Big 12 ruined the Pac 12?This shows the greed of the Athletics departments broke up the conference , but everyone blames the TV money.
What happens when these teams that are used to going 11-1 and complaining, start going 7-5 in a super conference.
Their fans are going to be pissed.
BIG 10 raided the PAC 12 and then went in for the kill shot.
My hope is that OU and Texas , go 6-6 or 7-5 in the SEC over the next decade , while TCU , Baylor or OSU are consistently going to the Playoffs.
Hope OU and Texas becomes Nebraska
Projections 101, give a range, not a specific number. Unless $50M was their minimum, in which case they f’d up that forecast.
I know the narrative on this board is that GK was an idiot while BY is a genius, but in reality I think the story is the B12 had realistic and strategically aligned presidents while the Pac had unrealistic arrogance. We were both offered the same deal. The B12 took it and established a look of strength and stability. The Pac rejected it and then floundered until they fractured. The commissioners get far too much credit and blame here. Even BY said in a recent interview that he got lucky, he had no idea the TV money and availability window was about to close.
I agree for the most part. The big 12 having its cancers excised and able to move with united purpose gave it a big leg up over a rather fractured pac 12 that still remained somewhat in denial of reality all the way to the end. However there was a decent amount of bluster from GK (the talk about going shopping in the big 12) that did him no favors.
