Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Put me strongly in the camp of not wanting to just add anyone and everyone. Having schools that aren't strategically aligned has always been the problem of the Big 12. Also, at this juncture there is no reason to add any more non-P5 schools unless Colorado is the only PAC to move right now and you add a school like SDSU or UConn to get to 14. Also, at the time of the next media rights negotiation if you've gotten your conference up to 18 or more teams it gets more difficult to find partners to pay enough on a per team basis.
At this point Arizona and Oregon seem like the remaining Pac schools that would be a cultural fit with the Big 12. Utah and Arizona St. would be as well, but it sure appears that their pride would get in the way of that short term and maybe long term as well. Washington doesn't feel like a fit for me, but I also don't know where they go and they are a really good program.
At this point Arizona and Oregon seem like the remaining Pac schools that would be a cultural fit with the Big 12. Utah and Arizona St. would be as well, but it sure appears that their pride would get in the way of that short term and maybe long term as well. Washington doesn't feel like a fit for me, but I also don't know where they go and they are a really good program.
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Why does CU fit culturally and not Cal. Would you say CU and Cal are closer than CU and ISU? And why does culture of the school matter? And would the B12 have taken USC, if so how to they match culturally?
Cal has more athletic history than ISU and most any other B12 team.
Please expand on what a monetary fit is. I have no idea.
Edit: Is BU a cultural fit to the B12 and why?
And apparently already whined enough to get the SEC to condemn the horns down....I can't wait to read headlines of Texas souring the SEC. They are a cancer plain and simple.
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Cal-Berkeley: that’s all that needs to be said. Culture and academics matter to them. It just does wrong or right. Part of the elite of the elite public institutions. Snootier than the others like UM as well.
Because we don't add anyone without the networks approval as well
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So a top tier educational institution isn’t right for the B12?
And so, B12 would not have taken UCLA?
Cal Berkeley is the most liberal public university in the country. Many of their faculty, students, and alumni are opposed to major college athletics. Colorado just hired Deion Sanders. Culturally when it comes to college athletics they are very, very different.
Why would you want to do us dirty like that? We are just trading trash to see if the other's trash is more shiny (at least for awhile).
It would actually fit the conferences better as UNL is a truckstop U and Baylor is a lawyer up after misdeeds U.
That's why it was clear that the PAC 12 was screwed. Many of their potential negotiating partners were actively working to get the programs they wanted in the Big 12.
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CW has said this a couple times but schools like Stanford and Cal look down on the Big 12.
Done! As much as we poke fun at B1G (especially the West), we can admit that they definitely have better positioning than the Big12. Jealous of the money but not the competition.
I'm sure our media partners would LOVE for us to now add Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. Get almost all the value out of the PAC at a fraction of the cost and consolidate into a clear 3rd power that they have locked up already
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I mean… ISU brand doesn’t match our in the stand presence. You think a linear line exists between national brand and % sold out FB/BB games? Or a line close to linear?
