Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Agree. I keep quickly scrolling through this thread and it's the same **** every day
Is this not just further speculation though?
Really nothing substantial here over the last few weeks other than:
1. We got confirmation that Colorado has had talks with the Big 12 over a span of several months.
2. And that Arizona has inquired with the ABOR (and essentially been approved) as to whether they can leave the PAC-12 without ASU.
Oh this is just the beginning. Once schools jump to the Big12, then we'll have a mega thread for the remains of the PAC and UW/OU begging for a home saga.
Could honestly use a "discussion" thread and an "actual news" thread where only actual reported news is allowed to be posted. The signal to noise ratio in a massive thread like this is miniscule.
Feels like if we make it to July 1 with no moves, nobody will leave the PAC until the next media rights cycle.
The Buffs have always recruited California and Texas hard. Naturally, when they were in the Big12 the lean was more toward Texas recruiting. Feel like CU moved to the Pac because west coast culture was more inline with Boulder campus vibe vs. historical Big8 campus towns. But that is changing some with the 4 recent adds.
Go forward, their recruiting emphasis will probably depend on the head coach. With Deon I would say Texas would be #1 with Florida & Cal also getting a lot of attention. Not all that different than most schools.
The whole Colorado is a better west coast fit was nothing more than media garbage. Their time in the PAC has shown that to 100% not be the case.
My guess is the Pac ends up looking a lot like the mountain west. With Oregon State and Washington state leading the way for them. After everyone bails.
That's kind of what I'm thinking. They'll become a hybrid P5/G5 conference. Could be decent but nothing earth shattering.
Oregon St.
Washington St.
Cal
Stanford
UNLV
San Diego St.
Fresno St.
Boise St
Maybe throw in SMU/Uteph/New Mexico/Utah St/Hawaii ect ect
Something along those lines
Cal and Stanford would join the Big 12 before that conference 100% of the time.
That being said, they will join neither and most likely go indy.
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Who said Cal and Stanford would get an invite? They're part of the problem as to why the PAC's media deal is so low.
