And Kliavkoff said last week that the longer they wait on their media package, the better their deal will be. Welp, so much for that, George.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Honorable mention to the 2007 game when Colorado had two chances for a game tying FG and couldn’t get either one off before time ran out
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Think volleyball where two similar in geography travel to another location with two schools near by, they get two matches against two teams in three days. Same for the reverse of home/away.
They’re $70M behind the average B12 net since they left. You can spin it however you want to, it ended up being a horrible decision. Without even getting into the athletic results.
Because Olympic sports travel to say Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and play Friday-Sunday in a single trip. With that they'll also send those teams on the road at the same time since their home schedules have to align a bit for it to all work out. Iowa State softball and WVU baseball are actually "travel partners" because we lack baseball and they lack softball.
The PAC 12 Podcast of Champions is having an emergency podcast tonight. Here is how the show opened verbatim:
"Welcome everyone back to the Podcast of Champions. We're probably not going to be here much longer."
"Welcome everyone back to the Podcast of Champions. We're probably not going to be here much longer."
Man, I forgot just how insufferable Mandel was when Texas and Oklahoma left. I appreciate people digging up his old tweets, because he really was all about dancing on the Big 12's presumed grave at that time.
Then it was only after USC and UCLA announced their departures that he started to talk about how realignment and the drive for money is bad for the sport (but nearly exclusively in the context of losing California rivalries). And after the Big 12's new media deal, his tone basically shifted to "Sure the Big 12 will survive, but the Pac-12 is still in a better spot."
Assuming that the Pac-12 does indeed fall apart, I'm going to feel bad for those schools' fans that still would prefer meaningful regional rivalries. And I'll feel especially bad for OSU and WSU fans who may end up in the same spot that Iowa State fans worried about in the past. But it's because of people like Mandel (and select other fans) that I can't help but also feel a bit giddy about the whole situation.
Then it was only after USC and UCLA announced their departures that he started to talk about how realignment and the drive for money is bad for the sport (but nearly exclusively in the context of losing California rivalries). And after the Big 12's new media deal, his tone basically shifted to "Sure the Big 12 will survive, but the Pac-12 is still in a better spot."
Assuming that the Pac-12 does indeed fall apart, I'm going to feel bad for those schools' fans that still would prefer meaningful regional rivalries. And I'll feel especially bad for OSU and WSU fans who may end up in the same spot that Iowa State fans worried about in the past. But it's because of people like Mandel (and select other fans) that I can't help but also feel a bit giddy about the whole situation.
Wow so much is happening so fast. Hearing rumors that BY is going heavily after Washington. No matter what happens its fun watching from a safe position.
I think it’s that girl from work that you don’t tell your wife about.
This is a great point. Makes it even more appealing to jump not having to worry about partial shares
Probably KState or Kansas since Nebraska is gone. Utah if they come, BYU could become a rival.
