Why on Earth did the PAC 12 not invite San Diego State, Fresno State, San Jose State, or Bloise State to take the place of USC and UCLA when they departed?
Why on Earth did the PAC 12 not invite San Diego State, Fresno State, San Jose State, or Bloise State to take the place of USC and UCLA when they departed?
They don't add serious TV revenue and they aren't close to being compatible academically. It would be better for CAL/STANFORD to go Independent for a few seasons. The USC/UCLA departure was a disaster. Staying in the Pac12 if it becomes some sort of 2nd rate conference would be a terminal mistake from which we would never recover and never survive.
There's the math: do these programs lift the value of the media rights share to the ten legacy members? The other factor is the university presidents. I think there's some hubris from some of the other schools that these schools do not rise to reputational level of their own campuses.
And, sadly, I don't even know if the PAC 12 could convince the top half of the Mountain West to join at this point when they know the remaining PAC 12 teams will leave as soon as the right deal is offered to them. Would the MWC teams jump ship knowing the newly reconstituted PAC 12 has a half life of a couple years? There really appears to be no path forward in which the conference remains intact.
There is no auto-playoff spot for the PacтАФit's the top 6 conference champs from any conference. SoтАФin theoryтАФMW teams have at least as good a shot at the playoff in their current conference. Obviously the (soon-to-be) current setup biases power conferences, but who knows what the Pac will look like (or be perceived as) in a couple years.
Why on Earth did the PAC 12 not invite San Diego State, Fresno State, San Jose State, or Bloise State to take the place of USC and UCLA when they departed?
Arrogance.
Check out this twitter account that has these awesome graphs that show why we are (possibly were) on a totally different league than the MWC.
https://twitter.com/TJAltimore/status/1643015454355537920
The remaining PAC schools need to find a way to stay intact or somehow get a deal with the B1G or ACC.
The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnightтАФthe closest to conference realignment catastrophe it has ever been!
Truly awesome graphs. Illustrates a lot of the complexity and perception distortions of the matters at hand.
They don't add serious TV revenue and they aren't close to being compatible academically. It would be better for CAL/STANFORD to go Independent for a few seasons. The USC/UCLA departure was a disaster. Staying in the Pac12 if it becomes some sort of 2nd rate conference would be a terminal mistake from which we would never recover and never survive.
We don't want to go down with that ship.
There's the math: do these programs lift the value of the media rights share to the ten legacy members? The other factor is the university presidents. I think there's some hubris from some of the other schools that these schools do not rise to reputational level of their own campuses.
And, sadly, I don't even know if the PAC 12 could convince the top half of the Mountain West to join at this point when they know the remaining PAC 12 teams will leave as soon as the right deal is offered to them. Would the MWC teams jump ship knowing the newly reconstituted PAC 12 has a half life of a couple years? There really appears to be no path forward in which the conference remains intact.
The MWC would come, even it was only on temporary basis so long as it meant the Px kept its auto playoff spot for at least the next 5 or so years.
There is no auto-playoff spot for the PacтАФit's the top 6 conference champs from any conference. SoтАФin theoryтАФMW teams have at least as good a shot at the playoff in their current conference. Obviously the (soon-to-be) current setup biases power conferences, but who knows what the Pac will look like (or be perceived as) in a couple years.
Agreed. The Pac-12 is a slow motion train wreck.
Who knows? Maybe a deal will be announced this week - for the sum of 1 million dollars.