"If Arizona were to leave, it could set off a series of dominoes that could land Arizona State and Utah in the Big 12 fairly soon after, and the Pac-12 as we know it would officially be dead."
The Pac-12 has been officially dead man walking since USC and UCLA announced on June 30, 2022 they were leaving the Pac-12 for the B1G. The Pac-12 …
"If Arizona were to leave, it could set off a series of dominoes that could land Arizona State and Utah in the Big 12 fairly soon after, and the Pac-12 as we know it would officially be dead."
The Pac-12 has been officially dead man walking since USC and UCLA announced on June 30, 2022 they were leaving the Pac-12 for the B1G. The Pac-12 ceased to be a Power 5 Conference, but the heart kept on beating because USC and UCLA were still playing Pac-12 games..
Having said that, everyone is looking to leave excepting the following schools - Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, and Stanf*rd. What's the hold up?
The Pac 12 is basically a beating heart but currently brain dead. Which is a good analogy because it appears that Pac12 leadership at the AD and commissioner level have been brain dead for about 2 decades.
You’re directing your ire at with the wrong people. You should be blaming the “CEO group” of presidents and chancellors, specifically Arizona State, Colorado and the California schools (I am a UCLA fan) for not understanding the shifting landscape in college sports.
They’re the ones who enabled Larry Scott. Who failed to see the wisdom in getting a linear partner for the P12N. Who blocked expansion when BYU and the Big 12 leftovers were there to be had.
Just enormous blunders and antiquated/elitist thinking that ultimately will sink the conference.
I’m not sure the presidents deserve better, but all fans of West Coast football certainly do.
In retrospect, the failure with DirecTV is still haunting us. They are less relevant now, but it really hurt our national exposure.
And it's well past time to get over ourselves in terms of academic reputation or cultural fit. We should have taken SDSU and BYU in the last round of expansion...both are much better academic schools than most people realize anyhow. BYU wanted into the Pac for years...now they are laughing at us.
"If Arizona were to leave, it could set off a series of dominoes that could land Arizona State and Utah in the Big 12 fairly soon after, and the Pac-12 as we know it would officially be dead."
The Pac-12 has been officially dead man walking since USC and UCLA announced on June 30, 2022 they were leaving the Pac-12 for the B1G. The Pac-12 ceased to be a Power 5 Conference, but the heart kept on beating because USC and UCLA were still playing Pac-12 games..
Having said that, everyone is looking to leave excepting the following schools - Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, and Stanf*rd. What's the hold up?
The Pac 12 is basically a beating heart but currently brain dead. Which is a good analogy because it appears that Pac12 leadership at the AD and commissioner level have been brain dead for about 2 decades.
You’re directing your ire at with the wrong people. You should be blaming the “CEO group” of presidents and chancellors, specifically Arizona State, Colorado and the California schools (I am a UCLA fan) for not understanding the shifting landscape in college sports.
They’re the ones who enabled Larry Scott. Who failed to see the wisdom in getting a linear partner for the P12N. Who blocked expansion when BYU and the Big 12 leftovers were there to be had.
Just enormous blunders and antiquated/elitist thinking that ultimately will sink the conference.
I’m not sure the presidents deserve better, but all fans of West Coast football certainly do.
In retrospect, the failure with DirecTV is still haunting us. They are less relevant now, but it really hurt our national exposure.
And it's well past time to get over ourselves in terms of academic reputation or cultural fit. We should have taken SDSU and BYU in the last round of expansion...both are much better academic schools than most people realize anyhow. BYU wanted into the Pac for years...now they are laughing at us.
When I stated ADs, I was limping the school Presidents and Chancellors in with them. Lots of blame to go around at all levels for this mess.