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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

That’s why there’s so little noise about the Bay Area’s to the B12. From what I’ve been told, Furd thinks they’re better than a Texas-centric conference, and the Cal academic community may share this belief.

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Archon79's avatar

Stanford has one of the better athletic departments in the country and a 30 billion dollar endowment, they have a right to think they have some options.

Cal on the other hand…

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Geoff Wahl's avatar

They don't have THE AXE!!

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

’Furd may think they have options, though with what we know of this latest bit of realignment, they may not.

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

That’s fair.

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paulie's avatar

sorry, I'm still in a bad mood over all of this. I am a Golden Bear but have an intense dislike for the snobbery that comes with the campus and Bay Area. It's a big factor contributing to where Cal is now.

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

I completely agree, p. I’ve got 45 years of Cal fandom in me and am incredibly salty. So tough to stay positive…but that’s why when I see trolls come on WFC simply to talk smack I have no problem engaging.

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sycasey's avatar

Seems that it's more like Furd is a hard no on the B12, and Cal's best chance is to keep themselves tied to Furd.

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Archon79's avatar

If Stanford cuts us lose and goes their own way we are truly f’ed.

Our ONLY leverage is the bay area is one of the largest markets in the country. Stanford can bring that along with their private school money alone if they choose too.

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sycasey's avatar

Sure, but for now there’s no evidence they want to split from Cal.

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Jimmy Chitwood's avatar

And whether that pays dividends remains to be seen.

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