A couple of things; UCLA is going to get pounded into oblivion in the Big Ten. There travel schedule will suck and their recruiting will suffer as a result. It's a path to doom for them. I honestly think USC will have big problems as well. Lincoln Riley runs an uptempo offense with a real shitty defense, typical of most teams in his former Big 12. I think in the ground and pound physical Big Ten that USC is going to have big problems with not just The Ohio State, but with Penn State, Michigan State, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and the rest. I think Lincoln Riley took the USC job because he knew he could succeed in the PAC12. Let's see how long USC keeps paying his YUGE salary when he can't be in the top three in the Big Ten. Fuck em. CAL will go 11-1 and end up in the Playoffs.
UCLA is going to get a huge recruiting boost from this up front. Like, there goes every recruiting battle we might have with them at least in the near term. I'm not as quick to assume they get pounded. Look at how Texas A&M improved in the SEC. (Bad/unique example perhaps.) But outside of Ohio State, the b1g isnt exactly full of juggernauts, and that ground and pound stereotype is mostly a thing of the past outside of Iowa and maybe Wisconsin. And Pac10/12 teams have historically held their own against the B1G pretty well when they play.
1. P12 is done.
2. Cal may default on bond debt.
3. Do taxpayers pay bond holders if there is a default?
F—k UCLA. So unbelievably greedy and shitty of them.
A couple of things; UCLA is going to get pounded into oblivion in the Big Ten. There travel schedule will suck and their recruiting will suffer as a result. It's a path to doom for them. I honestly think USC will have big problems as well. Lincoln Riley runs an uptempo offense with a real shitty defense, typical of most teams in his former Big 12. I think in the ground and pound physical Big Ten that USC is going to have big problems with not just The Ohio State, but with Penn State, Michigan State, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and the rest. I think Lincoln Riley took the USC job because he knew he could succeed in the PAC12. Let's see how long USC keeps paying his YUGE salary when he can't be in the top three in the Big Ten. Fuck em. CAL will go 11-1 and end up in the Playoffs.
It’s. About. The. Money
I don't think the move is about football success. it's about the money.
Fully agree. But when they start losing and can't recruit as well, how are the rich alums going to feel then?
UCLA is going to get a huge recruiting boost from this up front. Like, there goes every recruiting battle we might have with them at least in the near term. I'm not as quick to assume they get pounded. Look at how Texas A&M improved in the SEC. (Bad/unique example perhaps.) But outside of Ohio State, the b1g isnt exactly full of juggernauts, and that ground and pound stereotype is mostly a thing of the past outside of Iowa and maybe Wisconsin. And Pac10/12 teams have historically held their own against the B1G pretty well when they play.