Thinking of money, the travel budgets will be insane for USC and UCLA. And I'm not talking about football. ALL of the non revenue sports including women.
I think the money will help them figure it out. As a SoCal resident I'm pumped up about this.Iraq2xVeteran said:
USC/UCLA will be three time zones away from the entire Big 10 East, and that will create logistical problems.
This is extreme apples and oranges, but I worked in Rice's athletic department in 1996-1997 when they had just joined the Mountain West and you could tell it was an immediate disaster as we took planes and rented big blocks of hotel rooms for volleyball battles with BYU and UTEP in front of dozens of people.Bogey1996 said:
Thinking of money, the travel budgets will be insane for USC and UCLA. And I'm not talking about football. ALL of the non revenue sports including women.
wbt5845 said:
Those suggesting "Pac12 snatches up Tech" are foolish. You snatch up Tech the same way you snatch up the clap.
could it be that usc and ucla join the big 10 in football only and leave the rest of the sports in the pac? notre dame has a somewhat similar model. all sports in the acc except football.helloimustbegoing said:This is extreme apples and oranges, but I worked in Rice's athletic department in 1996-1997 when they had just joined the Mountain West and you could tell it was an immediate disaster as we took planes and rented big blocks of hotel rooms for volleyball battles with BYU and UTEP in front of dozens of people.Bogey1996 said:
Thinking of money, the travel budgets will be insane for USC and UCLA. And I'm not talking about football. ALL of the non revenue sports including women.
They do have one. It ends after the 2023-2024 academic year.wbt5845 said:
haha just saw USC & UCLA are planning a 2024 start. Not even announced yet and they will start a full year before sip and land thief since they didn't have a stupid grant of rights contract with their minions.
False in both counts. The PAC-12 helped both teams. Scott's stewardship was unfortunate but the strategy was better than the Big 12's or Mountain West's much less the too small and too small 16-team unterconference WAC.wbt5845 said:
So this brings the SEC and B1G to 16 schools each.
The leftovers now are:
Prime of the ACC - Clemson, UVA, VPI, FSU, UNC, Miami, I guess?
Prime of the Pac12 - Oregon, Washington, I guess maybe Stanford?
Prime of the BDF: No one since they're no longer a Power conference
And Domer.
Those suggesting "Pac12 snatches up Tech" are foolish. You snatch up Tech the same way you snatch up the clap.
Those on the outside of the two new Super Powers need to act fast. Perhaps Notre Dame goes ahead and goes all the way. Maybe the ACC adds - who? Scrape off Louisville or Cincinnati from a sinking BDF?
And Colorado and Utah both gotta feel like idiots - rats who swam towards a sinking ship. They chose - poorly.
JBGoode said:
This is also a kick in the gnads to Colorado, who middle fingered the BDF.
helloimustbegoing said:
Arizona says another 7 or 8 defections and they're a contender for the Pac-3 title!
this is laughably and demonstrably false.McInnis80 said:They can have Miami. They don't draw well and seem to be one scandal away from shutting down the program. The only reason they were able get Christobal as coach was due to taking profits from their hospital and giving to build up the football program. I don't know if that's a sustainable business model.BigDave21 said:
Agreed. Why stop there? Let's bring Miami too for em.
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But under Kliavkoff's leadership, decision-makers throughout the Pac-12 are bullish about the future of their conference. A new and improved television deal looms, a critical component as the Big Ten and SEC take steps that are sure to separate them as the wealthiest in all of college athletics.
Señor Chang said:
USC/UCLA will be three time zones away from half of the schools in the Big 10. This seems like a logistical nightmare.
USC & UCLA move to Big Ten should be completed by Friday & Big Ten may not stop at 16, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. Big 12 may get aggressive & look to add Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado & Utah. “We’re headed to super conferences,” source saidhttps://t.co/um8DBJVJ9s
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) June 30, 2022
KCup17 said:
We are witnessing the death of the Big 12
KCup17 said:
The Pac 12 is immediately going to look to poach schools from the Big 12. Tech, Okie lite, Baylor and another will probably get offered spots. Cincy, UCF and BYU will be left out to dry.
My brother graduated from Arizona. I died laughing when he texted me to say they had hired Sumlin. They had their RC moment back in 2000 when they fired Dick Tomey (95-64 in 13 seasons). They are 108-132 since then with one 10-win season, and they've lost 23 of their last 24, including a 20-game losing streak that they broke halfway through 2021.MROD92 said:helloimustbegoing said:
Arizona says another 7 or 8 defections and they're a contender for the Pac-3 title!
It's funny you post this. A co worker is a HUGE Arizona fan. He literally texted me "I hope Arizona stays put, a few more schools leave the PAC and we can dominate the conference"
Bison said:
Trying to wrap my mind around this. I can't see the Pac-12 (10) surviving this at all. Too late to grab BYU at this point, and you'd probably need Boise State as well.
Prediction: Zona and ASU to BDF, maybe Stanford and Cal as well. Oregon is probably in an absolute panic at this point --maybe they can get in the BDF before the AZ schools, maybe not. BDF might want Oregon over Cal.
Big 12 Source:
— Marc Fiscarelli (@MarcFiscHoops) June 30, 2022
In the wake of USC and UCLA to the Big 10 rumors, Kansas University has had talks internally to try to make a push to join the Big East as soon as 2025, presumably going independent in football.
Would be a very large domino.