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Post by EvilVodka on Aug 12, 2023 22:36:22 GMT
Southwest Stanford Cal San Diego St. UNLV SMU Rice Tulane
Northwest Washington St. Oregon St. Boise St. Colorado St. New Mexico Tulsa Memphis
The remaining 4 PAC schools could create this easily. No, its not as potent as the original PAC 12, but it would undoubtedly be the 5th best conference. It essentially takes the best from the Mountain West and American (Fresno St & USF excluded).
Stanford and Cal would have their division of academic elites along with nice trips to Dallas and Las Vegas. Washington State and Oregon State would have their State college division, which adds Boise State and Memphis, two of the top G5 football schools.
There are ways to build off this conference as well, possibly adding AAU South Florida, or maybe basketball-only Gonzaga. Or what about adding Air Force and/or Navy?
It is competitive enough to make a 12 team playoff where the top 6 champs are taken.
And there is one important detail. THEY SIGN THE DAMN APPLE CONTRACT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NADA, ZILCH
Why is it that I can come up with this and Stanford brainiacs can't?
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Post by GatorGrad on Aug 13, 2023 21:45:40 GMT
Apple isn't going to sign anything close to the same deal they were originally offering. That deal included Oregon, Washington, Arizona, ASU, and Utah. I doubt Apple is even interested anymore and if they are it will be for way less than the prior deal they were discussing.
I still think Stanford eventually ends up in the Big Ten. Maybe they can offer to not get paid for several years to make it happen. Because right now Stanford doesn't have the votes to get into the ACC and they don't want to be in the Big 12. If they aren't interested in the Big 12, they they sure aren't going to want to play with the above collection of schools.
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Post by EvilVodka on Aug 14, 2023 0:10:38 GMT
Apple isn't going to sign anything close to the same deal they were originally offering. That deal included Oregon, Washington, Arizona, ASU, and Utah. I doubt Apple is even interested anymore and if they are it will be for way less than the prior deal they were discussing. I still think Stanford eventually ends up in the Big Ten. Maybe they can offer to not get paid for several years to make it happen. Because right now Stanford doesn't have the votes to get into the ACC and they don't want to be in the Big 12. If they aren't interested in the Big 12, they they sure aren't going to want to play with the above collection of schools. If the Big 10 was going to take Stanford, wouldn't right now be the prime opportunity to take them? What are they waiting on? |
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Post by GatorGrad on Aug 14, 2023 14:05:56 GMT
Apple isn't going to sign anything close to the same deal they were originally offering. That deal included Oregon, Washington, Arizona, ASU, and Utah. I doubt Apple is even interested anymore and if they are it will be for way less than the prior deal they were discussing. I still think Stanford eventually ends up in the Big Ten. Maybe they can offer to not get paid for several years to make it happen. Because right now Stanford doesn't have the votes to get into the ACC and they don't want to be in the Big 12. If they aren't interested in the Big 12, they they sure aren't going to want to play with the above collection of schools. If the Big 10 was going to take Stanford, wouldn't right now be the prime opportunity to take them? What are they waiting on? Same thing they were waiting on in between adding the USC/UCLA followed by Oregon/Washington. Took two years. Politics, votes, seeing if they can convince Notre Dame to come with Stanford to get to 20 schools overall, etc. But mainly...negotiating the money involved. In Oregon and Washington's case, FOX finally agreed to pay pro-rata to add them so that existing schools didn't take a pay cut. In Stanford's case, FOX may not want to pay the same amount and even if they do, the other schools may ask them to only take home a small % of it so that they can make more money while Stanford "buys their way in" to eventually become full members. |
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