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No. They hit in Football and extra travel for all other sports does not make up for the benefit of basketball
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Strange watching TCU vs Stanford last night. I always root for teams in our conference. Had to keep reminding myself
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Not surprised with UCONN. Not sure the math works out. UCONN certainly adds value for both men's and women's basketball. But the rest of their athletic department leaves plenty to be desired, and they add travel costs to a good portion of the conference which is centered around the state of Texas.
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I think the ACC would be perfect for the Pac 2. Cal and Stanford would finally have some schools they could more easily travel to as well.
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Excuse my French, but the PAC 2 can fuck all the way off.

I’m sick of their fans.
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Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Pac needs two more schools to become an FBS conference again.
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I like it. I imagine Cal and Stanford would prefer to be back, but no idea what their costs would be.

PAC must still have bank.

MWC will receive a total of $111 million in exit fees.
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UNLV must be like WTF did we do to you? :lol:
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At least the PAC's very long reputation as academic snobs is no more.
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Chicat wrote: Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:55 am UNLV must be like WTF did we do to you? :lol:
They need at least two more to be recognized as a conference - I expect UNLV is high on their shopping list!!
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UNLV is a must take and if they can get a Bay Area and LA presence they would have a lot of momentum going forward.

Can’t think of any football programs in those areas (Sac St and maybe revive Long Beach St).
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SJSU is certainly Bay Area.

And PAC, quit calling it: California State University Fresno. Sure, legally that's the name but it's Fresno State.

California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo is legally the name, but it's Cal Poly. FCS though, same with UC Davis.
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Just realized that the PAC6 are all “____ State”.

UNLV needs to become Las Vegas State. Time for a rebrand!
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Ah Merkin, you are right. They should grab them and then Vegas and some kind of an LA presence and add a few more.

Of course if the go the STATE route like Chi suggests, they could be the Great State 8 conference
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Chicat wrote: Thu Sep 12, 2024 9:53 am Just realized that the PAC6 are all “____ State”.

UNLV needs to become Las Vegas State. Time for a rebrand!
Is it too late for them to take ASu back?
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I’d rather be in truck stop conference than the state school conference
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Add Texas St, Utah St, San Jose St and have UNLV rebrand as Nevada St and Chi is a happy man. PAC 10 is back baby!
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azcat49 wrote: Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:17 pm Add Texas St, Utah St, San Jose St and have UNLV rebrand as Nevada St and Chi is a happy man. PAC 10 is back baby!
What about Chico State?! I’ll contribute to their NIL in a big way if they rebrand as Chicat State.
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I was thinking of Nevada and New Mexico as possible choices.
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FreeSpiritCat wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:19 pm I was thinking of Nevada and New Mexico as possible choices.
If the PAC-12 take anymore MW teams it will cost them an additional $56M.
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PAC-12 plans falling apart.
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azgreg wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:05 pm PAC-12 plans falling apart.
Where have I heard that before?
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Chicat wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:12 pm
azgreg wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:05 pm PAC-12 plans falling apart.
Where have I heard that before?
The AAC teams turned them down.
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How long will this crap go on? We’re now at the point where second tier conferences are able to drive major headlines just by calling Overpass State or Subdivision U to gauge their interest. Maybe when it all converges to a single conference housing all 133 teams?
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The Pac-12 officially announces Utah State as its seventh member, effective July 1, 2026.
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Hmmmmmm
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The PAC should have let WSU/ntOSU run the PAC instead of Larry Scott and George K. They are doing work.

I would have bet the house the PAC would have folded by now.
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I am glad the Pac-12 is doing well. I still wish none of the schools had left. I am not a big fan right now of the Big-12.
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I wouldn't say adding a school with no football program is doing well. Basketball schools aren't going to save them.

And what's wrong with the Big 12? Things are way better now than they were with the Pac.
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I'm certainly fine with the B12. No reason the PAC should get ACC money per school, so it makes great financial sense, especially with the financial hole the UA AD is in.

Just speaking for myself, however it was hard to give up the PAC. Elite academic west coast conference, and being The Conference of Champions. Just a little snobbery involved.

Now in a truck stop conference.

And now the PAC picks up schools that the former PAC did not thing were good enough academically. Bully for the PAC!

Hopefully they can get a nice TV contract so we can watch SDSU and Gonzaga.
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Merkin wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:08 am The PAC should have let WSU/ntOSU run the PAC instead of Larry Scott and George K. They are doing work.

Yeah that.

I would have bet the house the PAC would have folded by now.

Yeah that
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Merkin wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:08 pm Just speaking for myself, however it was hard to give up the PAC.
This is like saying it was hard to throw out that moldy peach that was left on the counter for three weeks and was attracting hordes of flies.
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Irish27 wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:32 am I am glad the Pac-12 is doing well. I still wish none of the schools had left. I am not a big fan right now of the Big-12.
I for one am a big fan of the Big12.

They rescued our ass. If not for the Big12 to land in we would currently be playing a Mountain West Conference schedule with less than 1/3 of the money coming in (which would have resulted in massive athletic dept. budget cuts and the elimination of a LOT of minor sports)
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AZCatGirl wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:18 pm I wouldn't say adding a school with no football program is doing well. Basketball schools aren't going to save them.

And what's wrong with the Big 12? Things are way better now than they were with the Pac.
Besides basketball being better right now (you can’t count on any school being good long term besides Kansas) there is not one other thing better today than under the PAC12 with all members
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PHXCATS wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:26 am
AZCatGirl wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:18 pm I wouldn't say adding a school with no football program is doing well. Basketball schools aren't going to save them.

And what's wrong with the Big 12? Things are way better now than they were with the Pac.
Besides basketball being better right now (you can’t count on any school being good long term besides Kansas) there is not one other thing better today than under the PAC12 with all members
Have you discussed your feelings with USC and Oregon?
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PHXCATS wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:26 am
AZCatGirl wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:18 pm I wouldn't say adding a school with no football program is doing well. Basketball schools aren't going to save them.

And what's wrong with the Big 12? Things are way better now than they were with the Pac.
Besides basketball being better right now (you can’t count on any school being good long term besides Kansas) there is not one other thing better today than under the PAC12 with all members
Our first 6 football game this year have been on ESPN, ESPN+, Fox, ESPN, Fox, Fox

Our first 6 football games last year were on Pac 12, SEC, Pac 12, Pac 12, Pac 12, ESPN

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Actual TV with great cameras is a million times better than shitty streaming
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PHXCATS wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:26 am Besides basketball being better right now (you can’t count on any school being good long term besides Kansas) there is not one other thing better today than under the PAC12 with all members
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Arizona should shut down the football program and rejoin the Pac-12 conference, like Gonzaga!!

Do us all a favor!!! :shock:
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PHXCATS wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:47 pm Actual TV with great cameras is a million times better than shitty streaming
So then you're arguing against the Pac-12, because the Pac-12 Network was literally streaming quality at best, and in the Big12 we've only played one game on streaming.
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