Conference Realignment

[CopaCat]

I would like to introduce to you the new captain of the Titanic...............

More like the S.S. Minnow at this point.

[PHXCATS]

Good hire for the time being

Man Big 12 stans are wild

[ChooChooCat]

Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked.

Arizona had to move once Washington and Oregon did. But damn maybe the PAC-12 could have survived and done pretty well

This will forever be the funniest damn post in this entire thread. "Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked."

I'm dying laughing.

[wyo-cat]

The OSU crowd go on and on about the Apple deal.

It was not good.

[Merkin]

I imagine Apple is waiting to see how their $250M annual deal with MLS will work out, especially with losing a billion dollars a year on Apple TV+, before any new major deals are signed.

https://www.tipranks.com/news/apple-tv- ... ly-analyst

[dmjcat]

Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked.

Arizona had to move once Washington and Oregon did. But damn maybe the PAC-12 could have survived and done pretty well

This will forever be the funniest damn post in this entire thread. "Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked."

I'm dying laughing.

https://x.com/TVGrimReaper/status/17624 ... 59966?s=20

Disagree.

All of those posts from a couple of folks suggesting that we sit pat and wait for our SEC invite were MUCH funnier.

[ChooChooCat]

Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked.

Arizona had to move once Washington and Oregon did. But damn maybe the PAC-12 could have survived and done pretty well

This will forever be the funniest damn post in this entire thread. "Every day there seems to be media news that suggests Apple could have worked."

I'm dying laughing.

https://x.com/TVGrimReaper/status/17624 ... 59966?s=20

Disagree.

All of those posts from a couple of folks suggesting that we sit pat and wait for our SEC invite were MUCH funnier.

Touche.

[PHXCATS]

Big 12 stans are wild

I am not happy being in permanent 3rd of 4th place but you stans do you

[Merkin]

Big 12 stans are wild

I am not happy being in permanent 3rd of 4th place but you stans do you

Who is Stan?

[Chicat]

Stan is a reference to an Eminem song.

It means obsessive fan.

[ChooChooCat]

Big 12 stans are wild

I am not happy being in permanent 3rd of 4th place but you stans do you

So you were happy being permanent 5th out of 5th place prior to now?

These latest posts have nothing to do with the Big 12, but rather how fucking worthless an all AppleTV deal for less money than the Big 12 was getting would've been. Unless you're partnering with Netflix or you're the NFL and it doesn't matter who you partner with, going all streaming with your content is equitable to Seppuku.

[azgreg]

Disagree.

All of those posts from a couple of folks suggesting that we sit pat and wait for our SEC invite were MUCH funnier.

[azgreg]

[AZCatGirl]

I hate giving anyone from that school credit for anything, but that was perfect.

[azgreg]

[AZCatGirl]

This is just depressing. And they're seriously keeping the Pac 12 name?

Also, Tucson is losing CW so anyone living here can't watch everything anyway lol.

[Merkin]

Tough call there for the PAC-2.

[UAEebs86]

Colorado LOL

[FreeSpiritCat]

Colorado LOL

That is really hilarious. Without Sanders and Hunter they would be fighting ASU for last place.

[ChooChooCat]

Just another reminder of how damaging a deal with AppleTV would've been.

[dmjcat]

[azgreg]

[ASUHATER!]

Apparently the top name choices are the Big Allstate Conference or the Allstate 12 Conference...

[Chicat]

Why 12? If you’re going to jettison the name, use a number that makes sense for the current configuration.

[Merkin]

The Farmers Only Conference of Champions.


But with the mandate that athletes get paid by the school, money has to come from somewhere. UA AD has the huge deficit.

[azgreg]

[AzCatFan2]

I'm surprised nobody has thrown out the Buc-ee's 16 as a potential name. The commercials write themselves. Each mascot in a car pumping gas at their own pump at a Buc-ee's, or getting snacks inside...

[azgreg]

I'm surprised nobody has thrown out the Buc-ee's 16 as a potential name. The commercials write themselves. Each mascot in a car pumping gas at their own pump at a Buc-ee's, or getting snacks inside...

Seen that a lot today other places.

[Merkin]

I never would have gotten the reference. And no wonder.




Now QT I would have got.

[UAEebs86]

Buc-ee's is coming to Arizona next year.

[TheCatInTheHat]

Naming rights is certainly grist for plenty of jokes. But, despite Houston, Dallas, etc., the Big XII is always going to be described with terms like "truck stop" and "tank town"; you just have to consider the source. So, I'm all about shrugging off any and all attempts at mockery and instead embracing change and counting the money and the resulting competitive success. Sports people have complained about change about since the Cincinnati Reds put in lights. So, the Rose Bowl is now The College Football Playoff Semifinal At The Rose Bowl Game, Presented By Prudential. C'est la vie. If the Big XII becomes The Allstate Big XII Conference and we're the first to do it before everybody else and cash in; that's fine with me. Same with selling a small minority share to a private equity firm. Same with naming our stadium after some mining company or whoever else ponies up the most cash.