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Who would you guys want the other team to be? factoring in everything (academics/athletics/media market etc).
From a interested Pac-10 fan.
From a interested Pac-10 fan.
Anyone but Texas. UT destroys anything they get their Bevo stink on.
Assuming CU was one of the two, I'd say UT. But UT won't be going anywhere without Aggie. UT is a royal pain to have around. They killed the SWC and are in the process of killing the B12. But UT is really the only other school in the B12 that matches the Pac 10 academically and athletically, and yes, I understand Cu is a little on the light side athletically of late.Who would you guys want the other team to be? factoring in everything (academics/athletics/media market etc).
From a interested Pac-10 fan.
Agreed, I don't think anyone in the PAC 10 would be strong enough to stand up to Texas, it would eventually become Texas dominated and Texas-centric like every other conference they have been in has.
Assuming CU was one of the two, I'd say UT. But UT won't be going anywhere without Aggie. UT is a royal pain to have around. They killed the SWC and are in the process of killing the B12. But UT is really the only other school in the B12 that matches the Pac 10 academically and athletically, and yes, I understand Cu is a little on the light side athletically of late.
Utah is the best candidate to go with CU to the Pac 10 IMO. UT creates way too many problems geographically, culturally, time zone wise, and their "all TX, all the time" attitude gets old...fast.
lol. Sorry, but NU academics are a joke. You guys might as well go get Fresno St. Culture? If tractors, overalls and tooth gaps count as culture then, yes, NU has some. Didn't you see the red menace at the Rose Bowl in '01? You really want that out west 4-5 times a year?Yeah, Texas would gobble up the pac-10, But I think USC might be able to offset Texas, and balance it. I know you guys hate Nebraska, but I think they might be the only one that is viable (Brand name/research institution, although I am not sure they fit culturally).
Yeah, Texas would gobble up the pac-10, But I think USC might be able to offset Texas, and balance it. I know you guys hate Nebraska, but I think they might be the only one that is viable (Brand name/research institution, although I am not sure they fit culturally).
What about the State of California? I think it would be close..
Don't many people say/think that Austin is like a island in the sea of Texas? I always hear Austin would fit culturally in the Pac.
What about the State of California? I think it would be close..
Don't many people say/think that Austin is like a island in the sea of Texas? I always hear Austin would fit culturally in the Pac.
Colorado and Nebraska. Really my only hesitation in leaving the Big 8/12 are the sentimental aspects, and nothing gets balck and gold blood flowing or boiling more than Nebraska - I'd miss it if it were gone. And I'll never be able to hate Utah more than Nebraska.
Austin is a great town, no doubt. But why do you think the SWC folded? Why do you think B12 schools are looking for exits? UT and all things TX have been forced on the old Big 8. We bailed the TX schools out when the SWC, corrupt and irrelevant, folded. Now we get the back of TX's hand at every turn, from revenue sharing to where the CCG game is. It gets old. TX like to throw their weight around. Granted, great institution, tons of $$$, and great athletics. But it's all about TX and they could care less about the health of whatever conference they are in. That's why they are a conference killer IMO.
What about the State of California? I think it would be close...
Honestly, I'd be shocked if CU and a second Big XII team went to the Pac-10. The Pac-10 apparently wants UT, but if they got them they'd also get aTm, which I assume means CU would be shut out. And in that case, I don't care who goes to the Pac-10... :smile2: But I don't see UT going that way, which means aTm won't either. I don't see much interest (on either side) with the other Texass schools or the Oklahoma schools. And nobody else in the north is really any kind of fit geographically. At all.
I also agree with what NavyBuff said above - I really don't want Texass to end up in the Pac-10 with us. They sank the SWC with their incessant need to run everything and spend everybody under the table. They are quickly doing the same thing to the Big XII. I don't really want a front row seat to them doing the same thing to the Pac-12...
Don't kid yourself my friend - no way Cali beats TX in a pissing match about college football. Besides, Cali's broke, I don't think they'd be willing to put up the $$$$ to take TX down in court - especially over football.
TX wins hands down, especially when you have a gov. who's willing to tell someone "Adios, Mo' Fo'" during a presser.
Arnold's good, but not that good.:lol:
Honestly, I'd be shocked if CU and a second Big XII team went to the Pac-10. The Pac-10 apparently wants UT, but if they got them they'd also get aTm, which I assume means CU would be shut out. And in that case, I don't care who goes to the Pac-10... :smile2: But I don't see UT going that way, which means aTm won't either. I don't see much interest (on either side) with the other Texass schools or the Oklahoma schools. And nobody else in the north is really any kind of fit geographically. At all.
I also agree with what NavyBuff said above - I really don't want Texass to end up in the Pac-10 with us. They sank the SWC with their incessant need to run everything and spend everybody under the table. They are quickly doing the same thing to the Big XII. I don't really want a front row seat to them doing the same thing to the Pac-12...
EDIT: Or what everybody else already said. I hate getting interrupted in the middle of a post.... :sad1:
Pac schools are all paired up. Colorado and Utah or Colorado and Nebraska.