The important question is will they include an O2 generator and nasal canula
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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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Saw something from Wilner proposing the Pac move to a 10-game conference schedule to reduce costs and overall travel. Also would increase value of the Pac in a media deal.
It's an incredibly bad idea for getting teams into the playoffs, though. Even if there's an auto bid, it makes it damn difficult to have additional teams qualify for at-large bids since all those extra losses are built in vis a vis conferences that only play an 8-game schedule.
It's an incredibly bad idea for getting teams into the playoffs, though. Even if there's an auto bid, it makes it damn difficult to have additional teams qualify for at-large bids since all those extra losses are built in vis a vis conferences that only play an 8-game schedule.
how do you schedule 10 conference games when you only have 9 conference opponents?
Yeah, ain’t happening. CU has 6 future seasons with 3 OOC games already booked - who is picking up the tab for cancelling 6 future OOC games? I’d imagine a lot of other teams have similar issues.
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Is this about a future in the BIG12 or is GK pulling a rabbit out of his ass ?
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Greg been on this since day 1.
At the least, CU is playing hardball with the Pac. Significant leverage created by making it clear that the Pac media deal needs to be very competitive and that no unequal distributions of revenue will be acceptable other than earning a weighted share for your own postseason participation/ performance.
If all you got is Apple and CW with Apple owning all and licensing to other networks like the USA Network. They are limited. Research is what's keeping some of these universities in like ASU. Utah is the question mark.
More about reputation through affiliation and attracting students and donors from CA than about actual research. I've asked a few tenured CU profs about the Pac research alliance and none of them were aware of it having any impact on their department.
He just reveled that he found out CU's donors HAVE given their blessing to a move to the Big12. If $$ speaks then this is just more smoke.
ahoelsken
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If that isn't grasping at straws, I don't know what is.
i agree with this. it is a leverage play. CU was in a very tough spot when usc shanked the pac. creating optionality = some leverage we didn't previously have.
it is more than possible that all of the delays are actually all about rights and revenue distribution among the remaining pac teams. CU appears to have a very strong plan b. i am not sure oregon or uw currently have an actionable plan b. that helps us.
Play somebody twice. Duh.
I think @BerkeleyBuff has been saying this for months now
Fwiw, I suspect the Big 12 might see more value in CU-UA-SDSU-UConn than with CU-UA-ASU-Utah. Doesn't duplicate markets while delivering significant new assets.
Victory
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Exactly. If UO/UW want leverage (it’s just rumors no one is sure), what justifies it and what do they want? Neither are clear. It might not just be money. Could be more exposure? It’s all guesswork.
Seems like the days of Athletic Conferences and Academic Research Partnerships are over or really have no bearing on anything.
Find the Athletic Conference that fits your needs, and honestly, they are our enemy, not our friends
Put together all the partnerships and academic alliances you need to fulfill your academic and research needs separately.
Tying them together just lets academics and athletics get on each other's nerves.
They are also adding Memphis and Gonzaga. SDSU is still a question mark.
Utah is a weird one. They aren’t a national brand that attracts viewers just by their name, but they are a really good program, would immediately be the class of the Big12 and increase the football prestige of the conference. But, as you said, they duplicate the SLC market
What, athletically, about the Pac is appealing to be associated with at this point? Serious question.
How big of a shoe will BYU throw about Utah getting invited too?
I think the pac has the best overall program (Utah) and I think Washington and Oregon are larger brands than anything in the big 12. I think there are benefits to being associated with those programs.
Probably a big one, but do they have any leverage or are they just going to scream at clouds?
And if Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State all come with Colorado to the Big 12?