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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues

Buff_nc said:
This stood out to me too.

I think it all was about getting more exposure for Shedeur for his Heisman run in 2024.
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Three time zones...think we are still having this conservation if the PAC was in three time zones and that doesn't include Hawaii?
 
Liver said:
The things that jumped out at me today from the talking points include: the mention and focus on time zones. The mention of fox and espn as brands and their linear reach. The acknowledgment of potential damage to their west coast base. The inability to recruit Texas and not do better in ca.
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One of things that stuck out to me was RG talking about getting better (as in earlier) game times.
 
CarolinaBuff said:
One of things that stuck out to me was RG talking about getting better (as in earlier) game times.
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With the ratings anticipated from Coach Prime, I can almost guarantee that CU would have been constantly playing its Pac games in the Friday and Saturday "After Dark" time slots. Valid concern from RG.
 
Final thought of the night for me:

As much as we as typical Allbuffers are giving wedgies and throwing pies at each other and dividing along some predictable fissures over all of this stuff, when it's all said and done the demise of the PAC isn't a source of pleasure for me, because it means that college football is starting to contract, very seriously and slowly, but surely. And that isn't great.
 
PAHIBuff said:
Final thought of the night for me:

As much as we as typical Allbuffers are giving wedgies and throwing pies at each other and dividing along some predictable fissures over all of this stuff, when it's all said and done the demise of the PAC isn't a source of pleasure for me, because it means that college football is starting to contract, very seriously and slowly, but surely. And that isn't great.
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It’s horribly sad. I liked the traditional structure (probably for nostalgic reasons) and I have been a lifelong fan of the PAC. This sucks. I wish we had been better and I wish the PAC had been better.
 
InTheBuff said:
www.espn.com

ACC 'absolutely' open to expanding membership

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said the league continues to actively consider adding teams but has thus far not found enough value in any expansion option.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Huh? Highly doubt this will happen.
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First paragraph tells you all you need to know.

“CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As Colorado becomes the latest domino to fall in college football realignment, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said the league continues to actively consider adding teams but has not found enough value in any expansion option. “
 
InTheBuff said:
**** Wilner. He can eat a bag of dicks.
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Wilner and Canzano are schills and don’t know squat and are butt hurt they didn’t see this coming! Their life blood isbased on the pac and usc and ucla really hurt their credibility because neither saw that coming as with cu. Can’t stand either of them.
 
Hallett Hell said:
A few gems from Wilner here:

"If a school participates in a conference for 12 years, wins no major championships, churns through five football coaches, then decides to leave, was it really ever there?" (didn't we win the MBB tournament the first year?)

"Also, CU’s departure is, at this moment, more about the psychological toll it could have on the remaining Pac-12 schools than any material damage sustained by the exit. The Buffaloes can be replaced, and easily so. They have made little competitive impact and lack the brand value and media market to kneecap the Pac-12 as it negotiates a broadcast contract." (Ha, we shall see. Hello Mountain West + Stanford).

"Of the 10 current members, Colorado is the only school the Pac-12 can lose in the realignment game without triggering either mass panic or a rush to the door that decimates the league." (do emergency meetings count as panic?)

"Our strong suspicion is that Kliavkoff has accounted for CU’s possible exit in his media rights negotiations and will pivot to Plan B." (ah yes, the media rights get better without Colorado).

"One president, DiStefano, took the option. Could others follow?" (is DeStefano our president now or is Jon Wilner a hack?)
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PAHIBuff said:
Jon, I’m more interested in your opinions on the 2023 outlooks for UC-Davis and Sac State. Best polish up that resume….
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The year is 2028. Wilner is sitting at the musty cigarette smelling casino bar in Reno. He's casually going over off-season roster changes for San Jose State in preparation for the PAC 6 / MWC media day. He pats down his comb over as the down on her luck 45 year old cocktail waitress approaches.

"What's your best red wine? What's on your charcuterie assortment tonight?"
With a chuckle, in a grovely cigarette smoker voice the cocktail waitress retorts "Sorry hun, we only have pretzels....and franzia."
"That's fine" he scoffs, thinking about how Colorado was the linchpin in the disastrous new PAC 6 / MWC merger TV deal that forced the conference to cut costs and move media day from Vegas to Reno. He'd get his wine and cheese back at the Cosmopolitan when the PAC 12 was still around, **** CU.
"It's not all bad though" he thought, "I sure burned those ****ers with some incredible pot shots that day... well, better see who the wolf pack lost to the portal this summer."
 
Uncle Ken said:
Number 8 warms my heart. Since you are the official translator from the mountain elite people to the rednecks on the plains, please tell them "kiss my ass, Q-Anon mother****ers." Thanks in advance! You're doing great work!

Also, could we get a pinot grigio up in here? And maybe some gluten free crackers?
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Your an asshole!
 
LesGrossman said:
Don’t get too excited sweetcheeks. The focus of my bit will be changing scope tomorrow so a new target will get to enjoy the spotlight
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Don’t worry I’ve been on their radar for weeks and love bashing me, you‘ll be in the background soon!
 
Buffnik said:
The Commissioner can only do what the members approve.

In the Pac-12, that meant 10 votes on business issues from government entities overseen by politicians and managed by professors with the other 2 from private entities that experience the world as West Coast Ivies so think a business deal happens because others approach you with a bunch of money to get your name associated with the project.

So there was never a real world business sense, to the point where they saw the conference network as primarily a vehicle to televise all Pac-12 sports to celebrate its gender diversity and Olympic athletics excellence rather than featuring football to draw ratings and make money.
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That’s California for ya!
 
The beginning of the year started promisingly enough.

"Why new media rights delay?” Pac12 commish George Kliavkoff says a couple reasons. One is @DeionSanders. “We knew some other information was coming, including the announcement of coach Prime. Why would we do a media deal before that? … He absolutely adds value to the league.”
 
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