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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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The NCAA bylaws say that they can't be a conference if they are below 6 teams.
From what I have read, there are funds that can be "awarded" as damages for the 2024 season and then the 4 remaining teams can join a conference after they collect the damages.
Practically speaking, the 8 teams that just left are going to have to settle with the 4 teams left behind and then everyone will move on and adapt to what the next set of rules are.
I can't think of any type of business that operates this way. There are major rule changes every 5-10 years that only government or institutions can adapt to because they have so much money. None of these rules and changes resemble smart business practices.
come for the dialogue and stay for the freddy witticisms.
also, around here it is I-DOT if you wish to be taken seriously.
Pac is not even close to the nfl. in terms of public interest
That’s the ****ing point dip****
I would think Colorado wouldn’t be on the hook as opposed to ASU and Utah. We left behind a viable conference per NCAA rules. Utah and ASU triggered the 6 team limit. They can pay the damages.
it is far more complicated than the donors at CU suck narrative.
the limits unilaterally imposed upon gb were incredibly divisive. lots and lots of folks who support CU fought hard against all that. all the bad that transpired after the gb stuff was predictable and folks were very vocal with CU about that.
so, then they bring in hawkins. ok. that gives us some hope. donations ticked up. he turned out to be a paper tiger. that is where things got weird.
a core group of insiders, including ex players and boosters decided the fix was a return to the glory days. thus JE and EB came in and Coach Mac even offered to step in as a transitional HC if needed.
the true believers were giddy. the failure was epic. and this exposed a lot of problems with how to run and compete in the current era.
we swung for and missed on several "home run" hires. stuff got done infrastructure-wise and some other stuff but now you have a very burned and disgruntled booster base and hope dwindling. the hires and the culture reflect the morass we found ourselves in.
RG and CU needed a big bang. they lined up what they needed to do to get it green lighted and in comes Coach Prime. not surprisingly, the donor flood gates top to bottom are wide open again. there is hope from some concrete proof of life.
we have momentum now and if we can keep it up and if there are results on the field, this thing can and will become stronger than one HC, even one with the serious drip of Coach Prime.
"sue everybody" - Jerky Boys
There is a fund that is available for damages already in place. That doesn't mean that the 4 schools won't sue. I imagine that not only Colorado would be a defendant, UCLA & USC would be defendants as well.
You’re so funny! Just because I never liked your narrative and was right you love to bash! Bring it on big boy!
All of those statements and press releases saying “Colorado doesn’t matter” won’t help the case for the conference.
In any case, the idea of lawsuits are usually signs of desperation from the minds of fans that rarely pan out or materialize in the real world.
His "additional costs and damages" is just a bunch of nonsense. I have read the Pac-12's constitution and bylaws (yeah, I know), and there is nothing about that whatsoever. The bylaws give each team an unconditional right to withdraw from the conference without penalty as of Aug 1, 2024. If we are talking lawsuits, the teams leaving would have a good case against the conference is anything other than their full share (minus things like the Comcast repayment) isn't paid.
I didn't think of it from that angle.... we can use the defense of:All of those statements and press releases saying “Colorado doesn’t matter” won’t help the case for the conference.
In any case, the idea of lawsuits are usually signs of desperation from the minds of fans that rarely pan out or materialize in the real world.
CU calls Oregon coach Dan Lanning to the witness stand:
Coach Lanning said we didn't win anything and didn't affect anything! Isn't that correct coach Lanning?
Here’s the mind of a Stanford alum - my cousin. She graduated about 8 years ago. Shes a huge sports fan, so much so she is now the Manager of Baseball Communications for the Oakland A’s. She would text me every time CU played Stanford to give me ****.
Yesterday when I asked what she thought of realignment, she said “looks like we’ll be seeing each other in the Mountain West with everyone but Johnny and Jenny (our cousins that went to UCLA and USC)”. After some discussion, I came to realize she had no idea what had happened to the Pac-12 and didn’t realize the 4 were all this were left. Then she said, “well, maybe Stanford can start playing teams more on their level.”
Some people have asked for a promotion/relegation system in CFB.
BYU, UCF, Cincy and Houston, all programs that have invested in their football programs at near P5 levels over the years were promoted.
Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and Washington State, all programs that either couldn’t give two ****s about football or simply don’t have the resources we’re relegated.
BYU, UCF, Cincy and Houston, all programs that have invested in their football programs at near P5 levels over the years were promoted.
Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and Washington State, all programs that either couldn’t give two ****s about football or simply don’t have the resources we’re relegated.
BlackNGold
Club Member
That is a poor article, IMO. He states they had secured a media deal - no they had an offer on the table which was pulled when some members balked at it. The article is base on a Tweet from Canzano!! Give me a break is modern journalism now based on Tweets.
The $420 Million is some outer space number from John Canzano that I would like to see the math on how he got to that number - maybe the same math the PAC used with Comcast. I doubt the PAC has that much in reserve. The PAC has one more season of 12 member and 8 of those members are leaving after that, I am sure that Canzano (what a hack) is using this coming season's media rights distribution as part of his $420 Million number which is somewhere around $250 Million (depending on your source) and that money will have to be distributed. It seems like the major assets left in the PAC will be the PACN, BB playoff distributions (paid out over 6 years based on units) and loans to members.
Thanks for clarifying. I finally have an explanation for why the NFL had a total turnover of 11.9bn compared to 464m for P12!
He’s not ready for the Pac-4 either.
You weren’t around for the Big 8 or B12 last time huh? If you are a CU fan and are not arrogant around fans from other B12 teams then you are not a CU fan.
How did that even become a thing?
Only if they live in their team’s local area. All sorts of diaspora of NFL fans that make Sunday Ticket a massive revenue generator.
You're not a fan of an asshole in khakis running down a slight incline?
A racist chant complete with caricature holding a flaming stick at midfield?
Some kids touching a banner?
I’m trying to remember the last time he won anything of note that impacted the conference in any way. I can’t remember anything. Do you remember anything?
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Cause in the end him and the program he represents have never really been worth getting upset over?
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
Fred's UNL education coming through in the clutch again.