Wait. He doesnât actually think that Cheat deserves a larger pie than others does he?
They donât move the needle in football.
They are out of their minds.
One thing I just now realized is that if the PAC12 or any other âpowerâ league folds, that essentially opens up one more auto bid to the expanded CFPâŚ
The top 6 conference champs get the auto bids. If there is no PAC12 or if it is essentially gutted and merged with the MWC, that means there is another spot for the AAC or some other league to grab.
Wait til someone in power realizes that.
i think thatâs one of the main reasons the PAC12 will survive. Why religate yourself when you have that much money and power?
There are 10 PAC 12 programs left.
If 2 go to the B1G, and 4 go to the Big 12, that leaves 4 programs. Cal and Stanford might go independent at that point, leaving Wash St and Oregon St to basically join the MWC. They could invite a bunch of MWC schools, but the effect is the same. There is no assigned bid for the PAC and after losing all those programs, their stature would drop substantially enough that they would have to fight the other G5 leagues for a spot.
In that case, I could see the remaining P4 champs plus the MWC/PAC survivor league champ and the AAC champ as the top 6 leagues most years.
So, it wouldnât be an intentional relegation. Just a function of all those schools abdicating a potential auto bid to the CFP for more guaranteed money.
Three high-ranking industry sources in the last week told CBS Sports they believe Yormark is going to be successful in luring at least some combination of Four Corners schools. Some went farther speculating the Pac-12 was a couple of weeks away from dissolving.
Opportunity lost? There have been recent rumblings that the Pac-12 could have received the same deal the Big 12 did in October ($31.66 million per team) had it acted more aggressively in renewing its media rights. That probably would have solidified the league for years.
I donât understand why PAC 12 fans arenât in George Kliavkoffâs yard with pitchforksâŚ
Shittiest thing for the PAC12 is how good their next season was shaping up to be:
5 teams in this top 25.
I count six.
Usc, Washington, utah, Oregon state, Oregon, ucla.
Dang. I missed Washington.
Even worse then.
What horrible timing. They could have made some waves this season.
This could be a precipitous fall from grace.
The PAC can backfill teams to reload and Lee their NCAAT auto bid. But whatâs to say they will have the juice to even get anyone from the MWC?
Their media deal will probably be structured that if they lose existing members the payout goes down.
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However, Utah is behind closed doors as a vocal leader for keeping the conference together, according to KSL Sportsâ Michelle Bodkin.
âI have multiple sources around Utah and the Pac-12 that have said from the start it is Utahâs desire to remain with the Pac-12. One of those sources with the Pac-12 specifically told me they talked with one of the higher-ups in the conference who is in all of the meetings, and they said Utah has been leading a lot of the charge,â Bodkin wrote Friday.
Not a surprise after the Utah AD âcalled outâ Dodd via a tweet last week.
Utah doesnât want to be in the same conference as BYU.
Its that simple, IMHO.
All the other reasons, some of which might be entirely valid, are ancillary / icing on the cake.
Personally, I would want to hold the league together because winning a 10 or 12 team league without UCLA and USC is a much easier path to the CFP than trying to escape a 16 or more team Big 12.
That expanded CFP is the most stabilizing force introduced to CF in a long time, IMHO.
Thats the part of all this that doesnt make sense to me. If the CFP is the great equalizer and money driver we think it can be then wouldnât programs, especially top winning ones, be more worried about the path to the CFP than the $ payout from a network?
I guess its the guarantee money vs the have to perform, but as a donor and a fan I would be more concerned about path to title. I know people act like fans and donors donât matter but at the end of the day they actually matter far more.
Big 12 should drop Utah from plans and go for SDSU, Colorado, Arizonas
I am curious where the state legislatures sit with OSU, WSU and ASU and losing their in state peer.
and if they add us and memphis you could say they would have a real southern conference with the majority of the teams in warm weather states.