KillerFrog InD KitchenSink
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It takes two to tango...Our AD should be talking to the PAC behind the scenes. Time to bolt.
It takes two to tango...Our AD should be talking to the PAC behind the scenes. Time to bolt.
and it takes one to [ Finebaum ]. what's your point?It takes two to tango...
My point is that there is no place to "bolt". Sure, talk to them, but the PAC-12 is not going to expand.and it takes one to [ #2020 ]. what's your point?
You don't think those conferences are not already talking to folks behind the curtain? Their press release is to ensure they don't get the lawyer threats bowlsby threw at the SEC and ESPN.
My point is that there is no place to "bolt". Sure, talk to them, but the PAC-12 is not going to expand.
They will have to expand in the next couple of years to survive. Just the reality of it all.My point is that there is no place to "bolt". Sure, talk to them, but the PAC-12 is not going to expand.
Agree that is the first step. And that could take some time. But I think the league needs to be ready to expand as soon as that is resolved so that the league has 10 teams to keep the TV contract intact.right now, who knows in the future and there is no need to rush into any type of decision until the big 12 gets a clearer picture about what OUT is willing to pay to get out of the conference early
PAC-12 has it's issues, but expansion with leftover Big 12 schools doesn't really solve them, unfortunately. Who knows what happens in the distant future- things can and will change- but in the immediate future the remaining 8 have to make do with the cards dealt.They will have to expand in the next couple of years to survive. Just the reality of it all.
I don't think the PAC 12 controls its own destiny at this point. If the Big 10 or SEC decide they want USC, Oregon, or anyone else in the PAC then the conference will die. And if those conferences don't want any of those teams then there's no need for the PAC to do anything in the near future.They will have to expand in the next couple of years to survive. Just the reality of it all.
BYU Sports Nation on BYUtv today was ALL over it - calling the last 14 hours as the most consequential in BYU sports history. Their unscientific poll was 77% in favor of joining the Big 12 and 23% in favor of staying independent.
I'm in the process of gradually accepting the fact that we're once again going to be mates with those conference killers. If past is prologue, they'll be great fans and everything will be hunky dory for 2-5 years and they'll then turn on a dime and start undermining the conference at every turn over some minor issue. But they're certainly controversial and controversy generates interest and sells.
I have been to every byu/TCU game in provo and enjoyed it. Stay in Park City and head over to the game. Easily done and staying in Park City is like being in another world compared to creepiness that is SLC.
BYU, UCF, Cincy and Houston make sense. If WVU should bolt you add USF as UCF’s EST zone partner.
If anyone else is able to bolt for a P5 conference then this thing is dead anyway…if it isn’t already.
Boise and SMU don’t bring enough to the table to make any sense to me. I would look to Memphis before either of those two.
1984 Holiday BowlI freakin love BYU...loved them since they beat SMU with a last second hail mary in a bowl game in 198whatever.
Their teams are competitive, the schools cares about sports, their fan base is passionate and shows up with 6 kids to every game.
BYU + UCF keeps the Big 12/10/whatever a Power 5...