AlaskaGuy
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Trade out Iowa St. for WVU.Yeah WV to California or Arizona every year for conference games. Bahahahahahahahahaha. Like that would happen
Trade out Iowa St. for WVU.Yeah WV to California or Arizona every year for conference games. Bahahahahahahahahaha. Like that would happen
Trade out Iowa St. for WVU.
I don't see it happening. Larry Scott fvked up any chance of a merger back in '11. He's a cvnt.There’s no way Lyons would like seeing the bill for the Olympic sport teams travel expenses. WVU would almost have to cut ties with that distance. That’s why something like this I pray never happens.
I don't see it happening. Larry Scott fvked up any chance of a merger back in '11. He's a cvnt.
There’s no way Lyons would like seeing the bill for the Olympic sport teams travel expenses. WVU would almost have to cut ties with that distance. That’s why something like this I pray never happens.
It looks like Cal's athletic department debt is less than Wash St in the short term, but that idiotic stadium financing deal is going to kill them. BTW, the debt is no longer the ADs debt, it is the schools debt, so the AD debt is not what it was on paper.
Still, debt is debt. My wife might owe $5,000,000 and if I accept that $5,000,000 t is still owed by someone in my family and the debt service is coming out of OUR budget.
A guaranteed $18,000,000 per year in interest payments for 14 years, THEN they start paying principal where the payments jump to $30,000,000 per year.
Unfortunately for UC, their stadium is built over a fault line. Which they did not know back in the day, but they doubled down and chose to pour money into something that will collapse with a shake that is bigger than designed for. Since the contract went out to the lowest bidder and not the safest and smartest structural bidder, you can bet your sweet bippy that the stadium will collapse.
Politicians are only reactive and not proactive anymore. Same with schools administrators.
You can still count on the Mercury News for unbiased reporting.
Nice try but Pullman is just as backwoods as Morgantown.
The "regional tiesand regional draw" ship sailed a long time ago. The TV viewership/membership "foot print" craze took over and is sailing now. Folks that know say the next one will be for those that can draw eyeballs "nationally". They are now the only ones that bring home the bacon...and there are only a few of them.I would just like to see an Even Steven swap between the ACC & Big 12......West Virginia and Louisville swap conferences.
and how would that shake out? the SEC and Big 10 are already at 14 can imagine more than a 2 team in crease to either. Big 12 would try to get in on it even going to 16 still 4 teams out in the cold. Pac would not even remotely be able to make a move unless they poached from Big 12.
none of that makes any real sense.
Well if a conference dissolves then yes, everybody else would go to 16. The SEC & Big 10 would probably grab the Virginia & North Carolina schools, the big 12 would try to grab 6. The pac 12 would be screwed, but would probably end up having to grab 4 mountain west schools. I think the SEC & Big ten won't care what happens to ANY CONFERENCE when they make their moves.
would the Pac have to? 3 conferences moved to 14 and Pac just went to 12Well if a conference dissolves then yes, everybody else would go to 16. The SEC & Big 10 would probably grab the Virginia & North Carolina schools, the big 12 would try to grab 6. The pac 12 would be screwed, but would probably end up having to grab 4 mountain west schools. I think the SEC & Big ten won't care what happens to the Pac 12 when they make their moves.
sorry, but money talks. If you combine your theory with logic, the ACC would be most likely to get poached. They're smack dab in SEC and the outskirts of new Big ten country, and have some canidates that both conferences would love (Virginia, UNC, FSU, etc)
would the Pac have to? 3 conferences moved to 14 and Pac just went to 12
The future size of conferences probably has more to do with the future of TV rights and how that market shakes out as cable keeps losing more of their foothold than the stability or solvency directly of the individual teams. No one knows if the same money is going to be available when the dust settles. No reason to go to 16 if you aren't doing it for a massive cash grab on big TV deals.would the Pac have to? 3 conferences moved to 14 and Pac just went to 12
for real though I keep looking at things and can't make things work without the conference foot prints getting weird
sorry, but money talks. If you combine your theory with logic, the ACC would be most likely to get poached. They're smack dab in SEC and the outskirts of new Big ten country, and have some canidates that both conferences would love (Virginia, UNC, FSU, etc)
sorry, but money talks. If you combine your theory with logic, the ACC would be most likely to get poached. They're smack dab in SEC and the outskirts of new Big ten country, and have some canidates that both conferences would love (Virginia, UNC, FSU, etc)
would the Pac have to? 3 conferences moved to 14 and Pac just went to 12
true but do you think any regional schools have changed enough to have added value?Don't forget, the Pac tried to go to 16 by grabbing Texas & Oklahoma schools to go along with Colorado. But after that fell through, they settled on Utah to round out with 12. They didn't go to 14 because they couldn't find another regional school that they thought would provide enough value.
Don't forget, the Pac tried to go to 16 by grabbing Texas & Oklahoma schools to go along with Colorado. But after that fell through, they settled on Utah to round out with 12. They didn't go to 14 because they couldn't find another regional school that they thought would provide enough value.