Realignment update

WSU President gave an interview. Claims UA actually applied to Big 12 behind the PACs back, Big ten/ Fox got word of it , then proceeded to add UO and UW. Fox didn't want Apple getting into college football and streaming.

So when UW/ UO didn't show for the PAC/ Apple signing party , UA was already gone.

Apparently, the Big ten went with Foxes wishes, despite SC/ UCLA barking against adding Ducks.

WSU President mentions that if Stanford/ Cal go to ACC they are on their way to the Mtn West. Translation: They become Fresno St. OSU will follow and become Boise St.

If Furd/ Cal don't get into ACC. The 4 will look into expanding PAC with G5 schools.

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Scottsdalepd

Aug 22, 2023

Agreed. Osu baseball is a great program but could fall off a cliff, quickly.

All the journalists are handwringing about stanfords future (wsj, sports illustrated, espin etc) but few seem to care about the wsu and osu programs.

Waldorf

Aug 22, 2023

I have no idea why Stanford and California would take a deal with the ACC, assuming they even want to. Stanford can go independent for quite a while. California can do something else, anything else, I just don't see the ACC as being a fit.

Fuck the Beavers. Wazzu too.

OldHickoryTrojan

Aug 22, 2023

Stanford still pushing for the Big...looking for a way in....and apparently there also seems to be some work being done to -"push" Notre Dame into the Big or possibly making FB join ACC...those are the rumors going around..

Scottsdalepd

Aug 22, 2023

So white trash meth truckstop U is responsible for the latest iteration of the pacs demise. I love blaming furd for killing the original pac xii. What's your perspective?

TEE

Aug 22, 2023

Replying to

Everything I have read is that certain schools wanted out no matter what. CU and UA wanted out.

ASU , Utes, Ducks wanted PAC to work. It appears once UW decided to take the big tens offer the Ducks followed. And that was that .

If I'm the Ducks , I go to the big 12 with the Beavers. I'm sure the Ducks felt that UW would have a huge advantage in the big ten so they wussed out, and followed them. The Ducks new President, being from the big 10 obviously swayed that decision. But uncle Phil was all on board for the Amazon/ pac deal.

UAs slimey move was insignificant imo. PAC simply adds SDSU and SMU and goes with Apple

UWs move killed the PAC . ASU , Utes went to big 12 soon after, then Ducks followed to big ten.

But in reality, everyone had a piece in the demise. ESPN offered $35 mil each a year ago and the pac said No. the wsu president got in-house advise that the pac was worth $50 mil and voted No. others then followed to ask ESPN for more and the rest is History.

Let WSU rot in the Mtn west .

Furd will survive in the long run. Cal doesn't give a sheet. The Beavs are the only ones to feel sorry for . They have a decent team with zero resources. Unless you now count the NVDIA founder .

Ducks and UW will suffer in big ten.

Stupid move.