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second guessing

Do you think usc and ucla could have partnered with tx ok and some of the better remainder schools. Oregon. Uw. Ok state tcu tt etc and formed a western 12-16 team cknfeeence? Or would that have been much messier and this is a quicker cleaner move?

i think revenge is absolutely a factor In this

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HollywoodBruin

Jul 01, 2022

Not sure if this has been discussed but some media person (I forgot) on the Paul Finebaum show said that Fox Sports was influential in getting the Ucla/Sc to move to the big 10 as part of the negotiation with the Big 10 on a new TV deal. The timeline made sense in that the negotiation was suppose to be completed, then it got suspended and the announcement was made yesterday. Plausible scenario since ESPN has rights to SEC games after the CBS deal ends and Fox now gets Big 10 + Ucla/Sc.

HollywoodBruin

Jul 01, 2022

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Unlike the OU/UT move to the SEC where there were rumors for several weeks, the media guy said no one had any sniff of this rumor. Pretty interesting

TEE

Jul 01, 2022

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Not true. Nevada Buck with the Ohio st guys had intel on their YouTube videos going back a few months. He stated how Fox and the big ten were evaluated the value of every team and what they brought to the Big. Back then he stated SC wanted in but not go alone. Hence UCLA. There was thought that ucla wouldn’t leave Cal behind. He said no teams would be added that devalued the money split. He said UO and UW we’re about a push money wise Every other pac team devalued. the other guy is Greg Fluguar , an insider from 247 Minn. He has been tied into big 10 expansion for years. He floated tweets out a few months ago about SCs interest. The guy caught with his pants down was Klikov the pac commish just as clueless as Larry.

Unknown member

Jul 01, 2022

This seems to be "cleaner" move in that the Big 10 is already a somewhat smoothly run division. It will likely further evolve before 2024, but it is currently doing well on it's own. Trying to set up something from the ground floor would be insane it today's climate, too much BS, best to just tinker with an engine that works.

SC Gator

Jul 01, 2022

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You would think being placed in the East would be a dealbreaker for SC and UCLA, for the reaosns you just mentioned. Assuming, of course, that you're going to play more games within your division than outside it.

OldHickoryTrojan

Jul 01, 2022

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The feeling of those so called experts is Michigan and Ohio State need to be in separate division because of the rivalry as well as a possible bigger championship game if both USC and UCLA fall flat..

Java

Jul 01, 2022

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I would think that whoever emerges from psu. um and osu would be a pretty big marquee matchup with usc ucla Wisconsin on the other side. That’s like a rose bowl confrerence champ game