Expansion Thread 2023

[Lobot]

And it looks like they're not only going to do that, The board is signaling they are leaving the ACC and the GoR isn't going to stop them. I guess the SEC is getting them? B!G looks a little full based on today.

Lol, I worded that poorly.

[Lobot]

If the PAC survives and I don't think it will, The Big 12 looks like it'll add AZ, ASU, and Utah to the current new member Colorado. Then you finally have your P4. If this is all not done after that, I have no idea what's happening.

[bearcatbret]

FSU is currently in a streaming Board meeting with 1300 viewers about what it would cost them to buy two planes for $9M. What is even going on here.

I would say that it would cost them $9M the way that you worded it. lol.

[Lobot]

FSU is currently in a streaming Board meeting with 1300 viewers about what it would cost them to buy two planes for $9M. What is even going on here.

And it looks like they're not only going to do that, The board is signaling they are leaving the ACC and the GoR isn't going to stop them. I guess the SEC is getting them? B!G looks a little full based on today.

[Lobot]

FSU is currently in a streaming Board meeting with 1300 viewers about what it would cost them to buy two planes for $9M. What is even going on here.

[Illuminerdski]

All roads seem to point to the Pac-X conference becoming either the Pacific Mountain West or nothing. In either case, does this lead to the end of the Rose Bowl?

[Lobot]

Sources: Big Ten has begun preliminary talks to potentially add Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-big...173934989.html

Welp, that’s the end of that

[GoBearcats31]

Sources: Big Ten has begun preliminary talks to potentially add Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-big...173934989.html

[bearcatbret]

Paul Finebaum is a little harsh.
“I don’t want to be the guy that keeps burying this league because I think I did it the other day, but I’m gonna keep doing it. Somebody needs to shovel dirt on this league and end this charade. It’s over for the Pac-12.”

Paul Finebaum Delivers Some Harsh Truth to Pac-12 After Latest TV Deal News (msn.com)

[D.A.H.]

Speculation is that Oregon, Washington and Utah are thinking that they are going to stay with the PAC because at least one of them will reach the expanded 12-team playoff every year.

i don't follow that logic. it may work short time, but, if they stay in the pac, and the tv deal is as bad as it sounds, they'll lose visibility and recruits, and just kinda fade out and lose relevancy. eventually, the pac will get the old big east treatment, and we all know how that went.

[bearcatbret]

Speculation is that Oregon, Washington and Utah are thinking that they are going to stay with the PAC because at least one of them will reach the expanded 12-team playoff every year.

[longtimefan]

Thamel reports Apple TV will likely be the main carrier of PAC 12 sports. I’ll say this, the broadcast quality on Apple TV is about 1000x better than ESPN+.

https://www.threads.net/@peterthamel...c4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

[bearcatbret]

If you want to watch the Arizona Board of Regents meeting tonight, the link is within this article. They meet at 4:30 MDT. Here’s what reportedly happened in Pac-12’s latest media deal meeting (yahoo.com)
From what I have read, I would think that Oregon to the Big 12 is more likely than the B1G at this point. Maybe Oregon will head to the BIG later but I doubt if it will be within this cycle of realignment.

[Chewbacca2099]

Or does PAC become Cal, Stanford, Wazzu, Oregon St, SDSU, CSU, SMU, Boise, Tulane, Fresno some assortment. It's just hard to see Cal/Stanford letting schools with the poorer academic stigma in. They may have no choice... Next few days/weeks will be interesting to watch unfold. Might be a power struggle between MWC and PAC to see which one survives.

[Lobot]

Oregon is gone to the B1G I think. Washington is being pretty quiet about all of this but I’m sure they have something on back channels and will most likely land in the B1G as well.

Utah might be bluffing on the steadfast PAC 12 thing but if they end up in the Big 12, let’s go. I’d rather have them than BYU frankly.

Oregon St and Wazzu are hosed and headed for the MW.

I have no idea what’s happening with ASU, Cal, Stanford and SDSU but I think it’s going to be MW.