College Football 2022: “Here’s a twenty, bury two.”

[dxmnkd316]

My absolute ideal state was just the Big Ten and PAC Ten being two divisions with no need to play outside. Two winners play in the rose bowl and the gophers make it once in my life.

 

[bronconick]

Pac-4: Conference of Champions

 

[MichVandal]

Yeah when you look at the stadiums and aquatic center Stanford has, plopping it into a non-major conference would be too far out of place. That said, I'm also not crazy about teams having to fly to the midwest all the damn time for conference games.

Although, most of the games would still be on the west coast.

 

[mookie1995]

I can't imagine Stanford getting the shaft, they are far too slippery and cynical for that to happen. If they were caught with their pants down, which is really hard to imagine, they can just buy their way in to I assume the Big Ten. The have all the money on earth.

Cal I would worry about, unless they join UCLA in the Big Ten. There has always been love/hate among the Cal illuminati about football.

Stanford would go the Chicago route (Condi Rice be dammed).

 

[Kepler]

Stanford would go the Chicago route (Condi Rice be dammed).

Not a chance.

Have you seen how Stanford puts that dumb fake trophy they win for dominating NC$$ sports on blast?

They're a factory. They are thirsty to be Hot Rich Jock. They're more likely to wind up Duke with a tan.

 

[MichVandal]

So dumb conspiracy for Stanford and Cal- both are Bay Area schools, both have alumni at Apple, thus Apple TV. Since that was the tv deal for the p12, what are the chances that’s also the reason neither are currently in the B1G?

I had alway thought they were a great fit for the B1G, so it seems there is an odd reason neither have moved.

 

[Kepler]

The only Stanford conspiracy theory I'd entertain would involve HP. That is a really weird relationship.

 

[French Rage]

Yeah any Cal/Stanford/Apple numbers are coincidental and inconsequential. IIRC the payoff from that deal is waaay behind what the other conferences are going to be getting, and their not going to settle for being that far behind on their own. (Granted, events may result in them being that far behind, but it's not their Stanford/Cal's preference.)

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Stanford/Cal in preliminary talks with the ACC. If the Grant of Rights is really that restrictive, it would at least give them a stable home for another decade.

Would rather see them in the Big Ten. Stanford at the least.

 

[Kepler]

Stanford/Cal in preliminary talks with the ACC. If the Grant of Rights is really that restrictive, it would at least give them a stable home for another decade.

Would rather see them in the Big Ten. Stanford at the least.

Bah, that probably sticks ND there.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Stanford/Cal in preliminary talks with the ACC.

Lol wt.f

 

[bronconick]

Stanford/Cal in preliminary talks with the ACC. If the Grant of Rights is really that restrictive, it would at least give them a stable home for another decade.

Would rather see them in the Big Ten. Stanford at the least.

Someone needs to take a time machine back before all these 14-16 team conferences got formed over TV money and strangle it in the cradle, because it's gotten just stupid now.

 

[French Rage]

Lol wt.f

Stanford/Cal in an Atlantic conference makes no sense but really neither do they in a Midwest conference so really what do words even mean any more?

 

[dxmnkd316]

Stanford/Cal in an Atlantic conference makes no sense but really neither do they in a Midwest conference so really what do words even mean any more?

It makes approximately 50% more sense to be in the big ten.

words are meaningless. Math is universal.


well, at least in the span of human existence within this universe.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Larry Scott has to go down as one of the worst sports commissioners of all time. How much money did they waste on the whole PAC-12 Network that never went anywhere?

I do see why they rejected the potential Apple deal though. College sports’ audience is older and likely more adverse to streaming only.

 

[MichVandal]

It makes approximately 50% more sense to be in the big ten.

words are meaningless. Math is universal.


well, at least in the span of human existence within this universe.

The real question is why we haven't invited them.

On a side note, it was interesting to see Saban talk about this. He sounded bummed that it's becoming about money, but that's super easy to say when you are in the top 3 in earnings all because of football. He's personally swimming in money, and his school is swimming in money, so accept that other schools want part of that pie, too. And they are better *schools* than Alabama will ever be ( I have a lot of respect for P12 schools, and I also know that even B1G schools I hate are far superior than Bama is).

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Stanford/Cal in an Atlantic conference makes no sense but really neither do they in a Midwest conference so really what do words even mean any more?

It's not like the ability to count matters either...

 

[dxmnkd316]

The real question is why we haven't invited them.

On a side note, it was interesting to see Saban talk about this. He sounded bummed that it's becoming about money, but that's super easy to say when you are in the top 3 in earnings all because of football. He's personally swimming in money, and his school is swimming in money, so accept that other schools want part of that pie, too. And they are better *schools* than Alabama will ever be ( I have a lot of respect for P12 schools, and I also know that even B1G schools I hate are far superior than Bama is).

I'm wondering the same thing. They're perfect fits in this new big ten

 

[Jimjamesak]

The real question is why we haven't invited them.

On a side note, it was interesting to see Saban talk about this. He sounded bummed that it's becoming about money, but that's super easy to say when you are in the top 3 in earnings all because of football. He's personally swimming in money, and his school is swimming in money, so accept that other schools want part of that pie, too. And they are better *schools* than Alabama will ever be ( I have a lot of respect for P12 schools, and I also know that even B1G schools I hate are far superior than Bama is).

I mean, the SEC is how this mess all started. They raided for South Carolina and Arkansas back in the early 90’s to start the SEC Championship Game and it’s been all shuffling and defections since then.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Apparently the proposed PAC 12 deal with Apple was tiered.

23 million per school to start
30 million per school if they reached 2.5 million subscribers
50 million per school if they reached 3.7 million subscribers


For reference, Sunday Ticket only gets 2.4 million subscribers. Granted that’s slightly different because that’s either for NFL super fans or for those living out of market, while this would’ve been exclusive. Maybe this deal could’ve worked for the SEC with their super fandom, or the Big Ten with multiple national fan bases plus huge alumni pools. But of the remaining ten schools in the PAC, you were really asking to get that from eight schools because Stanford and Cal weren’t going to pull in much.

https://apnews.com/article/pac-12-c...g-ten-big-12-17dc50f7b479fe19b0599dd4b690bac4