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Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

nelsonmuntz said:
Remember about a week and a half ago when I said that the theory that the Pac 12 would lose one team and then add UConn and we would live happily ever after was insane? Probably not, because you and the rest of this board were busy gargling the marbles of the Kansas fanboy who was pretending to be an insider.

I will give you something else to remember: Utah, ASU, UA and Colorado will regret turning down Apple to hop on the ESPN train that is going over a cliff.
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Bitter aren’t we
 
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kemba said:
Clearly that level of dedication means pac 12 survives
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That or everyone is headed to a beach house this afternoon so they need to get it over with quickly. If the 9 remaining schools sign a GOR this morning that would be crazy.
 
upstater said:
The B12 isn't going to pillage anyone. The money won't be there.

1st, which of these ACC schools adds value to the SEC and B1G? There are only 4 that do. That means everyone else remains.

But what remains is stronger than the B12.

If I'm the ACC, I'm looking at Kansas and Texas Tech as prime candidates for pillaging myself.

The B12 is roughly where the Pac12 was at several years ago, boasting about their superiority, talking openly about pillaging other conferences. This is where the B12 is at. Schadenfreude coming their way.
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ND, UNC, UVA, FSU, Miami, Clemson all add value. This is further exaggerated by the want to condense the top end of the NCAA down to 2 or 3 conferences. If these 6 can make any amount more in the SEC or B1G, even if an unequal distribution, they seemingly take it as soon as the GOR ends.

The 9 remaining are 100% not stronger than the XII. They all beg the B1G, SEC, and XII for any path to get in, knowing that anyone who doesn't is doomed to the new G5 like Oregon St and Washington St.

But I certainly agree that the ACC should try poaching XII schools before the GOR ends as a last attempt at survival. Just don't think any XII schools answer the call. It seems like the XII is now safe UNLESS/until the B1G and SEC decide to destroy them by purposefully poaching XII teams.
 
aburks41 said:
Yeah well he was wrong about the only thing that matters, which is UConn getting passed over for Utah.



No.
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When has it been officially announced that Utah has been given the invitation and the invitation to UConn has been withdrawn?

Or is this a negative projection that you believe will happen?
 
Sounds to me like the one fleeting hope we have left is that Utah, or maybe ASU, hates the idea of joining the Big 12 sooooo much that they stay put where they’re more comfortable, in the Pac-whatever. Washington and Oregon deciding to stay (for now) certainly helps. Not sure it’s enough, but maybe there’s a chance.
 
buddy said:
If I recall correctly, I thought it was posted that ESPN adivsed the Big 12 that UConn should be added if they were to expand again after they took the 3 G5 schools plus BYU. What ever happened to that? I also wonder if the CT government officials have bothered to put any pressure on ESPN at all? In any case, it is really time for the State of CT to look at removing all tax breaks from ESPN.
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That was in 2016 when we did the dog and pony show for the Big 12. ESPN was quoted as saying something like “while we prefer you not expand, we hope you give consideration to our in-state neighbor UConn”.
 
The key to this is Arizona. If they're still planning on staying in the Pac then we have a legit shot here. Otherwise, they're #14 and it's all done.
 
JMick said:
That or everyone is headed to a beach house this afternoon so they need to get it over with quickly. If the 9 remaining schools sign a GOR this morning that would be crazy.
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I wonder if Apple sweeten the pot. Also, you would have to imagine the pack is going to expand. Can’t see them staying at nine.
 
Jimbo said:
Sounds to me like the one fleeting hope we have left is that Utah, or maybe ASU, hates the idea of joining the Big 12 sooooo much that they stay put where they’re more comfortable, in the Pac-whatever. Washington and Oregon deciding to stay (for now) certainly helps. Not sure it’s enough, but maybe there’s a chance.
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Or one of those two schools was not invited and people who have been guessing got it wrong.
 
jostar1 said:
That guy said that 17 is one of the magic numbers for scheduling purposes. So I guess if the Big 12 and the media partners wanted it, it could happen. However, all of the talking heads are saying four additions to the Big 12.

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That guy looks like the poster child for the I Hate Bubba Wallace Starter Kit.
 
GG said:
I wonder if Apple sweeten the pot. Also, you would have to imagine the pack is going to expand. Can’t see them staying at nine.
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SDSU will be either be #10 or #8.
 
ctchamps said:
Or one of those two schools was not invited and people who have been guessing got it wrong.
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I think there was too much smoke for that to be true. Oregon and Washington are probably just playing the rest of the PAC right now because they want a longer time to wait out for a better B1G deal. Maybe the Apple deal went up in value but for a shorter time frame
 

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