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

jostar1 said:
Now let's get C9C9 back. He said:

"As direct from someone as intimate in the media negotiations as one could be, UConn's position and calculus as the dominant brand in the #2 sport in the most populated part of the country, with no direct competition envisioned in the future, has not changed from this morning, from yesterday, from last week or from last month."
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Exactly. And that might be even more significant than Yormark’s preference for us.
 
WOW, if true, one large side benefit will be preserving the stupid comments that the unfaithful have posted recently, and bringing them to light for all eternity. A few posts from a large fish instantly come to mind.
 
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Oregon and Washington did the analysis and probably thought they both have much better chance in the.PAC of getting into the playoff in the new playoff format Vs B1G or B12. If they are willing to sign the PAC GOR, it will save the rest of the PAC.

Don't underestimate Apple. I think they stepped up and made a better offer or put more incentives into the offer. They figured it will still be cheaper to sign PAC vs bidding for other future content vs FOX, ESPN, and others.

As someone in the Bay Area, it would be a very sad day to see the once proud PAC conference die. I am hoping this new development is true. It is good for everyone if the PAC can survive and expand.

Of course, FOX and B1G can always step in at last second and offer Oregon and Washington full share.

Hopefully, it all ends today.
 
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NEforceUConn said:
WOW, if true, one large side benefit will be preserving the stupid comments that the unfaithful have posted recently, and bringing them to light for all eternity. A few posts from a large fish instantly come to mind.
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LoL. It’s boneyard classic stuff. Nothing new. My favorite entertainment is reading the blow by blow during football. We are a very bipolar group
 
NEforceUConn said:
WOW, if true, one large side benefit will be preserving the stupid comments that the unfaithful have posted recently, and bringing them to light for all eternity. A few posts from a large fish instantly come to mind.
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I’m not interested in rubbing people’s faces over this. It bothers me too much watching firsthand fear make otherwise rational and intelligent individuals react so irrationally. Even if employed as a coping mechanism it’s counterproductive at best and dangerous at worst.
 
Ha Who said:
What do people have to say about goKu now?
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Although I am generally an optimist about human nature and intentions and I am as desperate as anyone for things to break UConn's way, for now I'm with JMick. Show me da money.
 
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Honestly, if it's the Big 12 just adding Colorado and us...that's kinda not great. I would've MUCH preferred going along with Arizona to continue to bolster the league as the best basketball conference in the country. Because none of the 5 schools (CU, UA, ASU, UConn, and Utah) move the needle in football except for Utah kind of. So A Big 12 with Colorado and UConn isn't much better than mid-2000s Big East football.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Yes, we know they were. About a half share with no eventual move to a full share is what I saw. Same for Washington. Washington AD said extra travel was $10m. So...do the math.
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And this will be the lynchpin. The B1G cheaping out will have killed it.

In short - if you’re Oregon or Washington, why are you worth half as much forever than your former conference partners?
 
WestCoastHusky said:
Oregon and Washington did the analysis and probably thought they both have much better chance in the.PAC of getting into the playoff in the new playoff format Vs B1G or B12. If they are willing to sign the PAC GOR, it will save the rest of the PAC.

Don't underestimate Apple. I think they stepped up and made a better offer or put more incentives into the offer. They figured it will still be cheaper to sign PAC vs bidding for other future content vs FOX, ESPN, and others.

As someone in the Bay Area, it would be a beer sad day to see the once proud PAC conference die. I am hoping this new development is true. It is good for everyone if the PAC can survive and expand.

Of course, FOX and B1G can always step in at last second and offer Oregon and Washington full share.

Hopefully, it all ends today.
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I’m freaking flabbergasted that cooler, more rational heads might prevail for once in realignment.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
Honestly, if it's the Big 12 just adding Colorado and us...that's kinda not great. I would've MUCH preferred going along with Arizona to continue to bolster the league as the best basketball conference in the country. Because none of the 5 schools (CU, UA, ASU, UConn, and Utah) move the needle in football except for Utah kind of. So A Big 12 with Colorado and UConn isn't much better than mid-2000s Big East football.
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Who pissed in your cheerios this morning?
 
If the Pac 12 holds together, it will be because the Apple deal is a solid deal, and there is room for improvement in it.
 
ctchamps said:
I’m not interested in rubbing people’s faces over this. It bothers me too much watching firsthand fear make otherwise rational and intelligent individuals react so irrationally. Even if employed as a coping mechanism it’s counterproductive at best and dangerous at worst.
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Yah maybe, but the shade thrown on GoKU was unacceptable regardless of what happens.
 
djct1999 said:
Not only Oregon, but for now, it makes sense for the pac 9 to show solidarity. We are years away from massive disruption and the west coast schools have more to gain waiting this out than jumping ship in panic.
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Why those bozos didn't grab SDSU immediately is beyond me.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
The change was Washington and Oregon and the B1G being willing to take them on the cheap. If those two had no landing spot other than PAC (and Big XII), they stay in the PAC. If they did, so would Utah, ASU and probably Arizona. The B1G screwed us here. Without Washington and Oregon, that Apple deal is more like $12m a school. It forced the hand of schools that didn't want to move.
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You may be right about the Big Ten being spoilers here, even if nothing has been decided about Washington and Oregon yet. But is anybody here surprised about the events? Once Colorado left the PAC, it was no surprise that others may follow. And that Washington and Oregon, who was on the Big Ten’s radar since last year, might be offered an invite sooner than the Bug Ten may have preferred. And that Utah might change their mind about staying on a sinking ship. All of the above, if they happen, was well within the realm of possibility. It would be a cop out for an insider who claimed to be certain to say, “well, this wasn’t anticipated, blah, blah, blah.” I realize I am being pedantic about this, so I will no longer continue on this point.

As for Utah, like others, I have to ask why are they any more deserving of a life raft. My understanding is that sometimes schools end up being on the outside when realignment occurs.
 
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