Maybe, but West Virginia is 32-30, 20-24 in the Big 12 since 2019. Playing Alabama is almost certainly a loss and playing Pitt is a winnable game. And, have you looked at the attendance at WVU games? Last year, WVU went 10-3 which is a good season, yet the Pitt game was the only game above 60k in attendance with the other games between 43.5k to 51.5k.
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They must need this for the next step… whatever strategy they have has to include a dismissal.
FSU will end up in a P-2 conference. But, everything is being done in the shadows or with a wink and a nod...
Honestly, this statement is true for any university. It's probably been true since Miami and Virginia Tech left the Big East over 20 years ago...
As a football only, I can see this being viable. Not optimal, but viable.Insider's notebook: What we're hearing on Shedeur Sanders' NFL stock, next moves for the Pac-12
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One potential wild card option that one Pac 12 administrator believes would make sense to take a look at: UConn. The Big 12 has tried and failed multiple times now to get its membership on board with adding the school that has won the last two national championships in men's basketball. UConn doesn't make sense geographically and it feels unlikely it'd leave the Big East for this rebuilt version of the Pac-12, but that Pac-12 administrator sees value in at least exploring UConn as a possible addition.
"Who knows what they're going to do," that administrator said, "but they have a lot to offer, a lot to offer with an improving football program and obviously the best basketball program over the last 3-4 years in the country."
If they start going east and get let's say Memphis (and South Florida even), then I agree, not optimal but football only could work until the ACC implodes or the Big 12 finally comes calling again.
The Gonzaga point is a great one. For any western conference that is looking to add Gonzaga olympic sports but is afraid because they don't have FBS football, we can be their football-only fill in, albeit possibly a temporary one depending on the future of the Big12, etc. But for the Pac12, this is a reasonable solution to a rapid crisis...
I think you are missing the legal argument here presented by FSU which is that they aren’t beholden to contracts because they are a state body.
I'm not missing anything. The GOR, as I understand it, was created as an attempt to stop the constant breaking of contracts by university ADs.
But if FSU wins their case in these grounds- it presents the notion that the state of FL never has to honor any contracts of any kind. That means they can break a three year contract to provide cheddar cheese to public schools in Orlando or whatever. In college football it means apple, fox, nbc, espn, amazon, whatever should have no faith in their next deal. Yikes.
The rumor I read says Memphis and Tulane may be targets.
And thery will have our administrators fly out west to make another presentation and they say no thanks.Insider's notebook: What we're hearing on Shedeur Sanders' NFL stock, next moves for the Pac-12
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One potential wild card option that one Pac 12 administrator believes would make sense to take a look at: UConn. The Big 12 has tried and failed multiple times now to get its membership on board with adding the school that has won the last two national championships in men's basketball. UConn doesn't make sense geographically and it feels unlikely it'd leave the Big East for this rebuilt version of the Pac-12, but that Pac-12 administrator sees value in at least exploring UConn as a possible addition.
"Who knows what they're going to do," that administrator said, "but they have a lot to offer, a lot to offer with an improving football program and obviously the best basketball program over the last 3-4 years in the country."
Well sovereign immunity is a powerful argument. It is essentially, I can do what I want.
Come on, fball has been historically bad. You get that offer you count your blessings and take it without a second thought. Short of the b10 calling or maybe possibly the b12 finally coming to their senses you aren't doing better. Both are unlikely and the pac-6 or 12 or whatever throwing a life raft to uconn fball only is more than they deserve. Your scenario is great cause it comes with the Added bonus of keeping bball in the BE and a chance to improve fball with some solid fball conference mates.
Yeah, but from time to time you'll see a state settle with someone who filed a grievance against them (due to state troopers/state administration/whatever abusing/misusing their authority) because basically they realize they should provide settlement.
