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Exit 4 said:
But if we stumble in this thing like we stumbled in the AAC then our B12/ACC candidacy takes another back seat. I see this P12 football only thing as the backup QB everyone wants off the bench.

We run a 55M deficit, adding a net 5M after travel isn't going to matter if we can't compete and/or generate local fan interest. This conf wont be much better than the AAC at the time we played in the AAC....and our fan base hated that (todays AAC is much worse, granted).

Rural OR, rural WA, Idaho, Fresno and rural Utah....yeah - one helleva special tour....definitely better than most other options out there. Definitely something special to offer.

I respect you and @UConnDan97 - so I don't plan to keep this going.
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I don't see any way this impedes our efforts at getting into the ACC or Big XII. That doesn't make any sense.

People hated the AAC because of basketball. This doesn't have that problem.
 
Exit 4 said:
But if we stumble in this thing like we stumbled in the AAC then our B12/ACC candidacy takes another back seat. I see this P12 football only thing as the backup QB everyone wants off the bench.

We run a 55M deficit, adding a net 5M after travel isn't going to matter if we can't compete and/or generate local fan interest. This conf wont be much better than the AAC at the time we played in the AAC....and our fan base hated that (todays AAC is much worse, granted).

Rural OR, rural WA, Idaho, Fresno and rural Utah....yeah - one helleva special tour....definitely better than most other options out there. Definitely something special to offer.

I respect you and @UConnDan97 - so I don't plan to keep this going.
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Your first mistake was respecting me... ;)
 
ZooCougar said:
We need bowl tie ins and something to play for. Independence is an infertile rocky place where our seed can find no purchase.
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I feel like that is exactly what everyone said when we left the AAC to become independent. And the AAC we left is about the same quality as this proposed conf.
 
I don't think anyone would argue that joining the ACC or Big12 as a full member is not a better situation than joining Pac12 as a football-only (or full member for that matter).

But our phone isn't ringing right now. Is joining the PAC12 as a football-only a better situation than being independent in football? I really think it is... just my opinion...
 
UConnDan97 said:
I don't think anyone would argue that joining the ACC or Big12 as a full member is a better situation than joining Pac12 as a football-only (or full member for that matter).

But our phone isn't ringing right now. Is joining the PAC12 as a football-only a better situation than being independent in football? I really think it is... just my opinion...
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It's literally a no brainer if the money makes sense
 
JMick said:
We left the AAC because of basketball..
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Yep....but it certainly was convenient that we stunk it up in football and the fanbase was completely apathetic. Completely. I see no difference here....
 
JMick said:
We left the AAC because of basketball..
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That and the timing was perfect as in "paid in full" from our old BE. The money factor was around $105 mil in exit fees split by Uconn, Cincy and USF. paid out over 6 years IIRC. Kinda like the bigger warchest the PAC 2 is playing with now as they try to re-tool.
 
If we are smart, we are rooting for UNLV to make the leap and everyone else to stay put. Then the Pac-12 likely adds Gonzaga for Olympics and us for football.

This is the kind of schedule I would want to see:

1. BC
2. @ Syracuse
3. Ole Miss
4. @ UNC
5. @ SDSU
6. CSU
7. @ Boise State
8. UNLV
9. @ Utah State
10. Fresno State
11. @ Oregon State
12. Washington State
 
shizzle787 said:
If we are smart, we are rooting for UNLV to make the leap and everyone else to stay put. Then the Pac-12 likely adds Gonzaga for Olympics and us for football.

This is the kind of schedule I would want to see:

1. BC
2. @ Syracuse
3. Ole Miss
4. @ UNC
5. @ SDSU
6. CSU
7. @ Boise State
8. UNLV
9. @ Utah State
10. Fresno State
11. @ Oregon State
12. Washington State
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by "Ole Miss" you mean Richmond?
 
JMick said:
It's literally a no brainer if the money makes sense
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Yep....." show me the money" if they are scrambling for 10 with all the no's from AAC schools. Uconn's future schedules doesn't mean the new PAC-12 has all the leverage, despite what most of those west coast Uconn FB haters think. Indy schedule is more than fine.... minus the $$$

 
shizzle787 said:
I mean Ole Miss, the school we have a home and home with in 26/27.
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yeah, fair enough, i'm being snippy tonight, i need to back off... but that being said I would expect a 1-AA on our schedule regardless.

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Being in a west coast league would be so very weird

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Supposedly both the P? and the MWC are both stuck at 7 and thus both in limbo. I expect the P? to win out, it'll be interesting to see who bolts.
 
Exit 4 said:
I feel like that is exactly what everyone said when we left the AAC to become independent. And the AAC we left is about the same quality as this proposed conf.
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It wasn’t the AAC’s fault we sucked. It was UConn’s fault. The people that run the school don’t get football. And our clueless boosters hired Randy off of his couch.
 
Patman said:
Supposedly both the P? and the MWC are both stuck at 7 and thus both in limbo.
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Fair to say a damaged MWC potentially reorganizing with San Jose State, New Mexico, Nevada Reno, Wyoming, and maybe football only Hawaii might not be a winner.
 
ZooCougar said:
I'd be shocked if they got close to $10M. They are looking at AAC level money.
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Gburyhusky said:
This will be an unpopular take here but needs to be said: if we are really looking at football only somewhere (highly skeptical that it ever happens), the AAC is a better fit than the PAC.
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AAC didn’t want us FB only, correct? All or nothing??
 
Blades said:
Yep....." show me the money" if they are scrambling for 10 with all the no's from AAC schools. Uconn's future schedules doesn't mean the new PAC-12 has all the leverage, despite what most of those west coast Uconn FB haters think. Indy schedule is more than fine.... minus the $$$

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Because it is getting harder and harder to schedule games especially in Oct and Nov with many conferences going to 9 conference games.

With the Pac-12, we would get at minimal 8 games scheduled each year. In addition, a share of FB only payout from the Pac-12 will be much more than what we are getting now as an independent.
 
UConnDan97 said:
I don't think anyone would argue that joining the ACC or Big12 as a full member is not a better situation than joining Pac12 as a football-only (or full member for that matter).

But our phone isn't ringing right now. Is joining the PAC12 as a football-only a better situation than being independent in football? I really think it is... just my opinion...
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I think it's definitely better than being independent. Scheduling would be easier, you have a conference championship to play for and a CFP autobid. Even without the money it's better than what we've got.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Absolutely. Rotate men's and women's basketball split a home and away with PAC teams every year ('25 men home/women away, '26 you flip, for example). Would love to play Oregon St and Gonzaga in baseball, too.
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I'd be in Corvallis in a heartbeat for all the games.
 
JMick said:
Yeah it's not like we need to keep playing games in the north east for recruiting... We don't want to lock down this footprint. We'd still be getting six home games, it's not like that would change.

Utah State - H
Fresno State- A
Boise State - H
San Diego State - A
Oregon State - H
Washington State - A
Colorado State - H
UNLV - A
UMass - H
Buffalo - A
Temple - H
BC - A

Is that travel really that bad? Is having 3 games in the region of Southern California really a bad thing?
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Schedule two west coast away games in a row and stay there in between games.
 
please don't shoot me, but in a future conference home scenario for us, i still want to see us set up an annual game with umass. we have been indy brothers, and as they improve i would like us to ride together
 
Kembafan said:
I think it's definitely better than being independent. Scheduling would be easier, you have a conference championship to play for and a CFP autobid. Even without the money it's better than what we've got.
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Not sure the auto bid will be there, but there Shd be auto bowl tie ins, which is a step forward.
 

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