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New PAC-12 Forming

ZooCougar said:
Unintentional consequences…

Just speculation on my part.

If it was you. Please don’t do that again.
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Not a world in which that would have been me. I was forbidden from even speaking on that topic aside from things like “can confirm Thamel is the closest to accurate of all the reports out there.”
 
noeynox said:
Another bunch of idiots. Why sign an anti poaching anything? Should have cobbled whatever schedule you could have for this year before you signed that. I swear college sports are run by the biggest dolts you can find.
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I'd imagine their legal counsel said it was BS, not enforceable and to not worry about it. either that or they dont care about the price and are just doing their due diligence to get out of paying.
 
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The whole All Sports thing is annoying. Hockey is in HE. That's not changing they are in the top league in the country. AAC didn't offer all sports. Field Hockey has Denver in it, if I am correct (or Lacrosse). Football in a conference alone across the country, why not. They always say olympic sports do not add value to the contracts, so why not?
 
BBFGExecDir said:
Not a world in which that would have been me. I was forbidden from even speaking on that topic aside from things like “can confirm Thamel is the closest to accurate of all the reports out there.”
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Thanks
 
PAGS said:
PAC 12 is not ideal…but football needs a home. They need a path. They need a chance at a conference championship. A path into the CFP. If UConn could get in anywhere as a football only member…I say go. Can’t wait for 10pm games on the west coast!
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That’s going to happen in just about every league. ACCcheck, Big 10 check, Big 12 check. But if you get a 3 pm start, it’s 6 pm here. And it isn’t like every game is 10 pm. I. I’d like to think we’d get mostly earlier games to reach UConn viewers.
 
noeynox said:
Just what we need. Another "inside source".
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I don't get this. Are we so hated that any jabroni wants to sprout garbage just to humiliate us? And then we're told we're insecure...WTH???
 
We probably only hear a fraction of all the goings on behind the scenes with Dave Benedict. If the PAC is seriously considering adding UConn for football only, it seems the other G5 would be jumping at the chance too, especially the MAC. Not that UConn should take that, but UConn must have options it is considering.
 
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PAGS said:
PAC 12 is not ideal…but football needs a home. They need a path. They need a chance at a conference championship. A path into the CFP. If UConn could get in anywhere as a football only member…I say go. Can’t wait for 10pm games on the west coast!
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Maximum, 4 away new Pac games, maybe 5 every other season. CSU, Boise, and reportedly Utah State each 2 hours difference in MT. The rest for now in PT.

So, maybe 2 to 3 away games a season potentially slotted in during MT or PT afternoon (2 or 3 ET, or 5 or 6 pm ET). Less likely IMHO, 10 pm ET kickoffs.
 
Zissou said:
Revised with Utah State…

Western Division: 8 full members

Oregon State legacy
Washington State legacy
San Diego State Sep 2024
Fresno State Sep 2024
Boise State Sep 2024
Colorado State Sep 2024
Utah State Sep 2024
UNLV - TBD

Eastern Division, 8 FB affiliates.

Army - Patriot (FB only)
Navy - Patriot (FB only)
UConn - Big East (FB only)
Nova - Big East (FB only)
Temple - A10 (FB only)
UMass - A10 (FB only)
Delaware - A10 (FB only)
USF - A10 (FB only)
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Zis,

If the PAC already has sufficient membership to remain a conference (the eight full members listed above), why would they consider adding another eight football only members?
 
nelsonmuntz said:


What could possibly go wrong after "Hot Take Huskies" said it was a lock?
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Well, it appears that even Hot Take Huskies knows the first rule of realignment, and took his tweet down claiming UConn was a "lock" for the Pac 12.
 
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Waquoit said:
So does this PAC-12 noise make the ACC think differently about UConn? That they won't just be hanging out there?
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I believe the ACC leaders heads are (and have been for years) so far up you know where, that extraction is impossible.
 
UConn Dan said:
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The Pac 12's plan was to sue their way out of a contract they signed a year ago, and Colorado State, Boise State, San Diego State, and Fresno State thought this plan was such a good idea that they joined the league, even though they had to have authorized the same contract that the Pac 12 is now suing to get out of. As a bonus, the Pac 12, until recently a P5 conference, is claiming that the MWC (less the 4 or 5 departing schools) is violating anti-trust law. I look forward to hearing a lawyer argue that the MWC is a monopoly. The MWC doesn't even have a monopoly in the mountain states.

Making this even worse is the reality that UConn is hoping to put its football program in a conference that would do something so obviously stupid.
 
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huskymedic said:
Whattya give me for…

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This must be an incorrect interpretation of Dellenger's story. Dellenger's original story said Gonzaga for basketball and UConn for football only. His latest story says:

"The Pac-12 continues to hold conversations with basketball powers Gonzaga and UConn and is evaluating other options, though UNLV remains the top target." His story says nothing about UConn being a full member.
 
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noeynox said:
Imagine the BB only crowd if this happened?
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We would burn up the BY for sure if we are going PAC12 full membership. That is just a dumb idea. I can see Big 12 but what left of the PAC 12 is a G5 conference with members all on the West Coast. It makes no sense at all.
 
jostar1 said:
The story was updated to say that UConn talked to the PAC about joining as a full member.

"According to Dellenger, the Huskies initially had conversations with the conference about joining as a football-only member but have discussed full-time membership as well.

Dellenger reported Monday that UConn and Gonzaga each discussed joining the conference, with the Bulldogs potentially a basketball-only member, as the Pac-12 continues to rebuild following the exit of 10 of its previous 12 members ahead of this season.

“The Pac-12 continues to hold conversations with basketball powers Gonzaga and UConn and is evaluating other options, though UNLV remains the top target,” Dellenger wrote."



This must be an incorrect interpretation of Dellenger's story. Dellenger's tweet said UConn for football only. His story says:

"The Pac-12 continues to hold conversations with basketball powers Gonzaga and UConn and is evaluating other options, though UNLV remains the top target."
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I don’t think that’s correct since he links to Dellenger’s report that makes no mention of consideration as a full member. Could be wrong but I don’t see any legit source (sorry HC) make any mention of that.
 
jostar1 said:
The story was updated to say that UConn talked to the PAC about joining as a full member.

"According to Dellenger, the Huskies initially had conversations with the conference about joining as a football-only member but have discussed full-time membership as well.

Dellenger reported Monday that UConn and Gonzaga each discussed joining the conference, with the Bulldogs potentially a basketball-only member, as the Pac-12 continues to rebuild following the exit of 10 of its previous 12 members ahead of this season.

“The Pac-12 continues to hold conversations with basketball powers Gonzaga and UConn and is evaluating other options, though UNLV remains the top target,” Dellenger wrote."



This must be an incorrect interpretation of Dellenger's story. Dellenger's tweet said UConn for football only. His story says:

"The Pac-12 continues to hold conversations with basketball powers Gonzaga and UConn and is evaluating other options, though UNLV remains the top target."
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It would be malpractice for the PAC not to at least ask if UConn Had an interest in all-sports membership. I doubt either side expected an affirmative answer. To me the Zags for all sports and us as a football only member, basically filling that piece makes at least reasonable sense short term.
 
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