New PAC-12 Forming

[UConn Dan]

 

[Dooooooomed]

Yes please to the Pacific Atlantic Conference.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Yes please to the Pacific Atlantic Conference.

I saw on Twitter it's the "Pacific And Connecticut-12"

 

[UConn Dan]

 

[jostar1]

Credit to Memphis for trying to get creative.

 

[KryHavok]

Yes please to the Pacific Atlantic Conference.

How about PAC = Please Accept Connecticut, eh eh? Alright, forget I mentioned it.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

This sounds…familiar

 

[WrenchFan69]

Hard pass but credit to them for trying

 

[jostar1]

Wow, what a take down of the PAC.

Pac-12 might be resurrected, but former power conference is no longer as relevant
Dan Wolken
USA TODAY

"But that plan is going to be limited by another reality: Memphis, one consultant told USA TODAY Sports, is not valued by TV rights holders significantly more than, say, Utah State. And Oregon State and Washington State, the two original Pac-12 leftovers who decided to bring the conference back, aren’t valued much more than Memphis.

In other words, the new Pac-12 was not going to be a power conference no matter which of the potential members jumped in. And the notion of a $12 million per member payday, which had been the carrot for a school like Memphis (currently making around $8-9 million in the AAC) was merely theoretical and based on calculations from the Pac-12’s paid consultants that few people across the college sports industry actually believed.

But if that’s the end result for Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould, we have to ask: What was this all for?

A conference of Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, Washington State, Utah State and UNLV is…essentially the same league that those schools just decided to leave, albeit without a few bottom-feeders.

But if television networks were paying roughly $5 million to those schools when they were Mountain West members, what exactly is the case for doubling that for the same product under the Pac-12 banner?

That’s why, across college sports, this entire Pac-12 play has been viewed as bizarre and nonsensical.

Pac-12 might be resurrected, but former power conference is no longer as relevant

The zombie Pac-12 was resurrected, then it ran into an opposing force that we haven’t seen too often in college sports: Common sense.

www.usatoday.com

 

[GoConn]

Memphis would be a great add to the Big East.

 

[huskymedic]

Wow, what a take down of the PAC.

Pac-12 might be resurrected, but former power conference is no longer as relevant
Dan Wolken
USA TODAY

"But that plan is going to be limited by another reality: Memphis, one consultant told USA TODAY Sports, is not valued by TV rights holders significantly more than, say, Utah State. And Oregon State and Washington State, the two original Pac-12 leftovers who decided to bring the conference back, aren’t valued much more than Memphis.

In other words, the new Pac-12 was not going to be a power conference no matter which of the potential members jumped in. And the notion of a $12 million per member payday, which had been the carrot for a school like Memphis (currently making around $8-9 million in the AAC) was merely theoretical and based on calculations from the Pac-12’s paid consultants that few people across the college sports industry actually believed.

But if that’s the end result for Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould, we have to ask: What was this all for?

A conference of Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, Washington State, Utah State and UNLV is…essentially the same league that those schools just decided to leave, albeit without a few bottom-feeders.

But if television networks were paying roughly $5 million to those schools when they were Mountain West members, what exactly is the case for doubling that for the same product under the Pac-12 banner?

That’s why, across college sports, this entire Pac-12 play has been viewed as bizarre and nonsensical.

Pac-12 might be resurrected, but former power conference is no longer as relevant

The zombie Pac-12 was resurrected, then it ran into an opposing force that we haven’t seen too often in college sports: Common sense.

www.usatoday.com

Wolken is carrying someone’s water… he was responsible for this line the other day:

“At Memphis, arguably the most attractive school not currently in a power conference, there is clearly some intrigue about the new Pac-12, which would theoretically provide a more attractive group of opponents in both football and basketball. But there are also concerns, according to people familiar with the thinking of school officials.

 

[UConn Dan]

Twitter is on one tonight lol

 

[UConn Dan]

 

[cellocgg]

it's just one big ocean if you think about it

 

[NH Husky]

Shoot. That dont sound too bad for me I’ve got family in Memphis and family and property in Fort Collins. And Vegas is always fun. Get Airforce too.
At least until the ACC wises up

 

[UCFBfan]

Not true on UNLV and Nevada. That rumor was squashed a few days ago.

Not so sure about that:

Utah State joining Pac-12, UNLV exploring options in realignment saga

The conference has already received a commitment from Utah State and sent to UNLV an offer to join the league, sources tell Yahoo Sports.

sports.yahoo.com

I thought it was not true as well but in the article I read earlier tonight it mentioned it. It made it sound like it was still a possible thing....

The pool of candidates is shrinking for the Pac-12 and the Mountain West. UNLV’s situation in Nevada is an interesting one. The Nevada System of Higher Education and its board of regents governs both schools and must approve decisions related to conference affiliation. The current governor of the state, Joe Lombardo, is a graduate of UNLV. The president of University of Nevada-Reno, Brian Sandoval, is a two-term governor of the state who holds respect and power among the regents.

 

[ZooCougar]

it's just one big ocean if you think about it

The Pac 12 could do an awesome parody of the the B1G commercial with a map like this.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

If Pac12 get Utah State, UNLV, Zags for BB only, UConn for FB only, they end up with 9 FB schools with 4 home and 4 away balanced schedule.

This won't be too bad for UConn football.

 

[Exit 4]

already posted on the key tweets thread....but here goes again

 

[UConn Dan]

already posted on the key tweets thread....but here goes again

Gonzaga and UConn 9th team

 

[Blades]

Well I already know the an$wer, but did ask the que$tion....on future/ partial schedules (still have a Purdue game too).

 

[metsfan2323]

If Pac12 get Utah State, UNLV, Zags for BB only, UConn for FB only, they end up with 9 FB schools with 4 home and 4 away balanced schedule.

This won't be too bad for UConn football.

Definitely a big improvement. We would have to listen and probably accept unless something else was imminent.

 

[Kolumbo]

I want to see the AAC survive as the top G5 conference for some reason. But if it splinters, I say:

To the Big East and PAC for Football Only:
UConn
USF
Temple
Memphis

4 Large state U's in the East and they can always bring along a couple Texas schools. Temple did beat Utah State this weekend after all.

 

[WestHartHusk]

I want to see the AAC survive as the top G5 conference for some reason. But if it splinters, I say:

To the Big East and PAC for Football Only:
UConn
USF
Temple
Memphis

4 Large state U's in the East and they can always bring along a couple Texas schools. Temple did beat Utah State this weekend after all.

You forgot to add /s (I hope)

 

[metsfan2323]

Credit to Memphis for trying to get creative.

The Big East should swallow hard and consider it. Louisville was once in the Big East and nobody got hurt. There are no more rules anymore so there is no need to worry about Memphis cheating. Maybe it eventually leads to a basketball merger for the Big East and PAC schools, that's how you get Gonzaga in the Big East.