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Tufts? I was surprised it’s not higher, but top 20 vet school.Colorado will remain popular with CA kids, even if they leave. It was before they joined the Pac. It was always appealing to many of the midwestern kids. If you are a bit "granola" or like skiing, nature or the mountains, it's probably on your radar. Also a tremendous live music scene and Denver is popular. Of all the (potential) Big XII schools, it probably would benefit the most from having UConn join. I think Boulder would be appealing to a lot of New England kids.
It will be interesting to see what happens to admissions if UConn joins. People who actually visit Lawrence to see a game might find KU appealing, probably #2 behind Colorado. I can see New England kids going to Iowa State and K-State vet schools, as the northeast sucks for veterinary medicine outside of Cornell and both are very good. I think Baylor and TCU are a tough sell for heavily Catholic New England kids. OK State...I don't see it attracting much attention. BYU is what it is. Texas Tech? Lubbock isn't helping, nor that it's not that strong in engineering.
He needs to head down to Virgin Islands.Utah's AD sounds like UConn's when stuff was going down.
I think the frustration is because GK and the Pac 12 have set their own deadlines and deliverables, and not met them.A lot of sports reporters showing that they should stick to sports and not report about business. Kliavkoff's statement was pretty clear. Anyone that wants is welcome to think he and the rest of the Pac 12 are crazy for how they are handling the media contract, but demanding details of a media deal that is still being negotiated, and then getting upset when he doesn't provide them, is a sign that the sports reporters are the ones out of their depth.
Yeah, Tufts is good. But expensive as hell. Many vet students who have an interest in large animals end up at big midwestern or southern state schools. As for BYU, yep, it will appeal to those folks wherever they are. Conference isn’t a selling point for them in any way really.Tufts? I was surprised it’s not higher, but top 20 vet school.
Lots of Mormons in New England too. Didn’t they just build Temple in Avon or Farmington in the past 10 years?
It was a tweet w/ a dead link… no conspiracy.Uh-oh.
Medic posts a tweet and it gets pulled.
My guess is it was either very good news for us or very bad news.
OKIt was a tweet w/ a dead link… no conspiracy.
The Autonomous 5 is the official designation. The P5 is a media creation. With the playoff taking the top 6 conferences, don't be surprised if you see A5 a lot more.....A5? Did he mean P5 or is that something completely different I've never heard before?
Washington and Oregon aren't going anywhere because the Big 10 does not want them. The Big 10 wants Notre Dame and North Carolina, and the conference will wait for them, especially as the SEC is no hurry to expand themselves.Bottom line is the PAC is flying chicken with the media buyers while it’s got one foot on a banana peel trying to pull a lifeline out of the hat. Only a matter of time before Washington and Oregon bolt. Any PAC President sticking around for the inevitable culling like the Donner party deserves what’s coming. If there was ever a case that academicians don’t have any business sense this is it. You take the certain good money in a viable conference.
Going to disagree with you here, at least a bit. I do believe the Big10 wants at least Washington and probably Oregon as well, but will not take them until others leave the PAC and it’s not viable anymore. I know it’s BS as they took the LA schools, but that’s the way I have heard. The Big12 has to pull from the PAC 1st.Washington and Oregon aren't going anywhere because the Big 10 does not want them. The Big 10 wants Notre Dame and North Carolina, and the conference will wait for them, especially as the SEC is no hurry to expand themselves.
In short, I agree with @dayooper but the B1G knows they aren't going anywhere. Neither would go to the Big XII. B1G can take them whenever it wants, so yes, probably going to see how it goes with the LA schools.I think USC and UCLA have to be fully integrated into the B1G first before the B1G goes West again. Get all the kinks worked out around scheduling and see how it will play out if/when any more western schools are added. I don't think anything depends on other teams leaving for the Big 12. At the same time, the PAC better add SDSU and SMU (or whoever they decide to add) in the next few years to help make up for the loss of any future team(s) to the B1G if the B1G does come calling again. Integrating USC and UCLA buys the PAC some time to add teams now and help lessen the shock of losing any other top brands to the B1G if that does happen a few years down the road.
I think USC and UCLA have to be fully integrated into the B1G first before the B1G goes West again. Get all the kinks worked out around scheduling and see how it will play out if/when any more western schools are added. I don't think anything depends on other teams leaving for the Big 12. At the same time, the PAC better add SDSU and SMU (or whoever they decide to add) in the next few years to help make up for the loss of any future team(s) to the B1G if the B1G does come calling again. Integrating USC and UCLA buys the PAC some time to add teams now and help lessen the shock of losing any other top brands to the B1G if that does happen a few years down the road.
Pretty sure media deals going forward will be based on actual viewers. Schools will have to carry their own weight vs. getting paid (RU) simply because they are in the P2.The Big 10 has a 2 year window before everyone else finds out what the Big 10 schools already know. Their last deal is the all-time high for a traditional linear deal, and going forward, the majority of revenue will switch to direct. In a market where schools are paid on performance and not on tradition, the Big 10 is in big trouble.
How long after that will it be before Michigan and Ohio State start cutting the dead weight?
I've been thinking if the northwestern issues were happening 4 years from now they would be in OMG levels of trouble with their program and the B10 would be looking for ways to cut them loose.The Big 10 has a 2 year window before everyone else finds out what the Big 10 schools already know. Their last deal is the all-time high for a traditional linear deal, and going forward, the majority of revenue will switch to direct. In a market where schools are paid on performance and not on tradition, the Big 10 is in big trouble.
How long after that will it be before Michigan and Ohio State start cutting the dead weight?