PAC-12 Likely Moving to an 8 Conference Game Schedule

[Dooooooomed]

Meaning they'll each need to add a non-conference game. That's a lot of games to fill in the near future. Many opportunities for quality series.

Pac-12 exploring changes to football schedule, divisions as CFP expansion talks progress, per report

 

[DoctorWho85]

So in other words, they want to just pad their records for better seeding in a 12 team playoff.

 

[History Geek]

So in other words, they want to just pad their records for better seeding in a 12 team playoff.

If it means more opportunities for us and other indies to schedule P5, I'm fine with it.

 

[SubbaBub]

Good move for them. They need some OOC wins to be in the conversation.

Only the SEC, B1G, UT and OU can get by just winning confernce games.

 

[Guapo]

Good move for them. They need some OOC wins to be in the conversation.

Only the SEC, B1G, UT and OU can get by just winning confernce games.

Interesting that you include Texas in that group...not saying it wouldn’t happen, but it hasn’t really come close to happening!

 

[Brochacho]

Good move for them. They need some OOC wins to be in the conversation.

Only the SEC, B1G, UT and OU can get by just winning confernce games.

Clemson?

 

[Pudge]

ahhh Rose Bowl in mid November. TAILGATING on the golf course. Santa Ana winds coming over the San Gabriel mountains as its 80 something but dry with a breeze. My UCLA classmates host my UCONN friends ... as I am a alumnus of both. UCONN win in a wide open ball game (??). Song Girls. U-C-L-A chants. Their Blue Our Blue. Beer. Full weekend leads to a great Dinner (Mexican or Asian) on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.

See guys ... it is not so bad having YOUR stadium 50 minutes from campus

 

[bobbyinaz]

ahhh Rose Bowl in mid November. TAILGATING on the golf course. Santa Ana winds coming over the San Gabriel mountains as its 80 something but dry with a breeze. My UCLA classmates host my UCONN friends ... as I am a alumnus of both. UCONN win in a wide open ball game (??). Song Girls. U-C-L-A chants. Their Blue Our Blue. Beer. Full weekend leads to a great Dinner (Mexican or Asian) on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.

See guys ... it is not so bad having YOUR stadium 50 minutes from campus

Song Girls?? UCLA Grad?

USC Song Girls - Recreational Sports

The USC Song are often referred to as “Ambassadors of the University of Southern California.” Each year, the USC Song learn and perfect new choreography for over thirty high energy routines. The Song perform at all football games, Trojan athletic sporting events, alumni, charitable, University...

recsports.usc.edu

 

[SubbaBub]

Interesting that you include Texas in that group...not saying it wouldn’t happen, but it hasn’t really come close to happening!

If either UT or OU win the B12, they are in and with a top 4 seed. Anyone else gets bumped to 5 or 6.

 

[SubbaBub]

Clemson?

Nope. If they play 9 ACC games and no big OOC win, they get bumped to 5/6 as well.

 

[Guapo]

If either UT or OU win the B12, they are in and with a top 4 seed. Anyone else gets bumped to 5 or 6.

I don’t disagree. I just don’t think we’re close to a situation where it’ll happen

 

[Rich]

Well we need to get USC on the sked, post haste.

GET 'ER DONE, RANDALL.

 

[Pudge]

Well we need to get USC on the sked, post haste.

GET 'ER DONE, RANDALL.

F em. bunch of Orange County

 

[Pudge]

Song Girls?? UCLA Grad?

USC Song Girls - Recreational Sports

The USC Song are often referred to as “Ambassadors of the University of Southern California.” Each year, the USC Song learn and perfect new choreography for over thirty high energy routines. The Song perform at all football games, Trojan athletic sporting events, alumni, charitable, University...

recsports.usc.edu

and really. Is there a more tedious awful music theme than the Trojan crap

 

[DoctorWho85]

Personally I'd prefer to get one of the Arizona's, Oregon or Washington on the schedule. Especially Oregon because it gives me a reason to take a trip there.

 

[Rich]

F em. bunch of Orange County

LOL they will bludgeon UCONN to death. 70 by the 3rd Quarter is not out of the question.

 

[shizzle787]

We should schedule Arizona home and home in football, basketball, and women's basketball.

 

[Jimdish255]

Colorado. Get it done. Plenty of Alum in both directions.

 

[Nostical]

Yes! UC Boulder would be the ideal Pac12 locale for us to gather. Get it done!

 

[Exit 4]

Yes! UC Boulder would be the ideal Pac12 locale for us to gather. Get it done!

Colorado also seems to be the hardest P12 to book. They have no shortage of interested opponents. Everyone wants the relatively easy trip to the front range.

For UConn, sure I would have scheduling preferences for the P12, but I would probably be willing to schedule anyone just to make it happen. My preference order:
Stanford!
Colorado
UCLA
USC
Utah
Arizona
Arizona St
Washington
Washington St
Oregon St
Cal
Oregon <--okay, I dont feel like getting crushed by the Nike super fund team.

 

[Guapo]

Obviously not PAC, but geographically relevant; it’s still annoying we haven’t signed a long term deal with BYU yet

 

[Pudge]

This beautifully points out the strength of the exit from the AAC. With the right mix of stadium, great schedule, a solid Public University well positioned in the region ... opportunities arise that give us a better path. We will be better positioned for Pac 12 games or ACC ... as UCONN. rather than UMASS or Liberty or other. It is a better Brand to bring in.

 

[Exit 4]

Obviously not PAC, but geographically relevant; it’s still annoying we haven’t signed a long term deal with BYU yet

Fingers crossed we have a two or four game set up that hasn't been finalized because we both view each other as plugs.

 

[Guapo]

This beautifully points out the strength of the exit from the AAC. With the right mix of stadium, great schedule, a solid Public University well positioned in the region ... opportunities arise that give us a better path. We will be better positioned for Pac 12 games or ACC ... as UCONN. rather than UMASS or Liberty or other. It is a better Brand to bring in.

Right. There’s just also just a certain caché that comes with being a “University of...” flagship school.

We are certainly a better brand than UMass, and I think I’ve talked about this here before; as a Georgia season ticket holder, I can confirm there was definitely more buzz in the stadium when they brought in UMass a couple years ago rather than the usual Middle Tennessee State or Southwest Louisiana or someone like that in that cupcake slot.

Basically, all thats to say I agree UConn can leverage its brand to produce better schedules than what we had in the AAC and the proof is really already in the pudding

 

[hardcorehusky]

Right. There’s just also just a certain caché that comes with being a “University of...” flagship school.

We are certainly a better brand than UMass, and I think I’ve talked about this here before; as a Georgia season ticket holder, I can confirm there was definitely more buzz in the stadium when they brought in UMass a couple years ago than the usual Middle Tennessee State or Southwest Louisiana or someone like that in that cupcake slot.

Basically, all thats to say I agree UConn can leverage its brand to produce better schedules than what we had in the AAC and the proof is really already in the pudding

This was a big part of the premise regarding scheduling for football. Local teams people wanted to see plus bigger name teams because of the UConn brand. We are in our infancy and look at the schedule. As time moves on, scheduling will look even better.