Breaking!!! PAC 16 - OMG!!!! According to Chip Brown

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blazerboy30 said:
The general idea of getting some big-time schools to join the conference is pretty cool. But the more I think about it, the less interesting it becomes to me.

I really like the fact that every team in the Pac-10 plays every other team, every year. There is no ambiguity about conference strength-of-schedule, and the rivalries develop very well.

With two divisions, each team plays 7 division games. What do they do for their other 4-5 games? They can't play every team in the other division, so you either don't play any of them (and have 4-5 non-conference games, which is lame), or you play different teams by year. This then throws a wrench into the conference record standings.

Am I the only one with hesitation about this move?
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As it is right now, once in a while the schedule gets mucked up.

here is Oregon from '05. http://espn.go.com/ncf/teams/schedule?teamId=2483&year=2005

They didn't play UCLA that year. That said, playing just 3 out of 8 teams at random, isn't that bad. Are you really going to miss playing the Arizona schools?
 
I would imagine OSU would get dropped like a bad habit, but I'm not an alum from either.
 
blazerboy30 said:
Am I the only one with hesitation about this move?
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I'm also concerned about the non-divisional games... but all-in-all I'm very pleased with this going down. I think Texas/OU are huge programs that will add legitamacy to the PAC10 conference and remove some of the east coast bias in college football. The only teams you would stop playing every year are the Ariona's, so strength of schedule would go way up even if there is some vairance from year to year. But our Beavs have had a problem only being able to go on the road to schedule big teams out of conferences, this will allow us to have big games against premium programs at home in Corvallis.
 
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The SEC makes WAY more sense than the PAC 10 if you're the Texas schools
 
westnob said:
As it is right now, once in a while the schedule gets mucked up.

here is Oregon from '05. http://espn.go.com/ncf/teams/schedule?teamId=2483&year=2005
They didn't play UCLA that year.
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I believe they changed the scheduling since 2005 so that now, every team plays every team, every year. I think it was a great move. Previously some teams lucked out by not having to play one of the best teams in the league. It made the conference schedule comparison kind of lame.

westnob said:
That said, playing just 3 out of 8 teams at random, isn't that bad.
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Right. Because playing Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State in one season would be just as hard as playing Texas, Oklahoma and OK State in another state.

westnob said:
Are you really going to miss playing the Arizona schools?
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Kind of. But more of missing the idea of the nice-and-tidy conference scheduling.
 
Wheels said:
did you notice how his schools that seem to be a "lock to go to pac 10 now only say "Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech" No A&M... interesting.
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I'm just glad that UT is allegedly on our side of the split. So who could we replace A&M with? Utah or Kansas, or someone else?
 
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I'm just glad that UT is allegedly on our side of the split. So who could we replace A&M with? Utah or Kansas, or someone else?
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Baylor maybe?
 
blazerboy30 said:
I believe they changed the scheduling since 2005 so that now, every team plays every team, every year. I think it was a great move. Previously some teams lucked out by not having to play one of the best teams in the league. It made the conference schedule comparison kind of lame.

Right. Because playing Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State in one season would be just as hard as playing Texas, Oklahoma and OK State in another state.

Kind of. But more of missing the idea of the nice-and-tidy conference scheduling.
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yeah I agree on your first two points, but hopefully they would generally avoid that. Can you imagine the team that plays OkSU, UT, and TA&M?
 
Here's something that's been bothering me all day. Oklahoma and A&M would like to join the SEC if Texas would go along with it. What if the SEC sent invites to those three and Texas Tech, and they all agreed? Not only would the SEC have their superconference, but the Pac-10 (11?) would be left without much to build on. Assuming the Big Ten fills out, there could be two dominant superconferences in the NCAA rather than four. Maybe three, if the ACC acts quickly. In any case, the Pac-10 could end up further away from the SEC in strength than it was before, and it could be a long term disparity.
 
Chip Brown says this

1) Nebraska will join today

2) The 4 texas and OK schools are still locks (not A&M)

3) Big 12 wont announce anything till next week because of politcal reasons??? he didnt really expand on that

4) If A&M go to the SEC no one from the old big 12 will ever wanna play them

5) If A&M go to the SEC, Pac will look at Kansas or Utah for the 16th spot
 
Good news. Thanks!

I'd rather have Kansas in the Pac 16 over Texas A&M.
 
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