Pac 12... 11... 10... 9... 8... 7...6...5...4... POOF!

[Natebishop3]

 

[Natebishop3]

 

[Strenuus]

Just come to a fucking conclusion so you can continue to bilk people out of money.

 

[Natebishop3]

 

[Shaboid]

Alright, this rollercoaster is getting out of hand. I'm with Sly, where's the NCAA?

The ACC and PAC could actually be pretty cool. Coast to Coast and it could be argued they match up pretty well top to bottom, at least for football. Idk, sounds like a pipe dream.

 

[Natebishop3]

 

[Natebishop3]

 

[Natebishop3]

 

[Natebishop3]

 

[wizenheimer]

It feels like UO and UW are just trying to leverage the big 10 into more money.

there could be some of that going on, but I think the roller-coaster of leaks is coming from two directions:

1) the schools desperate to keep the PAC together (mainly OSU and WSU, and perhaps Utah) & the ASU president, and others like him, have been talking on the down low to reporters and bloggers all night trying to monkey-wrench Arizona/ASU to Big-12, and more importantly, UofO/UofW to BIG

2) ESPN (notice how many of these supposed 'rumors are coming from ESPN affiliated reporters) because ESPN is desperate to keep FOX from controlling 2/3 of Power-5 media

 

[wizenheimer]

this also could boil down to one primary factor: the BIG was trying to get Oregon/Washington at way too big a discount. Those two schools aren't Rutgers or Maryland; they have media gravity and impact

 

[Natebishop3]

this also could boil down to one primary factor: the BIG was trying to get Oregon/Washington at way too big a discount. Those two schools aren't Rutgers or Maryland; they have media gravity and impact

That's what it feels like. They made an initial offer (unofficially) and UO and UW were like "nah.... we're going to go somewhere else." It's like we're trying to buy a car.

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[Phatguysrule]

there could be some of that going on, but I think the roller-coaster of leaks is coming from two directions:

1) the schools desperate to keep the PAC together (mainly OSU and WSU, and perhaps Utah) & the ASU president, and others like him, have been talking on the down low to reporters and bloggers all night trying to monkey-wrench Arizona/ASU to Big-12, and more importantly, UofO/UofW to BIG

2) ESPN (notice how many of these supposed 'rumors are coming from ESPN affiliated reporters) because ESPN is desperate to keep FOX from controlling 2/3 of Power-5 media

Good. Then ESPN should come to the table with a deal to supplement the Apple deal to the tune of about an additional $20 million per team, per year. ESPN can air any games it wants but they'll all also be available on Apple streaming.

 

[Tince]

 

[Tince]

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[Phatguysrule]

Damnit.

 

[Shaboid]

So fucked. Sad to see founding members of the conference bail. Pac12 leadership should be drawn and quartered.

 

[blazerfan11]

Good riddance UW and U of O.
I have zero interest watching them play Illinois.
Hope they enjoy the money.

 

[Phatguysrule]

The remnants of the PAC-12 should sue the shit out of USC. I'm not sure how that works... but I fully blame USC for this bullshit.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Time to update the thread title with 7...6...5...4... ?

 

[Natebishop3]

The remnants of the PAC-12 should sue the shit out of USC. I'm not sure how that works... but I fully blame USC for this bullshit.

The USC and the last two moron commissioners.

 

[Natebishop3]

This pretty much sums up this morning

 

[wizenheimer]

Time to update the thread title with 7...6...5...4... ?

Murphy's Law might still monkey-wrench the move. But this does seem about 90% a done deal

 

[Phatguysrule]

The USC and the last two moron commissioners.

Wasn't USC largely the biggest supporters of the last two commissioners?

 

[wizenheimer]

The USC and the last two moron commissioners.

Larry Scott was terrible, but it was bad decisions by university presidents/chancellors that paved the way.

 

[Quatro44]

Wow!