Pac 12 Divisions

[Wheels]

Looks like they wont be doing a zipper format (which I prefer for obvious reasons) But they will be looking for a north and South. A compromise is being discussed with Cal and Stanford being in the North and Utah and Colorado being in the South. That would make things a little better for the North schools.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5677006

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

This is gonna hurt Oregon State.... A lot

 

[Wheels]

This is gonna hurt Oregon State.... A lot

Hopefully the guarantee of going down to California at least once a year (Cal and Stanford) would help alleviate that with recruits. And they will probably at least play UCLA and USC on their grounds at least once in the other years I would assume. Like at least once every 2 years, maybe 3.

 

[THE HCP]

I don't like this at all! It is bullshit.

 

[Natebishop3]

Makes you wonder what they would have done if they had gotten all those Big 12 schools...

 

[MrJayremmie]

You need to split up the LA schools. Obviously have USC and Oregon split as well.

Give the north a Cal or Stanford, and then UCLA and I'd be much happier. The cali schools can still keep their rivalries.

 

[Wheels]

looking more and more likely

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/10/oregon_ducks_rundown_it_looks.html

What if though... its like a Big XII or SEC where I believe only Divisional games count towards getting to the Conference game? I mean if the Title game was in So Cal every year.. thats a pretty good chance of getting a game down their quite often. Sorry to Professional Fan but I dont think UW will be as good as Oregon for a while. this will offende some OSU people here I'm sure, but same with them. That leaves Stanford and Cal.

 

[Wheels]

but yes if this is how it turns out... NW Schools were better off before.

 

[Cake]

This is gonna hurt Oregon State.... A lot

Not nearly as much as you think.

First of all, there will be unbalanced revenue sharing. Oregon State is sacrificing quite a bit, it's true...but an extra 6-10 million per year to 'sacrifice' up in the north division will help our program a lot.

Second, how much does Mike Riley REALLY recruit Southern Cal? Check our 11 commitments for 2011. One kid from California. (De La Salle in the Bay Area) Besides, we're not going head to head with USC very often for recruits. We recruit kids other programs don't necessarily go after for the most part. We hit Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Utah and lately Texas and Oklahoma. I think the added exposure in Utah and Colorado might help us recruit some kids we wouldn't have otherwise been able to get to in years past.

I think it sucks to lose the traditional games against USC and UCLA, but there are some benefits.

 

[bigbailes]

I agree with ted miller of espn, if they keep the 5-2-2 format than you will see equal revenue sharing.

 

[julius]

Why didn't they just keep it as 1 conference, returning to the round robin schedule? Play 10 games a year, instead of 9.

Or just play 11 games and only 2 non conference games?

Or 11 games and 3 non-conf games?