I know a Cal alum, and we were discussing this. I can see Cal and their cadre of profs who hate athletics saying let UCLA go and they stay put. Will be an interesting dynamic to see the State of California does not try to block it if Cal is willing to go along or just stays put. Cal used to have a rich athletic history, but lately, they have been middling. Maybe @rucoe89 has a different opinion or could add something here. This is just my opinion, which could be right or dead wrong.
Also a major travel hub, since apparently everyone’s worried about logistics.
You owe Kevin Warren an apology. We will wait.
You're going to be waiting an awfully long time. However, I did give the guy credit for today about six hours ago; USC and UCLA are home runs.
I agree that could be it if ND has a way out. I’m not sure if they do or not depending on how accurate that Dinich tweet was.
Georgia Tech definitely one of the last choices. But they get the nod for AAU school and top notch academics which all the others have. This was Delany's old dream, contiguous Big Ten schools from Minnesota to Georgia. But now with the SoCal schools on board, they're probably just a filler to even out the divisions. I'd rank them slightly ahead of Colorado but not by much.
Cal-Berk is one of the top public universities in the entire country. Bringing Stanford and Cal locks up the 6th largest tv market in the US (San Fran, Oakland and San Jose).
16 is unwieldly too. I mentioned last year nothing magic about 16. If you're going to be transformational and become national be bold and go big to around 20-24. You're longing for nostalgia and it's unfortunate those days are gone. If you're going to move forward in the modern era then do it in a big way that makes you an ultra premium sports property....no half measures. The world is what it is and you have to figure out the best way t operate in the circumstances as they are not what you want them to be.
Heard 6 schools have initiated 2 way discussions. Reached out to buddy at Allen &co. He is usually dialed in to this stuff.4 from PAC (Stanford Cal, Oregon and UW)and 2 from another conference (assuming ACC ) he would not say.
Once you get to 18 you might as well go to 20 and once you go to 20 you might as well go to 24. Add Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Arizona. ND, UNC, and UVa. Then one of Stanford, Georgia Tech, and Kansas depending on what the other teams being invited require.
For sure...I'm sure a lot of this stuff has already been done since last year and maybe more closely now. I mentioned in the media rights threat Fox has been bold in the sports rights biz since their days getting into the NFL. Lately it's been CFB and Big Noon and the idea of being the key partner (also 61% owner of the BTN) of the the only national CFB conference in the country has to be appealing for them to break into this arena in a really big way. Since last year Texas/OU move I said be bold and pioneer something that hasn't been done before and I think that's what Fox is doing. The schools that want to leave push the first domino but it's Fox and whatever other media companies that knock down the succeeding dominoes. I wouldn't be surprised if they've already done some at least preliminary analysis since last year's Texas/OU move of what schools can add the most value to a national B10 conference.
Here you go, that's what I've been saying. I'm sure they know exactly who they want next and it's just the timing and when ND makes a move one way or the other.
Only if the additions are additive to the current member's revenue cut. No school will vote to make less money.
Whatever the scenario, if Fox (and to a lesser degree other networks) will pay for a school(s) it will happen. If not then it won't. Other than ND, the rest is kind of educated guess work.
