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Post by lionsfan on Jul 30, 2020 18:58:42 GMT -5
Oh yay. Rutgers. Again.
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Post by donut on Jul 30, 2020 19:00:59 GMT -5
You have bigger issues than Rutgers in that conference.
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Post by beachindoor on Jul 30, 2020 19:04:54 GMT -5
Florida wouldn't be too happy with their conference schedule -- too weak compared to the SEC
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Post by kimdc on Jul 30, 2020 19:34:39 GMT -5
This is what you get from a dude that doesn't understand that there's more to colleges than sports. Like education.
Pac-12 has a very long and public commitment to Tier 1 research institutions. Arizona is one. Colorado is one. Utah is one. ASU is one. Those schools are not interested in being in a mid-major conference with inferior educational institutions, no major recruiting grounds and few major media markets. And I doubt very seriously that the others in the conference are interested in adding mid-major schools, some of which are not Tier 1, either.
Forde is delusional.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jul 30, 2020 19:55:22 GMT -5
This is what you get from a dude that doesn't understand that there's more to colleges than sports. Like education. Pac-12 has a very long and public commitment to Tier 1 research institutions. Arizona is one. Colorado is one. Utah is one. ASU is one. Those schools are not interested in being in a mid-major conference with inferior educational institutions, no major recruiting grounds and few major media markets. And I doubt very seriously that the others in the conference are interested in adding mid-major schools, some of which are not Tier 1, either. Forde is delusional. He’s not delusional at all, he knows this is generating lots of clicks and will likely land him segments on the sports talk circuit. Forde has been on the college sports beat for a long, long time, he knows that, for instance, the California Pac 12 schools would never agree to a conference that included Fresno State (or Hawaii, for that matter). But at a time when there is very little to discuss on the college football front, he has managed to get people to talk about college football.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Jul 30, 2020 20:06:52 GMT -5
This is what you get from a dude that doesn't understand that there's more to colleges than sports. Like education. Pac-12 has a very long and public commitment to Tier 1 research institutions. Arizona is one. Colorado is one. Utah is one. ASU is one. Those schools are not interested in being in a mid-major conference with inferior educational institutions, no major recruiting grounds and few major media markets. And I doubt very seriously that the others in the conference are interested in adding mid-major schools, some of which are not Tier 1, either. Forde is delusional. Anything but....Pat Forde is one of the most knowledgeable reporters out there. His Yahoo Sports updates are near-legendary for animated and accurate reporting.
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Post by azvb on Jul 30, 2020 21:11:42 GMT -5
Rocky Mountain. They used the secondary logo (the "sailor cougar??") Duh. My bad
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 23:56:22 GMT -5
The state of Michigan is a bit confusing with EMU being in the Midwest, even though it’s a hundred miles southeast of a school in the Mideast?
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Jul 31, 2020 1:25:19 GMT -5
Tbph, as a lifelong Pac-10/-12 guy, there is no way on God's Earth that Fresno State, Nevada, S.D. State and/or Hawai'i would ever get a sniff from the established PAC schools in FB!
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Post by vbcoltrane on Jul 31, 2020 9:35:42 GMT -5
This is what you get from a dude that doesn't understand that there's more to colleges than sports. Like education. Pac-12 has a very long and public commitment to Tier 1 research institutions. Arizona is one. Colorado is one. Utah is one. ASU is one. Those schools are not interested in being in a mid-major conference with inferior educational institutions, no major recruiting grounds and few major media markets. And I doubt very seriously that the others in the conference are interested in adding mid-major schools, some of which are not Tier 1, either. Forde is delusional. As someone said upthread, I highly doubt Forde believes this could happen. But, it will get clicks and start discussion.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2020 10:28:14 GMT -5
If it wasn't painfully obvious: this is click-bait.
Nothing gets "free" clicks like realignment and pre-season rankings. You can be absolutely, unequivocally, completely, totally wrong. Year after year. And each new year, you can throw something out there, on these topics, and get clicks.
That is all.
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Post by nothingbutcorn on Jul 31, 2020 10:38:01 GMT -5
I agree this will get views. But with CV19 this could be the thing that forces a change. We already have seen if we have a fall season it will be conference only in most cases. If fall is a no go and then spring doesn't happen or gets shutdown then it could speed things up to force a change. As they say, money talks. Without that money then tough choices need to be made.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 31, 2020 10:42:25 GMT -5
The only thing keeping conferences stable in recent years are long-term media deals (that have led to some very harsh terms for teams that bail). If media deals get torn up for lack of a season or cable company insolvency, it could turn into a wild, Wild West.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jul 31, 2020 10:48:29 GMT -5
Hard pass.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jul 31, 2020 18:41:55 GMT -5
Why can't I find Bowling Green on there?
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