Pac-12/Big 10/Big 12 Realignment

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[Duck07]

IF UO/UW end up in the B1G, isn't ESPN effectively shut-out of the primary west coast markets?

[pezsez1]

Mood:

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Also,

IF UO/UW end up in the B1G, isn't ESPN effectively shut-out of the primary west coast markets?

Yes. I'm honestly surprised ESPN hasn't upped its game and swooped in with a late linear bid to add least bolster the Apple TV deal. Not only could ESPN be shut out from the west coast and valuable nighttime games, but it could be shut out from the entire California college football market. That would seem like a massive disaster for the network.

[frogsnouts]

Oregon/Washington/Stanford/Cal joining USC and UCLA to create a Western Big Ten is about as perfect as I could've hoped for during realignment. Maintain games against all of those schools, add in fun matchups with Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, etc., and we still have the option to do Oregon State as an OOC game each year too.

Regardless of football, we could at least maintain those Oregon State games with all the other sports (do home and home OOC games each season for things like basketball, run a full weekend series in baseball and softball).

I hate losing the general regionality of college sports, but if that option is on the table I'm pretty much ecstatic at how things panned out for us. Reduced revenue share doesn't matter for us with Phil Knight here to pay the bills too, so I really don't even care about that. Get in with the big league however necessary.

[SuperDuck]

Oregon/Washington/Stanford/Cal joining USC and UCLA to create a Western Big Ten is about as perfect as I could've hoped for during realignment. Maintain games against all of those schools, add in fun matchups with Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, etc., and we still have the option to do Oregon State as an OOC game each year too.

Regardless of football, we could at least maintain those Oregon State games with all the other sports (do home and home OOC games each season for things like basketball, run a full weekend series in baseball and softball).

I hate losing the general regionality of college sports, but if that option is on the table I'm pretty much ecstatic at how things panned out for us. Reduced revenue share doesn't matter for us with Phil Knight here to pay the bills too, so I really don't even care about that. Get in with the big league however necessary.

It would be interesting to see how the schedule worked out. We'd have 5 west coast conference games>

Cal, Stanford, USC, UCLA, UW
3 Non-Conference games
4 additional conference games, 2 at home, 2 on the road.

That seems manageable (Fingers crossed)

[Phalanx]

Kind of wonder how USC and UCLA feel about these reports. The break from the Pac was accomplished largely by pressure from rich donors, and one of the rumored reasons was that they were tired of getting hammered on the recruiting trail by Oregon for kids in their backyard. Imagine going from playing Oregon only once every few years back to every year.

On the other hand, Kim at Dawgman thinks that USC and UCLA are lobbying on behalf of UW and Oregon to get in. So who knows (I don't think Kim has any inside info, so no need to wax on about that).

[SuperDuck]

I could see WSU and OSU losing a lot of players to the transfer portal if they ended up landing in the Mountain West.

It's too, bad. I'd like to see them get to the Big-12 if the rest of the conference collapsed. The Big-12 was willing to take UConn, so it's possible.

[buckmarkduck]

https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/02/b ... l-stanford

[dthomas=ddixon]

Has anyone check in on John Canzano?

[Phalanx]

Not going to believe any of this until John Canzano or Apple TV report it. Those are the only two names I trust.

Maybe Dr. Fauci, but that is absolutely it.

[pezsez1]

Phalanx, why do you feel the need to make right-wing political swipes in a football thread? Take that to out-of-topic. It should be a nice break from talking about that anonymous Florida man being indicted again.

Now, back to things with actual substance.

That SI story is extremely compelling, especially with that second source. An offer would need to take shape fast for this to happen now.

[Alan]

Oregon/Washington/Stanford/Cal joining USC and UCLA to create a Western Big Ten is about as perfect as I could've hoped for during realignment. Maintain games against all of those schools, add in fun matchups with Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, etc., and we still have the option to do Oregon State as an OOC game each year too.

Regardless of football, we could at least maintain those Oregon State games with all the other sports (do home and home OOC games each season for things like basketball, run a full weekend series in baseball and softball).

I hate losing the general regionality of college sports, but if that option is on the table I'm pretty much ecstatic at how things panned out for us. Reduced revenue share doesn't matter for us with Phil Knight here to pay the bills too, so I really don't even care about that. Get in with the big league however necessary.

It would be interesting to see how the schedule worked out. We'd have 5 west coast conference games>

Cal, Stanford, USC, UCLA, UW
3 Non-Conference games
4 additional conference games, 2 at home, 2 on the road.

That seems manageable (Fingers crossed)

I like that scenario!

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Looks like FSU isn't happy in the ACC.

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[pezsez1]

It would be interesting to see how the schedule worked out. We'd have 5 west coast conference games>

Cal, Stanford, USC, UCLA, UW
3 Non-Conference games
4 additional conference games, 2 at home, 2 on the road.

That seems manageable (Fingers crossed)

That is extremely manageable... and a great bonus would be preserving a game with Oregon State. However, that game will lose its luster in a hurry if OSU is relegated to the Mountain West. Lot of people here hate the Beavers, but my grandma was a Beav, my aunt was a Beav, and one of my sisters is a Beav. Another grandma, my brother, and myself are Duck alums. So we've always had a joyously divided family. It kills me to put myself in my sister's shoes right now, watching her team claw its way back from the Gary Anderson dumpster fire to finally competing for conference titles only to potentially see it all crumble in a matter of days.

[StevensTechU]

Laid this out once before, but going to do it again.

Key Players that want to see Oregon in the B1G:
Oregon President, Oregon AD

Maybe pro, maybe neutral:
TV partners (extra inventory from a big brand, but do they need inventory?), most of B1G East, UCLA President, UCLA AD

Against:
B1G West except maybe UCLA because it makes competition tougher and travel expenses increase, USC President and USC AD seem to be a united front against, doormats like Maryland and Rutgers

In order to make it happen, the TV partner(s) will have to come out very in favor of Oregon joining the B1G, and have a conference commissioner favorable of the move.