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Brian M's avatar

The difference with the CA schools is Cal still is funded at P5 levels just like UCLA. OSU and WSU will be lucky to get MWC kind of money which will make the differential over $100M with Oregon. Do you really think the two teams will have anything close to equal talent and other resources? I have watched Div 2 games. It is just not the same, though NDSU did manage to beat UofMN a decade ago. And the UofMN coach was promptly fired.

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John-Henry Cottrell's avatar

Cal went to ACC for free

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Brian M's avatar

If Cal and Stanford have billionaire sugar daddys, like Oregon does, then they might have the option to forgo revenue. SMU moved to the ACC for free as well because they have many billionaires who will fund their athletics (which lays to a lie any statements from Duck fans that they needed to move to the B1G for the money...bullcrap, PK gives them more a year than will their media deal).

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John-Henry Cottrell's avatar

Stanford sure, but remember Cal has the most debt compared to any other FBS school, and not by just a little. They are known to make very poor financial decisions

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