Those long flights to the east coast will suck. West coast travel they were 2.5 hours tops to any destination. Now you add 3 hours to that. That's not fun.
The Pac-12 really messed things up for themselves. As a Coug, I acknowledge that UCLA should get a bigger piece of the TV pie to keep the conference together. An unequal TV split would…
Those long flights to the east coast will suck. West coast travel they were 2.5 hours tops to any destination. Now you add 3 hours to that. That's not fun.
The Pac-12 really messed things up for themselves. As a Coug, I acknowledge that UCLA should get a bigger piece of the TV pie to keep the conference together. An unequal TV split would have kept the band together, but certain schools in the middle (IE Colorado) weren't having it.
I honestly think the biggest fools were Cal and Stanford. They basically are getting nothing in the TV deal and get to travel to the east coast to play. They could have stayed with WSU/OSU and waited things out as the Pac-4. They instead, panicked and took a terrible deal.
That's silly. Cal and Stanford could not have saved WSU and OSU from their current fate. They grabbed a life raft off of the sinking Pac ship, just like Utah, Colorado, and the Arizona schools did. None of those six schools could have prevented the ship from sinking.
Timing is my point, I personally don't see how getting paid basically no where near your TV market value is "a life raft." It's a dumb business decision. To each their own.
Agree, but those 2 will regret what they did more than even UCLA or the 4 corner schools choices. When FSU, Clemson, & UNC jump ship, which they want to do and 2 of them have sued the ACC to do, all 3 voted against add Stanfprd, Cal, & SMU. They hate these schools were added. Just ask UNC coach Anson Dorrance, the ACC women's soccer coach who's won more NC championship. who spoke out against this idiocy. This will not end well for those 2 schools especially when Notre Dame jumps ship and can't protect Stanford.
The truth is those schools should try to work with the PAC2 to have a good west coast landing ground for all their sports including football. Given the issue in the ACC It can still happen and they need to be ready. That's one way to undue that terrible deal.
Yup. Cal and Stanford groveled their way into the ACC because they didn't want to be left in a conference with WSU and OSU, let alone the likes of Boise State, SD State, Fresno State, UNLV, etc. We're still in the middle of this realignment and WSU and OSU need to stay patient for when the other shoe drops.
I agree with all you said. Life decisions made based on fear are usually wrong. Witness Jonathan Smith. Patience would have handed him the Washington job.
Those long flights to the east coast will suck. West coast travel they were 2.5 hours tops to any destination. Now you add 3 hours to that. That's not fun.
The Pac-12 really messed things up for themselves. As a Coug, I acknowledge that UCLA should get a bigger piece of the TV pie to keep the conference together. An unequal TV split would have kept the band together, but certain schools in the middle (IE Colorado) weren't having it.
I honestly think the biggest fools were Cal and Stanford. They basically are getting nothing in the TV deal and get to travel to the east coast to play. They could have stayed with WSU/OSU and waited things out as the Pac-4. They instead, panicked and took a terrible deal.
That's silly. Cal and Stanford could not have saved WSU and OSU from their current fate. They grabbed a life raft off of the sinking Pac ship, just like Utah, Colorado, and the Arizona schools did. None of those six schools could have prevented the ship from sinking.
Timing is my point, I personally don't see how getting paid basically no where near your TV market value is "a life raft." It's a dumb business decision. To each their own.
Agree, but those 2 will regret what they did more than even UCLA or the 4 corner schools choices. When FSU, Clemson, & UNC jump ship, which they want to do and 2 of them have sued the ACC to do, all 3 voted against add Stanfprd, Cal, & SMU. They hate these schools were added. Just ask UNC coach Anson Dorrance, the ACC women's soccer coach who's won more NC championship. who spoke out against this idiocy. This will not end well for those 2 schools especially when Notre Dame jumps ship and can't protect Stanford.
The truth is those schools should try to work with the PAC2 to have a good west coast landing ground for all their sports including football. Given the issue in the ACC It can still happen and they need to be ready. That's one way to undue that terrible deal.
Yup. Cal and Stanford groveled their way into the ACC because they didn't want to be left in a conference with WSU and OSU, let alone the likes of Boise State, SD State, Fresno State, UNLV, etc. We're still in the middle of this realignment and WSU and OSU need to stay patient for when the other shoe drops.
The West Coast Conference for basketball (OSU/WSU) just announced the addition of Grand Canyon and Seattle Univ.
The WCC is positioning itself for the likelihood of Gonzaga, WSU and OSU leaving the WCC for the 2026 season of the rebuilt Pac-8/10/12.
The WCC just keeps getting worse. This hurts WSU big time. Go Cougs!
I agree with all you said. Life decisions made based on fear are usually wrong. Witness Jonathan Smith. Patience would have handed him the Washington job.
WHO'S GETTING THE DRIINKS.?