Rumor Mill

I’m getting to the point where I’m starting to accept the reality that the PAC12 isn’t going to survive long term whether it’s in this realignment round or the next. Unfortunately I think we’ll eventually end up in the Big12 regardless.

That being said, I’m at the point where I’d rather just cut to the chase and skip all the PAC survival drama (and the drama about what will happen with Oregon).

The best case scenario in my mind would be for the Cali board of regents to pull UCLA back from the Big10, then the Big10 responding by taking Stanford and adding Oregon and Washington. The the Big12 taking Utah, Colorado, the Arizonas, UCLA and Cal to create a 6 team sudo-PAC division (swapping Colorado for TDS). Then we can play all teams in our division yearly and a home/away against two teams in each of the two other divisions. We’d play everyone else in the conference twice every 6 years.

As much as I’d hate to be reunited with TDS, I do think this would be our best option long term to stay as relevant as possible. Too bad the PAC didn’t raid the Big12 when we had the chance two years ago. USC (probably knowingly) signed the PAC’s death sentence by killing that proposal.

SMU is in Dallas but it does not get you the Dallas market in terms of actual viewing eyeballs.  Neither does TCU.  

I hate BSU. If they allow that why not TDS?  Bigger footprint and more National fan base. 
Yeah I dislike Tater Zoobs even more than TDS. One reason alone is that terrible field color. It makes games unwatchable for me personally. I don’t know what it is but that field is awful. 

IMO Boise isn’t an option for many reasons (first and foremost the TV market, followed quickly by its academic profile) but the thought that this will be only two conferences is laughable. B10/SEC and no one else? Come on. ACC GOR is too strong to break right now but when it makes sense there will be another seismic shift. B12 has nothing on the Pac and the Pac is just above the B12 overall but to think that quality schools athletically and academically will be left out makes no sense.

There will be more moves in the next 5-7 years. 48-64 “D1” college teams in 2-4 conferences with multiple 12-16 team pods. Intelligence and common sense will prevail.

SDSU adds the SoCal market regardless of what happens to UCLA in the Regents meeting. Btm line is you increase the tv contract value with SDSU. You add a burgeoning academic school that’s improving quickly in one of the most desirable locations in the country. Makes a lot of sense in a 5 year deal

UNLV makes more sense than Fresno State.