Well if the PAC invited Boise State they would surrender any pretence of academic reputation.
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Either way, theyâre either trying to preserve their conference or theyâre doing some kind of meaningless academic circle-jerk.
Note: given the two options I would personally avoid the before mentioned circle jerk.
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The PAC Prezâs havenât show themselves to the shiniest pennies in the piggy bank. Stanford and Cal are being run by eggheads, closest thing to sport they done probably in their lives, was playing gin rummy.
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Iâm trying to understand what they want. And I suspect they wouldnât be able to answer that.
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There like deer in a hunter pick-up spot light there going to get wacked and made into sausage and venison steaks
There is a reason why some call it âBerserklyâ instead of Berkeley
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If they want academic strength there are tons if great schools in big cities. Just put the information in a computer and let it spit out the answers. They could do it in 20 minutes. I mean, being top notch academic types. Iâm assuming USC leaving didnât close their statistics departments.
They donât have a deal. Arenât close to a deal. And arenât sure what they want once a deal presents itself.
My boss says it succinctly, âif youâre waiting on a deal then there is no deal.â
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If the PAC completely disintegrates or takes on too much MWC rubbish i wonder if Stanford and Cal-Berkeley would consider something centered around schools like Rice, Tulane, Air Force in if not the base of a âconferenceâ a loose scheduling association?
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Great points, i could see them aim for that. Tulane has nearly doubled their student body count. At one point university of houston clear lake had more students
Not apples to apples of course
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I could see them looking at Rice fits there profile to a T, right up to having no fans.
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Rice and Air Force arenât going to pay exit fees to join a conference that isnât even worth it to play for
If the PAC disintegrates, then the remaining members will be the ones looking for new homes. Not the other way aroundâŠ
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I could see a point where those schools opt out like the Ivy League did.
Rice
LOL
It wouldnât necessarily have to be a conference as much as scheduling partnerships⊠the MWC and AAC teams would have 3 non conf games to play with and i assume a home and away every year with Stanford and Cal-Berkeley would be attractive to them. No doubt they would only then be able to schedule one âcupcakeâ game non conference but the benefits could outweigh the initial losses
Oregon, Arizona and Arizona State please.
Ideally early next week, thanks.
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I like Sheer but even he isnât above BS. Heâs just playing the law of averages.
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Or any school thatâs not name Rice or Tulane. But letâs be real, those 2 donât have any chance do they? Or they do. God knows what Stanford and Cal want. LOL
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BYU has been courted by every conference not designated P5 for all long as I can remember. They were the hot girl playing hard to get. Iâm glad BYU joined the B12. Definitely, the highest profile school of the four.
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