Good interview with Brett McMurphy. Brett is from start to about 24 minutes. Pony guy gives his thoughts for about 5 minutes, then he talks SMU basketball.
Brett said he had NEVER seen a commissioner go to a campus before the invitation before.
Thought their statement was really weird and gave off the impression of the dreaded vote of confidence.
Fox will not be a part of the Pac deal so ESPN and Amazon are just bidding against themselves.
Deal could be in next couple of weeks, but late March/early April most likely.
SMU and SDSU invitations are when, not if.
G5 is obsolete. Thinks NIL and media rights gap make a split inevitable.
Lots of schools want out of ACC, so when they think they can get out of GOR, its likely to be chaos.
In is personal opinion, he doesn't see the Big 10 leaving USC and UCLA on an island. He thinks Big 10 still wants to expand more in the west, but is not ready. He thinks its inevitable that they do take more from the Pac, but they will have to act quickly or wait a few years.
Pony guy says SMU has been talking a lot for over a year with ACC, Big 12 and Pac 12.