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  1. https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/conference-realignment-update-recap-gonzaga-pac-12-mountain-west-aac? McMurphy's summary: "For college football fans wondering what conference realignment would look like if they could speed date for new partners, Monday provided a real-time glimpse. And like most reality TV shows, it was part lovefest, part trainwreck, and you couldn’t look away. It started with Memphis, USF, UTSA and Tulane — all of which had offers to join the Pac-12 — announcing they were committed to the AAC. They sent out a 120-word commitment to the AAC ending with “The American Way.” Lately “The American Way” has been conference realignment...."
  2. They're desperate for football members.
  3. MWC is trying to get commitments. its going back and forth. Air Force has committed. SJSU has committed. New Mexico and Wyoming I haven't heard, but the 6PAC has no interest in them. Air Force and UNLV are supposed to get $10 million bonuses to stay from the Pac money. UNLV agreed to stay, but after Utah St. decided to leave, is now waffling. Latest is Utah St. to 6Pac and talking to Gonzaga all but football and UConn football only!
  4. Lincoln was famously quoted as saying, after being told Grant was a drunk early in the war, "Well he fights. Let me know what brand he drinks and I'll send it to all my generals!"
  5. Other sources (less reliable than McMurphy) have said the Gonzaga deal isn't done yet, but they are talking. I'm inclined to go with McMurphy-all the i's haven't been dotted and the t's crossed, but its likely done. Dellenger is saying AFA is committed to the MWC and not going to AAC. Sounds like a bit of a standoff between the 6Pac and MWC8.
  6. Best TV ratings of the G5 (excluding military academies). Best upward potential. They have drawn 45k in the past in good years. Hoops is really good. How many schools outside the P6 have been to two national title games?
  7. I thought all the night games were because we were on TV. I would have expected afternoon or noon.
  8. They were Indians so they had to make up a stupid new mascot name.
  9. I had the LHN.
  10. Aggy vs. Bowling Green is also relegated to streaming so Mickey can show Ga. Southern vs. Ole Miss on the SECN and Miami at South Florida on ESPN. Are they really pushing streaming or does somebody in Connecticut just hate the state of Texas?
  11. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/pac-12-gutting-mountain-west-sparks-fresh-realignment-stress-at-schools-outside-power-four/ar-AA1qRIQw "...The first level of those concerns revolves around simple math: Until the Pac-12 lands a media deal, there’s no guarantee of a significant increase from what Memphis makes in the American Athletic (estimated to be in the $8 million-$9 million range). But the valuations being discussed for the new Pac-12 by its media consultants in the $10 million-$12 million range are only theoretical at this point, and may not make a meaningful difference financially when you consider increased travel costs. Crucially, though, maximizing the value of the new Pac-12 is also going to depend on selling a true “best of the rest” configuration that Memphis and others would need to commit to with a Grant of Rights agreement that locks them into the league for the length of the contract. That illustrates the other reason why patience may win out at Memphis. After an unsuccessful pursuit of Big 12 membership, school officials there are now eyeing the ACC as a potential landing spot in the next handful of years.... The Pac-12’s resurrection, though, has forced Group of Five administrators to acknowledge the reality that either one of the current leagues will fold or more FCS members are going to be brought up to FBS to backfill amidst the game of musical chairs. Both options are bad, but the latter may be worse...."
  12. There is no end game. It always changes. The conferences are getting so big, there are going to be differences and schools dissatisfied with their number of conference titles. Every conference that has gotten to 16 or more has eventually split. Its happened before, it will happen again. But I think it will take a while this time, maybe 20-30 years before the Big 10 and SEC crack up.
  13. https://sports.yahoo.com/go-west-the-next-wave-of-realignment-is-in-memphis-hands-135625431.html Article today. Apparently its all on Memphis. PAC wants Memphis, Tulane, USF and UTSA. Projecting $12-$15 million total conference distributions (TV, NCAA bb, etc.). Memphis isn't thrilled and worried about the validity of the projections.
  14. UH has barely played UCF. They don't really care about Cincinnati.
  15. UTSA coach admits they are talking to PAC. https://clutchpoints.com/pac-12-news-utsa-coach-admits-conversation-expansion-rumblings
  16. Well there are a lot of former Southland Conference members-Arkansas St., ULL, ULM, Troy.
  17. There's a political factor in that scenario they really don't want to get into. I think it was Sankey who talked about when they tried to get more exclusive, they always ran into legal and political problems. Most likely, I think they just spend a lot of schools into irrelevance.
  18. Well there was the unsportsmanlike on Kentucky where he drove the guy down and tackled him blocking. It could have been both ways, but probably should have been just on UK. But after that was over a different Georgia player comes over and shoves the UK player down right by the refs. That should definitely been unsportsmanlike, but they didn't call it. Yeah. I've seen a lot of that this year.
  19. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41226997/sources-boise-state-four-schools-set-join-pac-12 Another discussion of it. Separate article, said the 2Pac was relying on their consultant Navigate who said their deal would be worth about $10 million a school. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41230791/pac-12-conference-expansion-adding-four-teams-mountain-west
  20. Don't remember the exact numbers, but there was one year, the top Texas player we got was something like #15 in the state and I think A&M got only 1 of the top 11 and OU 1 of the top 11. The next year, Texas, Texas A&M and OU got something like 8 of the top 11, dominating in a way I don't remember happening. UT hasn't done quite as well since then, but its not as bad as it got before. And we are in the running for 5 star players around the country. I think we just picked up the #1 safety in the country for 2026. He plays in Georgia.
  21. You weren't watching the Texas recruiting closely. The difference makers were going out of state. We got plenty of good players, but the great players started to elude us. A lot of that had to do with the 4 team playoff. But a lot had to do with network's focusing on the Big 10 and SEC while paying limited attention to the Big 12 and ACC and ignoring the Pac 12.
  22. Actually we moved because Alabama, Georgia, Ohio St. and Clemson were coming into Texas and taking the blue chips. The money was the least of our concerns. As DeLoss said, "We are the Joneses." and "We have money." to the Pac 10.
  23. Well he's wrong about Texas, OU, USC and UCLA and their motivations and how logical it was. But as far as the MWC schools, he's spot on. They're trading getting 3 peanuts and a pecan for 3 peanuts and an almond.
  24. Just get rid of the stupid number!!!! Why look stupid like the Big 12, Big 10 and Atlantic 10? SEC and ACC are good enough without numbers. Fact is that if this deal doesn't blow up like the Boise St./SDSU to AAC deal, the numbers will change over time. Its not like the number has a lot of history. 13 years as Pac 12. 33 years as Pac 10. 14 years as Pac 8.
  25. Nobody is doing divisions but the Sun Belt. You want the best team to compete for that single G slot.
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