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  1. 27 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

    The pandemic crushed all budgets, even those who figured out how to play.   The B1G had to sell a majority stake in their rights to Fox to make up some quick cash and then Fox went goblin mode.

    One year of COVID really showed how much of a no-win situation we were in.

    Our former AD, Jeremy Foley, was extremely tight when it came to finances. He seemed to think (or at least I got the impression) that a bubble was happening and that all these schools taking $100+M loans were going to get it bad once it popped. Our facilities across the board were improved but at a more modest pace. 

    But eventually he retired. We're at the end of a $300M facilities upgrade and now with another $400M for the football stadium announced.

    You basically have to spend big now if you want to win. But that means those at the bottom are uber fucked when shit hits the fan.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Jasper_Jester said:

    Cal and Stanford being football only members in the ACC could help them. They should have the luxury of being able to build a structure that allows them to join a more local conference for the Olympic sports.

    Stanford already competes in a lot of sports outside of the Pac12. I guess those would stay Independent or in the MPSF or other oddball conference.

    Taking a quick glance at sports that would need to change.

    Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing, Women's Field Hockey - those were not PAC sports but are ACC sports so Stanford would move those sports to their new conference

    Men's Rowing, Women's Beach Volleyball - those were PAC sports but not ACC; Probably EARC for Rowing, CCSA for Beach Volleyball

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  3. 6 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

     

    That's the trick; everyone is ditching the conference to get out of paying their share.  WSU and OSU will have to foot the bill.

     

     

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    Do they get to keep all of the NCAA basketball credits?

  4. 18 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    They don’t gaf.  That’s the part we need to understand. Footballs just not a big deal out here.  I’d say sports isn’t really except for certain mlb and nba teams.  

    I think my point is that it doesn't have to be a big deal for the University to try to sell it as a reason to mingle with other smart young people with money.

  5. 2 minutes ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

    I spent the first 5 year of my career in Silicon Valley, and that was 100% my experience.  Outsiders (non-students or alumni) are not  welcome at the Stanford or Cal pregame tailgates. 

    Seems really fucking stupid for such smart people. You're in an area that pulls in a lot of smart outsiders who are now outsiders with money.

    Seems like the first thing you would do is take advantage of that casual angle to sell some swanky tailgates with the football game as just the dessert.

  6. 9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
    9 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

    hoe many votes do they need?  I thought I saw it was 3/4s of the league... they dont need to add Cal/Furd to block that with those numbers.  Maybe its if 50%.  Maybe

    I think FSU vote + 8 more if I recall. 

    That's only to dissolve the league (and it's debatable if 50%+1 is sufficient as no specific % is listed but other matters of membership require 75%) and presumably get them out of the Exit Fee, it doesn't touch the GoR.

  7. 7 hours ago, nunna yo bizness said:
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    Tough shit for them.  Nobody forced them to schedule MOO and N.Ill. noncon games.  For that matter nobody forced them into the shitty ACC either.  They had their choice of any conference.  Don't expect too many tears shed for those fuckers.

    To be fair, 24 hours ago they had a home game vs Miami on there as well.

  8. 3 minutes ago, USC Traveler said:

    Agreed.  Can't see how the BIG doesn't go 1-8-8 or 3-7-7 going forward.  

    1-8-8 would be the cleanest and makes the most sense.  Gives you the most balanced schedules, balanced travel (except West Coast schools, but that is what it is) and most opportunities for getting teams into the playoff.

    It would also just happen to give Fox and the tv partners what they want- frequent rotation for the most top tier matchups.

    1-8-8 would still have a tendency to kill rivalries though. It makes sense to leave 2 or 3 spots for those to protect secondary rivalries or unbalanced rivalries. You still have a good rotation though.

     

     

     

  9. 13 minutes ago, bullet said:

    With the SEC, when Florida was up in basketball, they made sure UK and Florida played twice.  UK and Tennessee, who were each other's biggest rivals, only played once.  UK rarely won in Knoxville, except the years they won the NCAA.  It was about TV matchups.

    I think you're just talking about a couple of carryover seasons between formats.

    Prior to 2011/12, we had divisional play and Kentucky played everyone in the East twice.

    2015/16, they set up the 3 permanent opponents and Tennessee is one of Kentucky's, meaning they play them 3 times.

    In the gap, there were 2 seasons where UTn and UK didn't play twice.

     

  10. 9 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

    It's not so simple.  Stanford has a lot of sports that generate Olympians that very few other colleges have, let alone P5... er P4 schools.

    Texas, for example, does not have men's volleyball or either men's or women's water polo. Not many schools have any of those, let alone all of them.

    Yup.

    Men's Volleyball - 25 Div 1 programs

    Men's Water Polo - 25 Div 1 programs

    Women's Water Polo - 34 Div 1 programs

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