We're (almost) at a thousand pages of this realignment thread even though only within the last 15 or so pages has there been any realigning. Good job men and women.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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I'd stop short of calling it "discrimination" but that choice they've always made is clearly gone now since they were already having serious discussions with SMU.
IMHO that moment it broke they were talking with SMU is when they were pretty much doomed and nothing like what they had been.
My take on this whole thing:
Colorado regrets jumping to the Pac a decade + ago and is grateful they could get back to the Big XII.
Arizona has seen the writing on the wall with the PAC for a long time now and was looking for the reason/means to jump to the Big XII. With the PAC unable to get any reasonable media deal done and with Colorado already jumping, they have it.
Oregon probably doesn’t necessarily want to move to the Big XII, but they realize a B1G invite isn’t coming and they see the writing on the wall with the PAC’s inability to get a media deal done. At this point the XII is the only reasonable option left.
Washington is a lot like Oregon but even less enthusiastic about the XII - but realizes UO is their dance partner much like UT is OU’s.
Utah became overly loyal to the PAC when they joined, and took the PAC’s snobbish attitude towards the XII. Now with the XII killing the PAC and their natural place in the XII being filled by BYU, all they really have left is their pride and their loyalty to a dying conference.
ASU I honestly have no idea what the hell they’re thinking. Arizona and ASU should be a package deal, yet they don’t see the writing on the wall like the other schools do. As a result they’re very much at risk of being left on the outside looking in.
OSU and WSU simply are looking for the same kind of miracle survival that the XII has experienced the last 15 years.
Cal and Stanford are in their own little world thinking their own things.
Colorado regrets jumping to the Pac a decade + ago and is grateful they could get back to the Big XII.
Arizona has seen the writing on the wall with the PAC for a long time now and was looking for the reason/means to jump to the Big XII. With the PAC unable to get any reasonable media deal done and with Colorado already jumping, they have it.
Oregon probably doesn’t necessarily want to move to the Big XII, but they realize a B1G invite isn’t coming and they see the writing on the wall with the PAC’s inability to get a media deal done. At this point the XII is the only reasonable option left.
Washington is a lot like Oregon but even less enthusiastic about the XII - but realizes UO is their dance partner much like UT is OU’s.
Utah became overly loyal to the PAC when they joined, and took the PAC’s snobbish attitude towards the XII. Now with the XII killing the PAC and their natural place in the XII being filled by BYU, all they really have left is their pride and their loyalty to a dying conference.
ASU I honestly have no idea what the hell they’re thinking. Arizona and ASU should be a package deal, yet they don’t see the writing on the wall like the other schools do. As a result they’re very much at risk of being left on the outside looking in.
OSU and WSU simply are looking for the same kind of miracle survival that the XII has experienced the last 15 years.
Cal and Stanford are in their own little world thinking their own things.
I think it was Brando who said this morning that Arizona would be gone by Monday.
This guy and Stew have to be on the PAC 12 Payroll.
I only used “discrimination” for a lack of a better word choice in that moment. I really didn’t like the use of that word there either.
1,000 pages
lets go.
CF long-haulers, whats the longest thread we've ever had?
lets go.
CF long-haulers, whats the longest thread we've ever had?
Love the Utah fan who has convinced themselves the Big 12 is inferior to the Mountain West that they also hate.
B12 is the best basketball league with separation and played in the NC for football last year. Oh how would the Utes survive. That rivalry has 1000000x the butthurt of ISU/Iowa.
But yeah, I love every time I hear them considering SMU.
Not only is it hilarious to see them bring in a religious school...it also means they made a massive mistake not adding Houston years ago or even BYU.
I am here for B12 after dark.
As long as I get a good nap in.
As long as I get a good nap in.
Probably the original realignment megathread a decade ago. It had to be shut down because it was causing the board itself to become unstable iirc
I read this like Tupac on the end of Hit Em up...F Bad Boy as a staff label and as a MF crew
The part of the culture that doesn't fit is zero sports fans. We don't need to get political about it, the stands are just empty.
USC has fans at games even when they are average, I see it around town. Colorado will have fans at games if they get good again. UCLA, SDSU, Stanford and Cal just flat out don't have sports fans anymore if they ever did.
Years ago there was a mega thread with tens of thousands of posts that literally had to be deleted because it was causing instability for the entire site.
Someone please convince me why Stanford or Cal are even mentioned. Having lived in the Bay area for a decade plus, I can honestly say they barely have a heartbeat in terms of media popularity. I don't care about the metro area because fans don't care. No way the media gobbles them up. Hence I'd be utterly shocked if the B12 was in play. Also, people are throwing ideas around with little to no fiscal justification.
I’m very happy that everyone on here now gets to experience the joy/entertainment of realignment instead of existential dread.
Coach Prime is a wild card in the media value. Just having him there should increase CO's media value for at least 2 years even if they are bad. Please note that I am probably wrong about this.
I put a long thread in yer mama last night. (Am I doing this right ?)
