Future Conference Breakdown (What we know now)

[Duckster]

If only Arizona goes to Big 12, Pac # can carry on with Oregon/Washington at higher payout. At any rate, remnants of Pac# will invite best of MWC. The MWC might be CUSA'd. Realignment is a cut throat business.

[CajunEXPRESS]

We don’t know what the tv deal is, but it may not be set in concrete. The tv deal might be dependent upon who’s still in. Oregon ad said yesterday that to them it’s not about money but who you associate with. They’re clearly preparing an exit for Big 10. Arizona board having an unplanned meeting.

All this suggests PAC12 is not going to survive. Stanford and CAL independent.

[ZoomZoom]

It’s no coincidence the SBC East got three close proximity teams when the move to 14 happened. 2025 will be interesting.

I look for the remnants of the MWC and C-USA join forces, maybe with a few members of the WAC.

[CajunNation]

Memphis is not an AAU school. Just made R1. I think the same for Tulsa and SDSU.

South Florida just made AAU. The PAC remnants will either keep it local or copy what the Big 12 did last year and go big with UTSA, SMU, Memphis, Tulane and USF.

[CajunNation]

We don’t know what the tv deal is, but it may not be set in concrete. The tv deal might be dependent upon who’s still in. Oregon ad said yesterday that to them it’s not about money but who you associate with. They’re clearly preparing an exit for Big 10. Arizona board having an unplanned meeting.

All this suggests PAC12 is not going to survive. Stanford and CAL independent.

PAC remnants will be Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State. Everybody else is leaving. That is still enough to keep the PAC going. They will immediately take the best available out west like SDSU, UNLV, Boise. Then figure out if they want to remain a regional league or try to go large to gobble markets and keep hope alive they can remain a P5.

[MountainDew]

How does this affect Louisiana? Where do we see ourselves in 5 years? Hell maybe even 2 years?

[ZoomZoom]

PAC remnants will be Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State. Everybody else is leaving. That is still enough to keep the PAC going. They will immediately take the best available out west like SDSU, UNLV, Boise. Then figure out if they want to remain a regional league or try to go large to gobble markets and keep hope alive they can remain a P5.

PAC?? is done. The media deal’s top end is based on Apple subscriptions. Anyone here going to sign up for a PAC?? game?

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...streaming-deal

“ a potential, primarily subscription-based Apple streaming deal for its television contract that expires after this school year, according to multiple sources”.

“ the deal, sources said, would incrementally improve and potentially be competitive with its peers in the Big 12 and ACC down the road, provided certain subscription numbers are met”.

Fox, ESPN and the big 3 passed or didn’t bid enough.

[Louisiana84]

It's easy to see what happens next. What's a little more difficult to see is what happens in 2031.

[ZoomZoom]

How does this affect Louisiana? Where do we see ourselves in 5 years? Hell maybe even 2 years?

Just get some popcorn and a cold beverage and sit back. The SBC East has been dictating the additions. They’re a nice little marketable entity all unto themselves. Don’t think they won’t leverage that in some way in the future, be it to dump Texas State or any program west of the Mississippi, to even breaking away. Most can’t get that SoCon Joneses out their system.

[CajunNation]

PAC?? is done. The media deal’s top end is based on Apple subscriptions. Anyone here going to sign up for a PAC?? game?

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...streaming-deal

“ a potential, primarily subscription-based Apple streaming deal for its television contract that expires after this school year, according to multiple sources”.

“ the deal, sources said, would incrementally improve and potentially be competitive with its peers in the Big 12 and ACC down the road, provided certain subscription numbers are met”.

Fox, ESPN and the big 3 passed or didn’t bid enough.

There will still be a PAC when the dust settles. It might be somewhere between the P4 and G5, but there will be a conference and there will be a TV package. It will just be a lot smaller than the P4.

[CajunNation]

How does this affect Louisiana? Where do we see ourselves in 5 years? Hell maybe even 2 years?

2 years?

Still in the SBC, minus Texas State, plus UAB.

5 years?

Still in the SBC, plus ECU and FAU.

[Boomer]

There will still be a PAC when the dust settles. It might be somewhere between the P4 and G5, but there will be a conference and there will be a TV package. It will just be a lot smaller than the P4.

.......the Pac will try North and South.....North has Wash and Wash ST, Oreg and Oreg St, Stanford, Cal, and not sure---jSouth would be Ariz and Ariz St, UTSA, SmU, Tulane, and not sure......please fill in the rest for me!!!