Future Conference Breakdown (What we know now)

[Grantvb]

I see that the Geographic footprint goes to hell.

[RaginDave]

Dangit. I thought B12 was on life support.

No, the Big 12 got saved by taking the best available in BYU, Cincy, Houston and UCF as well as Colorado. That in turn put the PAC on life support because they were already losing USC and UCLA and now Colorado and in turn Utah, Arizona and Arizona State are the next dominos to fall.

They will attempt to save themselves and I think SDSU will be first on the list, the question is where do they go from there, do they look at the rest of the MWC teams in that market (SJSU, Boise, Fresno) or do they go in a different direction with SMU and Colorado State out of the AAC or do they do a mix of both.

My personal opinion will be a mix of both. I think Colorado State, SDSU, SMU and Boise could be on the top of their list, but don't be surprised if UNLV is there as well and not because of athletic prowess, but more because the market might be something they want.

[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.