The PAC 10 expansion groundswell

[All-American]

Yeah, @MHver3 is confirming that the Big 12 is on the verge adding two more states to its footprint: "Desert and Rockies." It must be true!

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I hope the Pac 12-4 can make it work and stay together. I want SMU in the Pac!

Desert and Rockies. I appreciate his attempt to be coy as though he is leaking actual news rather than reciting a rumor hours after everyone else.

[Uncle Ted]

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[Uncle Ted]

Now the B1G can now get back to poaching Pac 12 schools...

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And the Pac 12 can get back to blaming the Big 12.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We are all playing checkers while this ute fan is playing 3D chess.

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[Uncle Ted]

I think what Tick meant was he has never watch The CW and didn't know it even existed. Personally I think I have watched Telemundo (channel 39 in the Big D) more than The CW. Not even sure what channel that is. They have a good soccer games on now and then. Maybe the Pac 12-2 can get Telemundo in on the action to add another bidder to the bidding war.

Five Places the Pac-12 Could Take Their Media Rights
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4. TELEMUNDO
This may seem a little out of left field but hear me out. Telemundo is one of those channels that has a ton of unnecessary drama filled soap operas and it is very confusing because I don’t understand a word they are saying. I feel the same way about the Pac-12 Conference. There is a lot of drama that I can never understand. But if the deniro is right, then why not take it? Plus, they could hire the guys who do the soccer games to announce the football games and scream whenever there is a score. Which is not often depending on who is playing.
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https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2023/04/14/five-places-the-pac-12-could-take-their-media-rights/

Where do these sport writers get these ideas?

[Pelado]

But if the deniro is right

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[Jeff Lebowski]

https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2023/04/14/five-places-the-pac-12-could-take-their-media-rights/

Where do these sport writers get these ideas?

Gas stations. Lol.

[Uncle Ted]

It seems some Pac 12-2 fans are at the "acceptance" stage with being on The CW:

Is The CW a viable option for the Pac-12's media rights deal? | Locked on Pac-12

SAN RAMON, Calif. — The saga of the Pac-12 and their inability to strike a media rights deal continues on, over nine months after USC and UCLA announced their decision to leave for the Big Ten in 2024.

The latest partner connected to the conference of champions is The CW, a broadcast network known mostly for superhero TV shows and reruns of Whose Line is it Anyway?

While the Pac-12 insists the package discussed with The CW was only a handful of games, Locked on Pac-12 host Spencer McLaughlin believes there is potential for a fit here to work out - although it's far from perfect.

"Where it would help, compared to a streaming entity, is that it's going to be easier for people to watch," McLaughlin said. "It's easy to mock the Pac-12 for being on a non-traditional cable channel like The CW, but [those concerns] would be alleviated."

https://www.abc10.com/article/sports...e-185fddceb71e

[Color Me Badd Fan]

We are all playing checkers while this ute fan is playing 3D chess.

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Imagine thinking it would be a good idea to bolt the Big 12 for the Pac 10 right after Colorado and Arizona come over. The Pac 8 would include Oregon and Washington who would jump ship to the Big 10 the first chance they get which would also prompt the Bay Area schools to be willing to do anything to follow them, even taking an uneven revenue split. That leaves the true blue Pac 4 at Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State and Washington State.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Imagine thinking it would be a good idea to bolt the Big 12 for the Pac 10 right after Colorado and Arizona come over. The Pac 8 would include Oregon and Washington who would jump ship to the Big 10 the first chance they get which would also prompt the Bay Area schools to be willing to do anything to follow them, even taking an uneven revenue split. That leaves the true blue Pac 4 at Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State and Washington State.

Let's jump to a conference that can't get a media deal to save their lives! Not to mention that the B12 schools have all done a grant of rights.

Really dumb idea all the way around.

[Uncle Ted]

Imagine thinking it would be a good idea to bolt the Big 12 for the Pac 10 right after Colorado and Arizona come over. The Pac 8 would include Oregon and Washington who would jump ship to the Big 10 the first chance they get which would also prompt the Bay Area schools to be willing to do anything to follow them, even taking an uneven revenue split. That leaves the true blue Pac 4 at Utah, Arizona State, Oregon State and Washington State.

The Pac 4, being fully committed in making it work, could add SDSU, SMU, Tulane, Fresno St, UNLV, CSU, Air Force, and Boise St. Then they will be back at Pac 12! I am sure The CW would still be interested.

[Uncle Ted]

Hey, what is the latest on how the Pac 12 media deal negotiations are going... Anyone know?

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Man, I hope that ESPN keeps @RGIII... I really like that guy.

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[Jeff Lebowski]

RGIII is amazing. Totally agree on that one.

[Moliere]

Maybe ESPN is cutting costs so they can pay the pac more

[Clark Addison]

Maybe ESPN is cutting costs so they can lay the pac more

So they can what now?