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When it rains it pours. It was nice knowing you, BYU athletics.
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The PAC16 is going to be a very stupid name. They had better come up with something other than "PAC".Originally posted by USU Coug View PostComment
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looks like Texas might be able to keep the LHN
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...al_potent.htmlThe Pac-12 appears to be working out the final details of a deal that would bring Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech to the conference, sources close to the situation told Hookem.com and the American-Statesman on Sunday morning.
Nothing has been accepted or approved, yet, but the deal would allow the Longhorns to keep the Longhorn Network.Texas, though, would have to add Pac-12 (soon to be 16) content to the LHN programming.Comment
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This is all impossible. Just ask SU."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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If the PAC adds Texas and OU, I dare say the SEC is no longer the clear cut top dog.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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This blows."Remember to double tap"Comment
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In both football and crappy academics. Tech and OSU? LOL!Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Wow... well it was fun to dream. 10 years from now BYU football will probably go the way of RICKS. Ute fans will be happy, and I'll be hearing about it from all my SLC friends for the rest of my life... what a depressing weak.Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostComment
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It seems the ACC's move took everyone off guard, including ND's AD Swarbrick...
ND may need to say goodbye to their media rights and be forced to join the Big Ten if they don't come up with some other options.How this affects ND is that Notre Dames men's and women's basketball teams and most of its Olympic sports are members of the Big East, and if that league starts to crumble, then ND may have to take another referendum on independence.
"All the time. All the time," Swarbrick said when asked Saturday, following ND's 31-13 upending of Michigan State, how often he plays the what if? game. "You have to. Everybody does. It's not unique to Notre Dame."
"Everyone has spent their time, for a significant portion of the past 14 months, engaged in this exercise. We're probably more active in analysis than some people, because we have more factors to manage.
"I thought of a lot of scenarios in my mind, but this was not one of them."
Football independence has been ND's preference since rebuffing the Big Ten more than a decade ago. The only triggers that figured to change that were restricted access to the Bowl Championship Series, the end of the NBC television contract and/or the implosion of the Big East Conference.
"We will approach this -- no matter what the change is -- with that as our goal," Swarbrick said of football independence. "We'll see whether we can manage our circumstances to meet that goal.
"It felt like maybe things were about to settle down a little bit. I think the Pac-12 was pretty intent on staying where it was. If that were true, the Big 12 had a chance to hold. This was a little bit of a surprise.
"There's so much I really don't know at this point, not the least of which whether it's in fact a done deal. We'll learn much more in the next 24-48 hours. I'll have a chance to talk with our colleagues in the conference, our coaches, (Notre Dame president) Father(John) Jenkins and figure out what it all mean.""If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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Or maybe they to to Texas to say they're in (being able to keep their NBC contract), and Texas "changes" their mind about going to the Pac 12.Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
I'm an eternal optimist.If we disagree on something, it's because you're wrong.
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http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...al_potent.html
Well this might be OK. I've been against Texas and Texas Tech joining but... if it's gonna be... pods are the best option IMO.As of right now, the conference is discussing an alignment where teams would play nine conference games. Teams would play every other team in their pod along with two teams from each of the other three pods.
If the Longhorns were in Pod A, they would play the other Pod A teams (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech) every year. They would also play two teams from Pod B, Pod C and Pod D, bringing the total to nine conference games every year.
Utah, Colorado, and the Arizona schools will certainly be in the same pod.
Some teams are up and some schools are rebuilding all on different years. Anyone winning the Championship of this Conference would be a damn good team, and capable of competing for a legitimate National Championship that was earned on the field. Not through some poll.
Utah's teams in 2004 and 2008 never got the chance to show what they could do matched against equal competition."We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school."
-Thucydides
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."-Miyamoto Musashi
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On academics, here are the US News & World Report rankings for the Pac-12, SEC, and other teams of interest...Originally posted by Moliere View Post
PAC 12
5 Stanford
21 Cal
23 USC
25 UCLA
42 Washington
94 Colorado
101 Oregon
115 Washington State
124 Arizona
124 Utah
132 Arizona State
138 Oregon State
Ave = 79
Ave w/ OU, Okie St, UT, Tech = 86
SEC
17 Vanderbilt
58 Florida
62 Georgia
75 Alabama
82 Auburn
101 Tennessee
111 South Carolina
124 Kentucky
128 LSU
132 Arkansas
143 Mississippi
157 Mississippi State
Ave = 99
Ave w/ A&M = 96
Other
45 Texas
58 A&M
101 Oklahoma
132 Oklahoma State
160 Texas Tech
So the SEC just needs to find a couple of more Vandy's to add and the two conferences would be indistinguishable."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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I've been wrong before...Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
This Syracuse and Pitt to the ACC development is a shocker. The ACC was just sitting there quietly like an allegator in the swamp, and then "chomp"! Now the Big 12 is reeling because Pitt was the jewel it had its eye on most of all. Certainly the ACC has to add two more teams. They have to have 16, not 14 teams (probably will add UConn for one). Now I'm thinking that with that precedent there might be a Pac 16. I'm in shock. (It seems only the California schools can counterbalance Texas. I'd rather have the Kansas schools than Oklahoma State or Texas Tech.)When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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