The Big 10 Expansion Groundswell

[Jeff Lebowski]

The problem is that Utah fans have been belittling the Big-XII since BYU was announced it was joining. It's pure pettiness and tribalism. BYU fans have been similar with the Pac-12. The problem really came to a head when UCLA and USC left and the rumors that the Big-XII would poach some Pac-12 teams started. To many Utah fans, because BYU was in the Big-XII, the Big-XII MUST be a lesser conference. So Utah fans ran their mouth. Big-XII fans didn't like this. But Utah fans on twitter, reddit, and sports boards just couldn't help themselves.

Exactly. This is a self-inflicted wound.

[Applejack]

Can you imagine what byu fans would be like had Utah actually won the Rose bowl? (shudder)

[myboynoah]

Yes I can imagine it. We'd still be spectacular!

[Uncle Ted]

Shouldn't we have a parade to celebrate?

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I thought that $8b alliance was between the B1G, Fox/FS1, CBS, NBC and U$C/UCLA.

[Uncle Ted]

Can you imagine what byu fans would be like had Utah actually won the Rose bowl? (shudder)

LOL... The B1G won the Rose bowl, raped and pillaged the Pac-12, and took the bowl, U$C/UCLA, and other spoils back with them.

[Uncle Ted]

It seems likely Utah is coming to the B12, and I'm good with that. In fairness, perhaps they should go independent for a decade first.

I also think it is likely that Utah will sheepishly come to the B12, if invited. In fact, I would like it much better if Cal than Utah was left without a lifeboat and had to go play in the MWC. Practically no one at Cal wanted BYU in the Pac 12. So let them rot in conference hell while trying to figure out how to pay off their $500m athletic debt.

[myboynoah]

Reaching the "Misery Loves Company" stage of grief.

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[SeattleUte]

California Regents Hear Out Pac-12 on Whether to Block U.C.L.A.’s Move to Big Ten
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/s...e=articleShare

I’ve been saying that a good lawyer could drive a truck through that “delegation” by the regents to UCLA’s chancellor. Now the regents’ general counsel agrees with me—it’s up the regents. They can nix the move to the B1G.

“U.C.L.A. has portrayed its proposed move as a leap toward a financial life raft for an athletic department that had been swimming in red ink thanks to a floundering football program, an apparel deal turned sour and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Los Angeles Times reported in January that U.C.L.A.’s athletic department debt had ballooned to $102.8 million over the last three years.”

And the same idiots who got UCLA into this financial fix are deciding it’s best to go to the B1G. They’re incompetent.

The Pac 12 commissioner also notes that UCLA is making a hypocritical sham of its commitment to fight climate change.

[USUC]

The Pac 12 commissioner also notes that UCLA is making a hypocritical sham of its commitment to fight climate change.

This is the most California thing ever.

[SeattleUte]

Aikman says he supports building a new 30,000 stadium on campus rather than going to the B1G.

That’s the Pac 12 I love. Higher priorities than football.

[SeattleUte]

This is the most California thing ever.

Yeah it's gross seeing the LA schools throw in with a bunch of flyover states that went for Trump.

[Omaha 680]

Aikman says he supports building a new 30,000 stadium on campus rather than going to the B1G.

That’s the Pac 12 I love. Higher priorities than football.

30,000 still too big.

[Moliere]

This is the most California thing ever.

They just need to use some of that new cash to buy carbon offsets.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Yeah it's gross seeing the LA schools throw in with a bunch of flyover states that went for Trump.

Like Utah.

[Applejack]

Like Utah.

And arizona.