Based on how their media deal negotiations have gone so far, is that a good assumption.
And plundering outside the P5, how low can the PAC go before Cali-Stan won't tolerate the new "peers". Folks claim Boise State. I don't see Cali-Stan voting for something that was a JC in the last 50 or so years.
Certainly. The PAC could come back. I think Finebaum (who’s just a wild-ass non-SEC hater at this point) is the only one saying to put the fork in them already.
But the problem remains: there is no viable TV deal even being discussed at this point. Until then the only thing that is holding the PAC together is that conferences aren’t actively expanding right now. As soon as the B12 or B10 picks up the phone that all changes.
Until that happens, the PAC is waist deep in it. After SDSU and SMU I’m not sure they really have viable options for replacement that aren’t DOA with the big schools in the conference.
If Oregon gets into the ACC I never want to hear anyone talk about tRaVeL as a reason why we have to stay in jv
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Circumstances are obviously different for a P5 school that regularly sees 50-60k at home games.
Oregon is still a potential B1G candidate. All the top conferences are interested.
$140m athletic budget, and Phil Knight has given them around $1B. Completely different universe from where we are.
It's the G5 conferences with media deals often in the $2-4m range where travel costs are a concern.
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Lardsin must go!
On top of that Football travel isn’t our problem. Our football program would have no problem traveling to Florida every other week if it had to.
It’s the non-football sports that don’t pay for themselves as is that would have the problem. That’s the piece that Lakes can’t wrap his mind around.
Our travel wouldn't be a major issue in some G5 leagues. Softball, cross country, golf, baseball and track literally travel all over anyway, if they play conference games they just go to one destination for a series of games(baseball and softball). Wrestling is in a different conference.
That leaves basketball, volleyball and women's soccer. This travel thing is an immensely overblown issue unless we are joining a bus league. Fargo also isn't Macomb, it is relatively easy to fly into.
NDSU to the FBS always. In all ways.