The Pac-12 tradition of eating it's young has led to rare Nat Champ opportunities. There is enough quality there that top teams are at risk and presents the East Coast Sporting press the opportunity to ignore it, which they do with impunity. I'd put the UW up against an SEC contender with the best QB in college right now.I think those sound like some good options, especially BYU. And if we (the Pac-12) fail to secure any reputable team we'll just take any community college available.(Crikes, I thought the Pac-12 was an untouchable super conference, how quickly time & money change everything.)
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I think that the committee got it right.
G and M are obvious.
TCU and THE Ohio State are the only other one loss teams.
-I've long asserted that a loss is a loss no matter what month its in so just because TCU and THE O lost in December doesn't mean that the loss is 'worse'.
G and M are obvious.
TCU and THE Ohio State are the only other one loss teams.
-I've long asserted that a loss is a loss no matter what month its in so just because TCU and THE O lost in December doesn't mean that the loss is 'worse'.
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Dirt didn't realize I was watching a bowl game!!! The Boise State uniforms look like a design from Teletubbies or if a pre teen approved the color scheme.. Just saying..
What a couple of incredible games today!
TCU with the upset over Michigan! - didn't see that coming. Congratulations to Sonny Dykes - he's vaulted TCU into a football powerhouse.
A back & forth game with the Buckeyes & Dawgs. Amazing performance by C.J. Stroud showing his ability as an elite QB - perhaps the best of this year's prospects. Great last drive giving his team a chance but the missed 50 yd FG attempt ended it all. And what can you say about Stetson Bennett - not even a top recruit out of HS & he's playing in his 2nd national title game!
The Dawgs & the Frogs for all the marbles in LA.
TCU with the upset over Michigan! - didn't see that coming. Congratulations to Sonny Dykes - he's vaulted TCU into a football powerhouse.
A back & forth game with the Buckeyes & Dawgs. Amazing performance by C.J. Stroud showing his ability as an elite QB - perhaps the best of this year's prospects. Great last drive giving his team a chance but the missed 50 yd FG attempt ended it all. And what can you say about Stetson Bennett - not even a top recruit out of HS & he's playing in his 2nd national title game!
The Dawgs & the Frogs for all the marbles in LA.
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I'm glad that I don't bet money on things because I would have bet that M and G would meet in the title game with G winning by one score. M is out! G should still win but TCU is HOT!
Sitting inside in drizzly, cold trying to explain what the Rose Bowl Parade is and what the Rose Bowl used to represent in the college football lexicon.. That aside I think that the playoff and designated championship game afterward is superior to the old arguably arbitrary system..
Yeah, shame that TCU upset Michigan. Would have been a much better game........maybe Georgia would have been held to 49 lol.
I can't imagine Michigan would have gotten hammered like that. TCU was totally outclassed - a colossal embarrassment. I wonder if they'll drop out of the top-25 in the final rankings. Lol.
What's unfortunate about this is that though TCU had a stellar season winning the Big-12, making the playoffs & beating Michigan in the semis all under 1st yr coach Sonny Dykes, they'll will be remembered for getting annihilated & embarrassed by Georgia in the title game.
What's unfortunate about this is that though TCU had a stellar season winning the Big-12, making the playoffs & beating Michigan in the semis all under 1st yr coach Sonny Dykes, they'll will be remembered for getting annihilated & embarrassed by Georgia in the title game.
Agree that Michigan would have been more competitive.. Both lines for TCU were porous.. coach was semi classy, the color people threw in that Georgia watched some Kobe Bryant video that they summarized as you need to bury your opponent.. Coach played lots of the bench but they still were rolling over TCU..afterwards you could see that there was mutual respect between the Heisman candidates..
I don't watch lots but from what I do.. really think that the playoffs and championship game is better and was long long overdue
I can't see it would have been anywhere near that big of a blowout but I still can't see how it would have been any less than a 20 point win for Georgia. They were definitely a big jump better than anyone else in NCAA
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Shocking news from the Pac-12 over the weekend - many big teams are moving elsewhere, including Oregon and Washington to the Big 10! Never thought I'd see a super conference like the Pac-12 melt down, pretty soon it'll be the Pac-5?
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Big Ten 'excited' as Oregon, Washington join
The Big Ten added Oregon and Washington as new members Friday, strengthening the Western flank of the rapidly growing conference while dealing a major blow to the Pac-12.
Absolutely insane! - I've never seen anything like this before.
And what do you know - CU goes back to the Big-12 where they were before leaving for the Pac-12. Lol
What blows my mind is schools joining conferences that are practically clear across the country (e.g. USC & UCLA joining the Big-10...what?). And BYU to the Big-12? (this is really good for them to finally get into a Power-5 conference after being independent for the last decade - but the Big-12 when they have a lot of ties to the West coast & Hawaii, and recruit heavily there).
The Pac-12 is in big trouble & on life-support because they're just left with a handful of schools that are also trying to negotiate deals with other Power-5 conferences (this is not over).
Sadly, the Pac-12 may end up DOA & cease to exist.
And what do you know - CU goes back to the Big-12 where they were before leaving for the Pac-12. Lol
What blows my mind is schools joining conferences that are practically clear across the country (e.g. USC & UCLA joining the Big-10...what?). And BYU to the Big-12? (this is really good for them to finally get into a Power-5 conference after being independent for the last decade - but the Big-12 when they have a lot of ties to the West coast & Hawaii, and recruit heavily there).
The Pac-12 is in big trouble & on life-support because they're just left with a handful of schools that are also trying to negotiate deals with other Power-5 conferences (this is not over).
Sadly, the Pac-12 may end up DOA & cease to exist.
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A sure and depressing sign of aging - not only does the dorm I lived in on UW's campus no longer exist (it's been bulldozed and something much fancier had been built in its place), but from the looks of it the conference my team belonged to since forever will likely no longer exist either...
Jeebus, can you imagine having to say - I remember when there was still a Pac- 10, 12, whatever number conference? I'm going to go and cry into my pillow!
Also, I'm having a hard time imagining how fans will attend away games if there is extensive across the country travel involved. For those who have the time and money it's no issue, but what about the rest who are loyal fans but are on a budget? I can't wait to see how this will turn out...
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Seeing as these big conference moves over the past few days are a bit confusing (for me at least) I found this article and/or opinion piece, it sheds a bit of light on things. There is still a lot to digest though because the business of college sports is a big, BIG business... money talks and *** walks, as they say.
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Column: It's not conference realignment. It's consolidation and no one is safe in the dash for cash
Conference realignment should be called college football consolidation because that's what's happening.
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Right now the money is huge, but I can't help but think that this 'realignment' will cost the conferences and schools money in the long run.Shocking news from the Pac-12 over the weekend - many big teams are moving elsewhere, including Oregon and Washington to the Big 10! Never thought I'd see a super conference like the Pac-12 melt down, pretty soon it'll be the Pac-5?
Big Ten 'excited' as Oregon, Washington join
The Big Ten added Oregon and Washington as new members Friday, strengthening the Western flank of the rapidly growing conference while dealing a major blow to the Pac-12.
I've heard some buzz around here that many of the Mountain West teams are proposing that the PAC 5 schools come join the MW. EDIT: which would force the NCAA to add the new MW as a power conference, right?
It's hard to guess what will happen next, might as well just sit back and watch this shitshow from afar!
PS - I guess another question is what will happen to the now former conference rivalry games? No Apple Cup? No Civil War? I thought what they were doing in professional golf recently was confusing, this is worse!
I think that's one of the reasons that they will lose money.It's hard to guess what will happen next, might as well just sit back and watch this shitshow from afar!
PS - I guess another question is what will happen to the now former conference rivalry games? No Apple Cup? No Civil War? I thought what they were doing in professional golf recently was confusing, this is worse!
UW vs. WSU Apple Cup is an easy drive to pack either house, tons of alum cross, and its been played for 120+ years. Plus HUGE TV audience.
UW vs. Maryland is not an easy trip, there is no history, and no alum cross. Certainly a smaller TV audience than above.
They MIGHT still paly the Apple Cup as a preseason gig, but meh.
Interesting interview with Gloria Nevarez, the Mountain West Comish on local sports radio today. Todays show isn't available to listen to via the website yet, but if you're interested in listening to it tomorrow:
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