Cal and Stanford to acc

[SantaClaraHawk]

The time difference…

 

[Ostatehawk]

I can't imagine the travel will be helpful for their already marginal football programs.

 

[CPHawk]

Basically both are going to make no money after travel cost. Crazy decision, rather than working with OS/WSU to add 6 teams to the pac. I assumed they would add SDSU, BSU, UNLV, SMU, Tulane and UTSA or something.

 

[Maulbert]

What a pathetic display. This bullshit is why the power conferences have ruined college football.

 

[sc85sis]

Larry Scott was a terrible choice for Pac-12 President. He’s not solely to blame, but he owns the lion’s share of it.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

I say we wait and see what happens over the next couple years before we go all doom and gloom. It's still college football.

 

[RiverDog]

I say we wait and see what happens over the next couple years before we go all doom and gloom. It's still college football.

My interest in CFB had begun to wane even before this latest realignment. This could be the final nail in the coffin for me. They've turned their backs on some of the most loyal fans in all of sports with what they've done to WSU and OSU. Pullman and Corvallis were the only true college towns in the Pac-12. All the rest are within a large metro area, hence the attraction for the money grubbing conferences.

 

[NoGain]

Wow. Makes no geographic sense whatsoever. Are all Stanford's and Cal's collegiate teams going to have to endure that travel schedule? If so, just wow.

 

[hgwellz12]

Lol WTF?

 

[RiverDog]

Wow. Makes no geographic sense whatsoever. Are all Stanford's and Cal's collegiate teams going to have to endure that travel schedule? If so, just wow.

Yeah, that's the crazy thing about this realignment. And it's not just the distance traveled, it's the changing of time zones. It's going to make for some inconvenient start times, especially for weekday games.

But Cal and Stanford had no other viable option. The Big 10, Big 12, and SEC had already cherry picked the best schools and were done expanding, so unless they wanted to go to a mid major like the MWC or WAC, the only other option was to go independent, which would have been a scheduling nightmare and with no revenue coming from a conference's TV contract. The ACC had to take them in to remain an attractive conference for TV networks and streamers.

The whole thing just sucks.

 

[CPHawk]

Once ND finally takes the BIG up on their offer, they will bring Stanford along. Then Cal will just be left in the ACC without any other west coast teams.

 

[RiverDog]

Once ND finally takes the BIG up on their offer, they will bring Stanford along. Then Cal will just be left in the ACC without any other west coast teams.

Notre Dame's current TV contract with NBC runs through 2025. Whether or not they remain independent depends on the marketing landscape, which could be quite different two years from now.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Larry Scott was a terrible choice for Pac-12 President. He’s not solely to blame, but he owns the lion’s share of it.

I CURSE HIS NAME.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

The longer travel distance can be spun as a good experience for student athletes. They get to see more of the country.