Jon Joseph

Indeed, he was one of Larry's biggest enablers. I liked what he had to say here but when it comes to realignment trust no one.

A fair and balanced take. Friend Joshua finished ahead of Canzano pointing out the need to improve the D in 2023.

Will this affect the calculus regarding the Ducks possible move to the B1G? Oregon Football: New UO president’s has conference realignment history DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The new UO president has been vocal about his approval of conference realignment and Big Ten expansion in the past.

I should have noted that AAU member and ACC member Georgia Tech could also be attractive for both the B1G and the SEC.

PA Duck and anyone else, do you have any idea where this gentleman stands regarding college athletics? Wisconsin is historically very good in football, basketball, and ice hockey. But does this gentleman give a whip about sports? I'm hoping he is not another Bloch at UCLA. As an economist, I hope he understands how success on the playing field and court lifts all boats and helps the bottom line. I wonder what role if any he played in terminating Paul Chryst and bringing in Luke Fickell as HC of the football team?

B1G 24? 3-6-6 - 3 permanent opponents and 6 others that vary season by season or every 2 seasons allowing for an H+H series. 1 protected game if need be such as Michigan vs Ohio State. CAL, Stanford, UCLA, USC [could be CU and Utah which would make UCLA/SC permanent opponents with OR and UW] Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, UW [could be CU and Utah; see above.] Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Wisconsin Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue Ohio State, Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia All B1G newbies would be AAU member schools. SEC goes to 24 including Clemson, FSU, Miami, NC State, and Va Tech. This allows for 10 votes in favor of breaking up the ACC and terminating the crummy media deal before 2036. ESPN is OK with this because it does not have the cost of owning and operating the ACC Network.

Irvine is a tough 1st round draw for a team seeded on the one line. But the NIT is for good reason, $, more travel-conscious than the NCAA. BTW, after defeating UCLA for the conference title I think Arizona got screwed being a 2 seed and not playing in the west. Meanwhile, UCLA down its all-conference D player gets to play in Sacramento. The game against Gonzaga will be a witch but IMO Kansas is a weak #1 seed. Get by Gonzaga and UCLA returns to Las Vegas in the Sweet 16. Arizona? The Wildcats make the Sweet 16 and play in Louisville.

The Oregon State OL was the story of the 4th Q in Corvallis. That was a very talented and well-coached group. Having said this, I think your comment is more than fair. The D looked gassed and out-of-shape at the end of the game. I agree with Joshua that the D must improve but Nix being hurt likely cost both the UW and OR ST Ls. Dilly's RPO oriented O was not the same after Nix was dinged in the UW game. The Pac-12's final CFB season as we know it should be very competitive if Williams, Penix, Nix and Rising can play and stay healthy.

Thank you, Joshua. Ditto for not-so-special teams. The coaching of the D last season did not translate to the field. Sewell largely disappeared, now a likely 3rd or 4th round pick and Flowe is off to Tucson. Defense travels. And with games at Utah and UW and a sneaky tough game at ASU, the D better be improved if the Ducks are going to make a run at a Pac-12 title. Always great to read your takes.

Well, The Pac-10 received 2 bids from the Tournament Committee. One, ASU a play-in game bid, and Arizona with a 2 seed bid in what looks to be a brutal West Bracket. The Pac-12 has 4 bids. Oregon, Utah, CU, and UW have to up their CBB performances. CAL appears to be a lost cause. Ditto Stanford. I note that San Diego State made it as a 5th seed. Boise and Nevada also received bids. UNC turned down an NIT bid. I imagine the Ducks will get a 1st round home game.

Would she have been willing to take a pay cut? I would think she is making more money in her current position than GK is being paid. I agree with you in regard to her qualifications. To date, GK has done nothing that was not a no-brainer such as getting the offices and broadcast facilities out of San Francisco. He got played by Kevin Warren, SC, and UCLA. And I have no idea why he needed to add an assistant commissioner and what does Merton Hanks do that a properly programmed computer cannot do?

FWIW, the Utah AD called out Dennis Dodd. He says that Utah is not in contact with the B12. 4 corners schools at 31.7M each per season in the B12 means that ESPN/FOX would have to come up with an additional $126.8M a season. I do not see any of the 4 corner schools leaving for a lesser cut than BYU. And I do not see the 12 teams in the B12 agreeing come 2024 to take a financial haircut to add the 4 schools. FOX seems more than satisfied with the theft of the LA schools. ESPN is not coming with an additional $126.8M a season for the 4 corner schools when it can acquire the tier 1 broadcast rights of the existing Pac-12 schools for, and I am speculating, approximately $25 to 30M per school augmented by income from a streaming entity. I think Fresno, Boise, and Gonzaga basketball is in the wheelhouse of what the B12's broadcast partners will be willing to pay. And I think it is just as likely for the B12 to add Tulane, Memphis, USF, E. Carolina, for example, than add any Pac-12 school or Mountain West school. These 4 schools would likely sign on with the B12 for a lesser share than the 12 B12 schools. San Diego State is the media market prize in the Pacific time zone and Baylor/TCU do not want SMU in the B12.

To get to the playoff I'd rather play teams that are not historically difficult opponents.

Full disclosure. Having USC and UCLA on the positive side of the ledger does not move my needle.

I think that if you are not invited there is no sense in applying. However, I have no doubt that PK back-channel reached out to the B1G and is still doing so today. But B1G expansion has as much or more to do with FOX than it does B1G leaders.

Wasn't that Cruise's client? Nevertheless, great post. To show the movie is great but dated I believe the client ended up with a $3M deal.

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Would the revenue share amount go up as it did with the 3 schools you mentioned? This would be up to FOX and not the B1G. Perhaps CBS/NBC could be cajoled to come up with more money? Is $40M enough to make a move that means horrendous travel for CBB and the non-revenue sports?

Great take. Link to applying for admission?

The conference is doing something right. Pac-12 Football: Biggest Pac-12 transfer portal winners and losers DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM The Pac-12 is king when it comes to improving via the transfer portal. Which team out west is the best at that game, though?

Great take and I certainly agree with the math but Oregon and UW would not be joining the B1G at a full revenue share. I expect if an offer is extended that the media money will be somewhat north of the Pac-10 new media deal but not close to a full share. So, out of the gate, Oregon would be competing in a conference as a 'junior member.' Without a full media share can the Ducks finish higher than Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and USC? In a 12-team football playoff with 6 highest ranked champs in the field, I do not see the B1G/SEC getting more than 3 AL teams in the field. Had we had a 12-team playoff seeded like the field will be in 2024, Utah would have been in the top 4 and would have received a first round bye. We'll see what kind of media deal the Pac-10 puts on the table but I am not that convinced, especially with a lesser share and much increased travel expenses, that the grass will be that much greener in the B1G.

Oregon vs UCLA is on the Pac-12 Network on the east coast at 9 PM. ESPN is showing ASU vs Arizona at 11:30 PM. This in a nutshell is the geography problem the Pac-10 and GK trying to negotiate a new media deal, have to deal with. And as to the 9 PM broadcast the Network has but 14M subscribers. Hats off to Larry and the 'bozos' who allowed Larry to run wild. GO DUCKS!

Standing is an issue for CAL, no doubt, arguably taken care of by the undetermined 'tax' UCLA will have to pay. If CAL, Stanford, Oregon, and Utah go to the B1G and the four corners schools to the B12 the best remedy for OSU and WSU might lie in bringing an anti-trust claim? I think there is an anti-trust concern in the B1G about offering Oregon and UW a spot in the B1G before the conference breaks up with the four corners schools departing? But all of unsourced talk about the Pac-10 going away is just that, talk. Talk we will will continue to hear until such time as a Pac-10 new media deal is solidified.

The unsourced spin beats on.

More idle speculation which we will hear until the details of the Pac-10 deal are released.