Oh Boulder was definitely the top travel destination of the original Big XII. I loved my couple of years there. Luckily I did just enough to get a degree out of it.
Stanford is by no means tied to Berkeley in any meaningful way. Stanford is also just the oddest duck in this scenario, as they're the one team I could see saying "thanks but no thanks" and going semi-independent.
As a casual fan of college football who's grown up watching the PAC, whoo boy this sucks though. I see how it makes sense, obviously, for UCLA and USC. But still.
I assume Oregon and Washington will get invites to the B1G. If not, I wonder if the PAC sticks together while giving those two unequal shares. Less media money but split more ways and with unequal shares... maaaaaaaybe holds them together? Who the fuck knows. Maybe Oregon to SEC is next.
Ya, I'm a college football purist, where regionality and rivalries is what makes the sport great. UT has landed in the best possible spot for them with the big three back on the schedule (it will be absolute bullshit if the SEC doesn't give you all three every year), plus another intriguing local-ish matchup in LSU.
I don't understand this tweet.
1) If their GOR is up in 2024, they can simply ride out the existing GOR, not sign and new one, and thereby forfeit no media money
2) If there are other fees involved besides media money, I'm sure the $100mil a year from the B1G will cover it
3) If enough PAC teams jump ship (9, I believe), the conference is dissolved and no one owes anything
Who knows. Maybe Oregon people have worked a deal but needed UCLA and USC to squeal first so that UO could more comfortably get away from OSU ("we have no choice..." Same for UW and WSU. Or perhaps the B1G liked taking these two and is content to sit back and see what other teams reach out from the PAC/ ACC/ ND. The conspiracy theories are endless.