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I'd like to offer a retraction
GreenRiverGatorz
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I stated last week that the Pac-12's tie breaker rules are needlessly complex and twist themselves into knots trying to pick the "better" team to go to the CCG. Obviously the higher CFP ranking should be used as a tie breaker in the case of a 3-way tie where not all teams have played each other.
Given last night's lunacy from the lemon party committee, thank god that wasn't the criteria (though something tells me they wouldn't have had Utah leapfrog us if it was, which just makes their picks all the more invalidated). Don't twist though, the Pac-12 is still fucking retarded and should reinstate divisions since, you know, the fucking schedule is built on those same divisions that apparently no longer exist.
Also big thanks to USC and UCLA for blowing up this aborted fetus of a conference. It's well past its expiration date and clownfuckery like this is all the more reason for everyone to LEAVE.
Given last night's lunacy from the lemon party committee, thank god that wasn't the criteria (though something tells me they wouldn't have had Utah leapfrog us if it was, which just makes their picks all the more invalidated). Don't twist though, the Pac-12 is still fucking retarded and should reinstate divisions since, you know, the fucking schedule is built on those same divisions that apparently no longer exist.
Also big thanks to USC and UCLA for blowing up this aborted fetus of a conference. It's well past its expiration date and clownfuckery like this is all the more reason for everyone to LEAVE.
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Honestly though, they should just go independent.
There is a strong possibility Amazon is going to pay the conference a bunch of cash to stream the games
Just like an NFL QB hitting the FA market, we were one of the top paid conferences right after the 2012 deal. Until we weren't. At the end of the day the Pac-12 has far less eyeballs than the other four conferences, and that's going to cost us money in the long run.
It's dead. Join a conference that still matters.
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USC has an 8.2 billion dollar endowment (hi @creepycoug ). I know they can't pull from that to buy players, but it's a good measurement of the affluence that the USC alumni base has. Seems like they can still compete even with shitty Pac 12 TV deals.
#fighton