I’m not a Pac12 fan. I’m a fucking Washington fan.
This.
Look, I don't love getting paid less than Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, et al.
But if this the kind of real-politik required to save Washington then so be it.
No Washington or Oregon fan should feel a damn bit of remorse.
Video killed the radio star. Is what it is.
I don’t love the shitty schools getting more and ideally they would be told to fuck off, they get what they get.
The good news is that it is temporary. By 2029 we get the full share. Revenue obviously matters but isn’t everything. A lot of programs generate a lot of revenue but are still average or shitty.
UW was in severe danger of not mattering anymore. And UW has been fine at fucking up, for decades, without outside help.
This move ensures they will be in a league that will be near or at top for $ for years. They gave up - perhaps - slightly better chance at basically a G5 playoff bid, for a couple years, for potentially enough $ to keep mattering.
Larry Scott and the idiots who believed in him killed this shit; USCLA just put a date on the tombstone.
Maybe the progrum will still suck, but it'll be fun and "either way it will be interesting"
cfetters STAFF Posted on 20 mins, V I P, User Since 262 months ago, User Post Count: 124886 20 mins VIP 262 months 124886 Is it great to hear? Is it going to be great to be listed in the history books as a potential player in the demise of a Power-5 conference? Because I can see a scenario where UW and Oregon aren't looked at in glowing terms when all this shakes out. And maybe you couldn't care less about that, and that's fine. But others may care.
IMHO UW and Oregon feel like Schrödinger's teams right now; both alive and dead at the same time
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Only the most jaded Pac-12 fans are celebrating this right now IMHO. Completely eliminating decades and decades of history in a matter of days. And on top of the fact that this was set up to be arguably the best college football season in history for the conference. And more than that, UW has a legit Heisman Trophy candidate and a team worthy of playoff talk.
And it's like none of that is going to matter now. That absolutely sucks for the players and coaches that have worked ridiculously hard to get to this point. I asked Chuck Morrell about how the team tries to eliminate the outside noise when stuff like this is going on and he just said they have to focus on what they can control. That's it. They don't have a choice. But is anyone going to be paying attention now?
I doubt many are going to care about this Pac-12 season in the grand scheme. It's just going to be seen in the history books as the year the conference imploded. Everyone is already thinking about 2024, because this is now old news.
I was a history major in college; this stuff matters to me, and perhaps it matters to me more than most. If it doesn't matter to you, that's cool. I'm not judging your opinion on it.
But if you think this is a happy day for college football, I just simply disagree.
What a sanctimonious load of shit
Of course it sucks that all that history fades to nothing. But for Washington to stay aboard this sinking ship would have been the eventual death knell to the program.
Coaches and players love the move because it's payday baby
No one has more conference history than I do but there have been 5 different versions since I was born
And fuck the Pac 9 anyway
It wasn't a Pac anything with fucking Utah in it.
Frankly, I always thought Colorado was retarded as well. They should have been in the B12 years ago. Nebraska in the B10 is also dumb. B12 for them as well.
The traditional B10 and the Pac defectors make sense because of historic ties to the Rose Bowl. Former Big 8 teams are misfits in both conferences. Colorado will now get back to recrooting Texas heavy and might then return to decency.
UW was in severe danger of not mattering anymore. And UW has been fine at fucking up, for decades, without outside help.
This move ensures they will be in a league that will be near or at top for $ for years. They gave up - perhaps - slightly better chance at basically a G5 playoff bid, for a couple years, for potentially enough $ to keep mattering.
Larry Scott and the idiots who believed in him killed this shit; USCLA just put a date on the tombstone.
Maybe the progrum will still suck, but it'll be fun and "either way it will be interesting"
Cheers--
I get this, but I tend to fall back to old school on playoffs. If you can't get by Michigan and Buck, then you're not natty material. Trying to back door a natty is unmanly.
Coaches and players love the move because it's payday baby
No one has more conference history than I do but there have been 5 different versions since I was born
And fuck the Pac 9 anyway
It wasn't a Pac anything with fucking Utah in it.
Frankly, I always thought Colorado was retarded as well. They should have been in the B12 years ago. Nebraska in the B10 is also dumb. B12 for them as well.
The traditional B10 and the Pac defectors make sense because of historic ties to the Rose Bowl. Former Big 8 teams are misfits in both conferences. Colorado will now get back to recrooting Texas heavy and might then return to decency.
The upside for UW football is massive, it's precisely on-brand for Fetters to give this debbie downer take.
Fact: UW's media profile has been absolutely anemic for about 20 years. The actually good 5 stars in WA can't wait to get out of the state because who the fuck wants to watch UW play Cal or ASU on tv at 2 am on the east coast? In front of a half empty stadium?
UW has always been invisible to the national media, even moreso since the Oregon marketing machine has revved up.
When you get in a true power conference you get hyped up by national media. You get respect, you get eyeballs.
After UW blows out Penn St. or Michigan in a rocking Husky stadium in a primo broadcast slot the nation will be sucking our dicks.
The upside for UW football is massive, it's precisely on-brand for Fetters to give this debbie downer take.
Fact: UW's media profile has been absolutely anemic for about 20 years. The actually good 5 stars in WA can't wait to get out of the state because who the fuck wants to watch UW play Cal or ASU on tv at 2 am on the east coast? In front of a half empty stadium?
UW has always been invisible to the national media, even moreso since the Oregon marketing machine has revved up.
When you get in a true power conference you get hyped up by national media. You get respect, you get eyeballs.
After UW blows out Penn St. or Michigan in a rocking Husky stadium in a primo broadcast slot the nation will be sucking our dicks.
Bingo
Recruiting just got instantly better, as did branding, as did academis, as did tv ratings, as did the payout
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Danny O'Neille is probably still screaming at husky fans on Twitter right now.
Sink or swim
Look, I don't love getting paid less than Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, et al.
But if this the kind of real-politik required to save Washington then so be it.
No Washington or Oregon fan should feel a damn bit of remorse.
Video killed the radio star. Is what it is.
The good news is that it is temporary. By 2029 we get the full share. Revenue obviously matters but isn’t everything. A lot of programs generate a lot of revenue but are still average or shitty.
This move ensures they will be in a league that will be near or at top for $ for years. They gave up - perhaps - slightly better chance at basically a G5 playoff bid, for a couple years, for potentially enough $ to keep mattering.
Larry Scott and the idiots who believed in him killed this shit; USCLA just put a date on the tombstone.
Maybe the progrum will still suck, but it'll be fun and "either way it will be interesting"
Cheers--
Of course it sucks that all that history fades to nothing. But for Washington to stay aboard this sinking ship would have been the eventual death knell to the program.
The traditional B10 and the Pac defectors make sense because of historic ties to the Rose Bowl. Former Big 8 teams are misfits in both conferences. Colorado will now get back to recrooting Texas heavy and might then return to decency.
Fuck Stanford. Fuck the weak ass Pac fan-bases and the shittiest management of a P5 conference imaginable.
Fucking retarded referees and getting preempted by truck races.
It's the fault of the presidents and alumni of the Pac schools for putting up with shit for so long.
Fact: UW's media profile has been absolutely anemic for about 20 years. The actually good 5 stars in WA can't wait to get out of the state because who the fuck wants to watch UW play Cal or ASU on tv at 2 am on the east coast? In front of a half empty stadium?
UW has always been invisible to the national media, even moreso since the Oregon marketing machine has revved up.
When you get in a true power conference you get hyped up by national media. You get respect, you get eyeballs.
After UW blows out Penn St. or Michigan in a rocking Husky stadium in a primo broadcast slot the nation will be sucking our dicks.
and fuck fat fucking Fetters
Recruiting just got instantly better, as did branding, as did academis, as did tv ratings, as did the payout
So I guess this isn’t your house in Laurelhurst