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Which realignment scenario is better for UW?

BleachedAnusDawg
BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,743 Standard Supporter
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UW goes to B1G and, while there are trash schools in the middle/bottom tiers, they are not going to compete with tOSU, USC if they're serious, ND, Michigan. UW will never go to the SEC, but same thing with probably 3-4 additional teams added in. But UW makes a lot more money for the AD to field teams that are not upper crust.

UW stays w/PAC and it reorgs with B12 leftovers after UT and OU leave and the conference doesn't bring as big of dollars so UW is playing catchup all the time, but it's a league that UW could entirely own year in and out, along with Oregon (assuming they would both have to agree to stay for this scenario to work).

So, money grab and you're also less likely to be competitive. Or, stay and win, but much less money and national presence, etc.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,743 Standard Supporter
    Probably should have added a poll option.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,014
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    UW goes to B1G and, while there are trash schools in the middle/bottom tiers, they are not going to compete with tOSU, USC if they're serious, ND, Michigan. UW will never go to the SEC, but same thing with probably 3-4 additional teams added in. But UW makes a lot more money for the AD to field teams that are not upper crust.

    UW stays w/PAC and it reorgs with B12 leftovers after UT and OU leave and the conference doesn't bring as big of dollars so UW is playing catchup all the time, but it's a league that UW could entirely own year in and out, along with Oregon (assuming they would both have to agree to stay for this scenario to work).

    So, money grab and you're also less likely to be competitive. Or, stay and win, but much less money and national presence, etc.

    So become the Mariners or the Rainiers?
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  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,269 Founders Club
    Take the money. This is a losing effort over time to try and prop up this conference. If you are gonna move, then take the money now and go play with the big boys.
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  • sinceredawg
    sinceredawg Member Posts: 863
    edited July 2022
    The best scenario is you somehow cobble together a competitive 3rd conference from scraps of ACC and Big12, which lets WA be the top school in the region for keeping recruits a) playing most games nearby to their parents b) at a legit high level.
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  • sinceredawg
    sinceredawg Member Posts: 863
    Okay fuck, it may not be the BEST scenario, but it's something.
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,358
    sinceredawg said:

    The best scenario is you somehow cobble together a competitive 3rd conference from scraps of ACC and Big12, which lets WA be the top school in the region for keeping recruits a) playing most games nearby to their parents b) at a legit high level.

    So basically a farm system for the sec and big 10. That’s the way this is looking unless you’re in the club.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,014
    AtomicDawg said:

    sinceredawg said:

    The best scenario is you somehow cobble together a competitive 3rd conference from scraps of ACC and Big12, which lets WA be the top school in the region for keeping recruits a) playing most games nearby to their parents b) at a legit high level.

    So basically a farm system for the sec and big 10. That’s the way this is looking unless you’re in the club.
    I could see a scenario where the conferences split from the NCAA to form their own football governance structure, like IRA.

    Let's face it, that this is just one of a myriad of issues going on in football right now, and the NCAA has proven repeatedly to be the worst thing for the sport.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    Unless we get serious about NIL (we won't) a move to the B1G just involves us becoming a complete punching bag for big boy programs that gaf. That said, being a big fish in a turd pond of left over Pac-12/Big12 dreck is like fucking your sister - feels good for a second but followed up with a lifetim of regret.

    I'd opt for B1G punching bag in the hopes that one day Jen and Karen are gone and we are serious about winning again. At least we would be in a conference where being a top tier program was possible, instead of at the little kid Thanksgiving table with the other paste eaters.
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  • sinceredawg
    sinceredawg Member Posts: 863
    Swaye said:

    Unless we get serious about NIL (we won't) a move to the B1G just involves us becoming a complete punching bag for big boy programs that gaf. That said, being a big fish in a turd pond of left over Pac-12/Big12 dreck is like fucking your sister - feels good for a second but followed up with a lifetim of regret.

    I'd opt for B1G punching bag in the hopes that one day Jen and Karen are gone and we are serious about winning again. At least we would be in a conference where being a top tier program was possible, instead of at the little kid Thanksgiving table with the other paste eaters.

    It's not always regret. Sometimes it's a really sweet, forbidden memory that makes you closer.

    It is interesting that at this minute, Canzano is indexing on "Klavikof is kicking ass" on keeping the Pac together, and Iver is pushing chips on the Big12 signing 6 former Pac teams.

    If rumors can be read as trends of truth - sounds like UW isn't playing this effectively.
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