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Next Pac-12 Commissioner Announced
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This conference showed some balls...
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Part of me thinks adding UNLV and UNR to the conference would be beneficial from an 'eyes' perspective, but ultimately see where that, much like adding BYU, would be bad for the league. Las Vegas has 2.2 million people, but I venture most of them are California transplants already, and have very little loyalty to UNLV. UNR would be like adding OSU or WSU, which would not be good. That said, UNLV and BYU would be interesting additions. I have said however keeping BYU out of a P5 conference is beneficial for P12 schools. The number of mormon kids that play at other schools because BYU is not in a P5 is staggering. If they were in a P5 they would be able to hold onto a lot of those kids. Utah State doesn't really move the needle, and though Fort Collins is an awesome town, and they have new belgian brewing bar in one of the endzones, also doesn't do a lot. In 10 years as demographics continue to shift to WA, CO and AZ however, adding such schools may be a good idea. All just speculation and off season hot talk on my part.
Hire isn't surprising considering how much of the P12 has utilized vegas and MGM for hoops and was moving in that direction for football. -
I've been saying for years that any place, including UW when only 60k or less are showing up, should being doing mass ticket giveaways the night before the game. Fill the fucking stadium even if it's with a bunch of soccer fags or exchange students who couldn't give less of a fuck about football.Bob_C said:
Or enough fans willing to travel on short notice. I agree that if Vegas is going to work, it needs heavy subsidization from somewhere. I’d give away free tickets at the door to make it look good for tv if you need to.Tequilla said:
I like the idea of the game being in Vegas for a number of reasonsBob_C said:
Step one should be to put Pac12 championship game as home game for someone. It’s a terrible look to have it half full on tv.Tequilla said:
He gets the problem ... can he fix the perception?FecalFeast said:
But to get people to come you have to help people out ...
1) Get airlines (Alaska) to run additional flights to/from Vegas to get fans to the game reasonably ... gouging prices with limited supply available doesn’t help
2) Partner with hotels to make sure that lodging is at a reasonable price ... you want the fans there to buy food, go to events, and lose money at the tables
If you can’t find a way to get everybody there then you have to move it on campus. The P12 has a geography problem in that it’s not super easy to drive to a centrally located championship game
And make it a Saturday afternoon game. Friday night neutral setting game with a weeks notice was easily the dumbest idea anyone has ever had.
You get better play from your team, more excitement for new customers getting their first impression meaning new fans, and it looks and sounds better on TV.
I also think Vegas is the best bet for the title game. I wouldn't really worry about home field/regional advantage. UW and UO fans would travel there better than most alternatives. It's close for everyone else that has a shot of playing in it. -
Maybe we can get the PAC 12 championship in Vegas. Novel concept, I know. Sports fans enjoy trips to Vegas more than Bay Area suburbs.
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This is a completely unPac like hire.
I love it.
RICK NEUHEISEL DID NOTHING WRONG!! -
Come say that to my face!huskyhooligan said:UNR would be like adding OSU or WSU
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401012744
Never forget, the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the PACK. The PAC knows what's in store for them if they come here. Two team enter, one team leave. They ain't wanna touch this.
GO PACK
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If Oregon or UW wins the north you could fill Hawks Stadium but your odds are better lol in Vegas.
Stanford winning the North a bunch is horrible. No matter where its played -
Are Pac-12 teams gonna have to kick 10% upstairs to "The Big Guy"?
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I’m confused didn’t the championship game to Vegas already happen?
