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Washington not on Big 10's Wish List: Report

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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,494
    edited July 2022
    WoolleyDoog said:

    whlinder said:

    greenblood said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    BeerThirty said:

    I'm calling BS. No way Stanford gets in and UW doesn't.

    Stanford satisfies the academis guilt for the Big10 selling out.
    Interesting point
    It also gives Notre Dame another natural rivalry as well. With USC, Michigan, Michigan St., Stanford, Notre Dame would feel even more comfortable. I think there is some merit between Oregon, Washington, and UNC fighting for the other 2 spots. I think Oregon and Washington have the edge, because a 20 team big 10 opens up a 5 team 4 division conference. With the Big 10 west consisting of Washington, Oregon, Stanford, USC, and UCLA.
    Agreed that Stanford gets a big added bump by being a ND historical rival. ND will only fully join a football conference if they can continue to play all across the country and maintain their national brand. The B1G as constituted now gives them that.

    If this all happens this year I don't see how UNC gets out of its grant of rights through 2036, but otherwise it would be the logical top candidate in the east.

    A 20 team B1G, with ND, likely picks 3 from UW/UO/Cal/Furd

    A 20 team B1G without ND probably doesn't happen for a while, but would probably have UNC as the additional eastern team.

    A 24 team B1G would require ND and would open up potential options for Colorado, an Arizona school, Georgia Tech, Miami and others...
    Yeah, Stanford doesn't make a lot of sense in a lot of ways, but they do open up Big Ten to a big TV market on paper, open up recruiting in the Bay Area (even though it's dying) and the Central Valley a bit, and a ton of Big Ten alums, and I'm sure wealthy ones are in the Bay Area. Also gives the LA schools someone to play with less travel.
    North Carolina is a head scratcher to me for two reasons: they're relative nothing football school, and their basketball "brand" is eastern seaboard and very much tethered to the current composition of the ACC. I mean, maybe conference affiliation doesn't matter as much in basketball ... you play so many games that you can just keep playing all these same teams. But IDK. It seems like a bad arranged marriage. UNC and Duke will always been UNC and Duke, and no new rivalry in the B10 will even approach that game. Seems odd.

    One other thing: agree on all counts relative to Notre Dame, but I'll just say that the ND/Stanford "rivalry" is a weak one. ND/USC is balls. ND/Stanford just doesn't play as well. But apparently they care about it and they're in the driver's seat.
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  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    There can only be one UW in big 10
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,882 Founders Club
    edited July 2022
    creepycoug said:

    WoolleyDoog said:

    whlinder said:

    greenblood said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    BeerThirty said:

    I'm calling BS. No way Stanford gets in and UW doesn't.

    Stanford satisfies the academis guilt for the Big10 selling out.
    Interesting point
    It also gives Notre Dame another natural rivalry as well. With USC, Michigan, Michigan St., Stanford, Notre Dame would feel even more comfortable. I think there is some merit between Oregon, Washington, and UNC fighting for the other 2 spots. I think Oregon and Washington have the edge, because a 20 team big 10 opens up a 5 team 4 division conference. With the Big 10 west consisting of Washington, Oregon, Stanford, USC, and UCLA.
    Agreed that Stanford gets a big added bump by being a ND historical rival. ND will only fully join a football conference if they can continue to play all across the country and maintain their national brand. The B1G as constituted now gives them that.

    If this all happens this year I don't see how UNC gets out of its grant of rights through 2036, but otherwise it would be the logical top candidate in the east.

    A 20 team B1G, with ND, likely picks 3 from UW/UO/Cal/Furd

    A 20 team B1G without ND probably doesn't happen for a while, but would probably have UNC as the additional eastern team.

    A 24 team B1G would require ND and would open up potential options for Colorado, an Arizona school, Georgia Tech, Miami and others...
    Yeah, Stanford doesn't make a lot of sense in a lot of ways, but they do open up Big Ten to a big TV market on paper, open up recruiting in the Bay Area (even though it's dying) and the Central Valley a bit, and a ton of Big Ten alums, and I'm sure wealthy ones are in the Bay Area. Also gives the LA schools someone to play with less travel.
    North Carolina is a head scratcher to me for two reasons: they're relative nothing football school, and their basketball "brand" is eastern seaboard and very much tethered to the current composition of the ACC. I mean, maybe conference affiliation doesn't matter as much in basketball ... you play so many games that you can just keep playing all these same teams. But IDK. It seems like a bad arranged marriage. UNC and Duke will always been UNC and Duke, and no new rivalry in the B10 will even approach that game. Seems odd.

    One other thing: agree on all counts relative to Notre Dame, but I'll just say that the ND/Stanford "rivalry" is a weak one. ND/USC is balls. ND/Stanford just doesn't play as well. But apparently they care about it and they're in the driver's seat.
    There's just so much bullshit being flung at the moment.

    Again if UW vs UO is on ABC at 1 pm and UW/UO aren't talking to big 12 and all the smoke from the beginning has said UO/UW talking to B1G, plus UW removing all Pac 12 logos from tweats, then there's a really really good chance this is headed where it needs to.

    But members of these obscure media sites that in no way respect western American football seem to act like if you don't include UNC and Duke football than you're losing out on money.

    There's obviously a ton of negotiating and posturing and hopefully this doesn't drag out for 2 years.
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  • DawgtillDeath
    DawgtillDeath Member Posts: 155
    BeerThirty said:

    I'm calling BS. No way Stanford gets in and UW doesn't.

    Stanford are the golden domers alter boys. If nd says throw in the trees and you've got a deal its done.
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  • AOG
    AOG Member Posts: 2,857
    I really don't get WHY any PAC-X team would actually want to join the BIG-10
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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,573
    AOG said:

    I really don't get WHY any PAC-X team would actually want to join the BIG-10

    I can think of 120 million reasons why
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  • AOG
    AOG Member Posts: 2,857
    greenblood said:

    AOG said:

    I really don't get WHY any PAC-X team would actually want to join the BIG-10

    I can think of 120 million reasons why
    Yes, sure, if you invest in Fox or ESPN. For the average fan, what???
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  • AOG
    AOG Member Posts: 2,857
    I mean, a team is not just a team,it's also the "nation" (sarcasm)
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  • Canadawg
    Canadawg Member Posts: 6,295 Standard Supporter
    Lots of Twitter handles trying to make names for themselves right now. If anyone feels like getting Twitter likes rn you can just put "college football reporter" in your bio and come up with a spicy take every 16-20 hours
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