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After reading Caple's piece today, Ana Mari Cauce's thought process was impressive
DerekJohnson
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I'm also shocked to realize that Richard "Fig" Newton is still on the roster. It feels like he's been here since 2014
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Cuz we all thought the Pac-12 was going to have a shit deal for 13 months
As long as we talk about academis and do what it takes to stay in the bigs in football life goes on
She deserves credit. Gerberding sold out the big money
We need to make it the narrative that it was WASHINGTON’s decision to destroy the conference and go after USC due to what happened in 1993.
Where the fuck this lady been for the last eight years?
The SEC obviously has much more talent but the PAC 12 was underrated nationally because nobody gives a fuck about West Coast football. The QB’s and skill players have always been good, which made a lot of games entertaining.
That said, the conference died when the LA schools left and we did what needed to be done. Tradition had already died. West Coast teams with the 7 pm games had no national relevance and the move to the Big 10 hopefully changes that.
We will still play 7 pm games but I doubt it will be as many. Games against quality Big 10 programs will generate excitement in the fan base and the program. The traditionalists that are sad the PAC 10-12 met it’s Denise are blue hairs and this is the shot in the arm UW needed to get a passionate fan base and stadium rocking again.
And yes, there's currently a growing narrative in Trojanland that USC left (+ attempted and failed to burn B1G bridges behind it so UW/UO couldn't follow) because the conference stood aside and did nothing when the NCAA came calling during the latter Carroll years. As if anyone owed them shit. Soft soft soft. They say this despite USC leading the charge (along with Stanford) to cook UW and Don James out in the early 90s after winning the ship. There is zero precedent for the Pac schools supporting each other like that lmao but plenty of precedent in the opposite direction. USC's version of the stabbed-in-the-back myth.
It feels bizarre -- and maybe I am over-thinking it -- but I feel like UW and UO are going to be quasi-aligned in their hatred of USC now lol. All the while USC fans try to justify their actions by crying about how no one else in the conference helped defend them against sanctions. Not sure I had we have codependency issues on my 'excuses USC fans give for fleeing the Pac and trying to block UW/UO' bingo card.