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O.T. Conference Shuffle ( OU and Texas inquire about joining SEC)


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4 hours ago, BLIKNS said:

Saw rumor Pac 12 could also be targeting Grand Canyon and St. Mary's .. would still need an 8th football member..

On a side note UTEP to the Mountain West, giving them 8.  No word on Texas State .  

My wish A-10 tries for Wichita State and College of Charleston... 14 or 16 does it really make a difference anymore.  

Missouri Valley losing Mo State ,to C-USA ... could see some movement there

This realignment isn't going to end soon enough.  I'd think twice about jumping conferences until the dust settles.  Gonzaga is reportedly getting close to football level distribution of revenues.  If you are a football school in the Pac12, I'd second guess that move.  Football moves the money needle.

On another issue, the SEC and Big 10 are meeting this week on a football scheduling alliance.  The noose is drawing tighter.  Once all this garbage settles down in football, the P4 focus will be turned to carving up the biggest piece of pie possible in basketball.

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7 hours ago, gobillsgo said:

Purely hypothetical:

If offered, would you want SLU to join the PAC12, now that Gonzaga is in?  9pm starts would be terrible, but I think it’s a strong enough conference that you say yes

Gary Parrish CBS, a Memphis grad and their former beat writer thinks Memphis should have joined. 

They're estimating PAC-12 will be $12-15mil/year payout. for full members.

If SLU joined just basketball and that was $5mil/year how much more is that what the A10 pays?  I've read some estimates that are under $1mil/year for the A10.  If that's true, yeah you gotta move.

Plus there's some decent teams in the new PAC-12.

It would be an adjustment, no doubt.

The Zags had a sweet deal in the WCC with the top 2 seeds getting conference tournament byes until the semifinals. Plus they've been really successful and could schedule good non-conference teams. Now they're in a tougher conference but should get more revenue.

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6 hours ago, HoosierPal said:

This realignment isn't going to end soon enough.  I'd think twice about jumping conferences until the dust settles.  Gonzaga is reportedly getting close to football level distribution of revenues.  If you are a football school in the Pac12, I'd second guess that move.  Football moves the money needle.

On another issue, the SEC and Big 10 are meeting this week on a football scheduling alliance.  The noose is drawing tighter.  Once all this garbage settles down in football, the P4 focus will be turned to carving up the biggest piece of pie possible in basketball.

They have to give Gonzaga that money for Gonzaga to leave behind the mountain of tournament credits they have.  They were receiving the majority of the money for those credits.

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I know this doesn't excite, but Sacramento State has been building up quite an NIL chest... Looking to move to FBS and get a conference invite... Says they have $35 million already, wanting to get to $50

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Mountain West supposedly pursuing Grand Canyon , as non football playing member

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OK Bay Area, when Was Grand Canyon and Seattle supposed to  join the West Coast Conference?

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Thanks !  

Sacramento really sounds like they want to make the move to FBS

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Well that didn't last long.  So long West Coast Conference, hello Mountain West Conference.

So is Grand Canyon jumping from the WAC to the WCC then to the MWC, or just from the WAC to the MWC?  Will they pay an exit fee to both WCC and WAC?  When will they default and go Pac-12ing?

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42133262/grand-canyon-officially-joining-mountain-west

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