That would be 13 not 12
Make that one!
I saw a tweet that showed 12 teams. Iâll try to find and post it!
The proposal above would certainly not be a P4 equivalent, but probably would be a legitimate âbest of the restâ conference.
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Over last 40 years no football program has underachieved more than UCLA with all its resources.
Check out its winning performance and few conference championships in football.
That may be.
But nevertheless.
UCLA has the second most PAC titles all time behind only USC, and was that conferenceâs only basketball blue blood.
Getting the PACâs two most successful football program and its most successful basketball program by far was a no brainer for the B1G.
A better comparison is to go back 40 years, to 1984, to see how successful UCLA has been as a Football & Basketball Program:
PAC Conference Football Championships
1985
1987 (Shared with USC)
1997 (Shared with Washington State)
1998
So, theyâve won TWO outright PAC Conference Football Championships in the last 40 years and ZERO in the last 25 years!
All-time, they are still #2 behind only USC.
And are also BY FAR the PACâs most successful basketball program.
Given that, it was a no brainer for the B1G.
Again, USC and UCLA combined represented 40% of the PACâs media value.
The other 10 PAC schools combined, only 60%.
Itâs pretty easy to see why the B1G took those two, given that.
That also explains why EIGHT of those ten PAC schools were left out of the P2, and two only admitted at partial shares to the B1G (UW and UO).
Itâs obvious who the two biggest brands were, based on that valuation (USC and UCLA), who the basically valueless brands were (Wazzu and OSU, who were completed excluded from the P4), and who the nearly valueless brands were (Stanford and Cal; who only get 1/4 ACC shares).
The four corners had enough value to get full shares in the Big 12, but not an invite to the P2.
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If they took UCLA, theyâd definitely consider Houston.
Before the Oregon/Washington adds, 3 of their last 4 adds were Big market under performing brands with mediocre attendance, over the last 40 years, but they were located in LARGE markets.
The only exception is USC which has had a ton of football success and also fills their stadium.
But UCLA, Rutgers and MarylandâŠnot so much.
Reading the USF board to get their opinion. The time games will be played and distance are the only negatives they have joining the new PAC-12. Some talk about how it could help them get an ACC invite.
Boise gets $7 million +.
Rest get near $5 million.
Wilner from a few days ago.
$11 million per is what they are going for.
About what TV $ Stanford and Call get from ACC.
Should be free.
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/pac-12-expansion-estimating-media-value-with-mountain-west-schools-aboard/
$11M is 3ish more than current AAC deal?
I donât think any school in the B1G would want to go back to the PACwhatever or any other for that matter. Maybe Nebraska would consider going back to the B12 since UT is gone, but I doubt it.
From memory the OGs in AAC @ $7 million from TV.
The rest get @ 1/2 (?)
Add the exit fees with (more coming) & UH left them a fair amount of NCAA credits.
Believe SMU just wrote them a check this summer.
No payments over time.
Playoff $ will help.
I donât see why Memphis would make the move for a little more revenue that gets offset by more costs. Playing more late games too. $11M could be optimistic too
If I were Memphis I would make the move because itâs a step up in competition and the new PAC12 would be considered the best of the rest of G5 conferences
If Memphis, Tulane, and USF leave, does Air Force still have interest in The American or decide to stay in MWC? Iâm sure they would be football only to begin with in the AAC.
I see your point but imo, being an undefeated G5 has better optics than being in a subjectively better G5 league. Does the CFP committee really care who is best G5 conference? Liberty was ahead of SMU in CFP last season, iirc.
I believe they do. I would say the AAC majority of the time when UH, UCF & Cincy were still in had a better chance of rankings, maybe not the CFP because there were only 4 spots but if it were 12, the old AAC conference champion would have had the better chance and it had to with the clout they had being descendants of the old Big EastâŠthe last 5 years UH was in the AAC there was usually multiple teams in the top 25. No other G5 had that going for themâŠ
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