JabbaNoBargain

Fascinating to see some HS 4 and even 5 stars not even starting elsewhere.

During our downtime, I may have visited a Beavis site or two. There are still large segments of people, in their echo chamber at least, that believe the new PAC could end up with not one but TWO guaranteed playoff spots. Is this the bill of goods that BSU and SDSU bought into? Really felt like those two fumbled all over themselves to join like it was an invite in the year 2000. Given the track record, I’m guessing the new PAC will end up suing somebody when they realize they don’t have any guaranteed playoff spots.

Interesting article. “Fatal flaw” to me indicates some kind of obscure detail that might not be obvious, such as, the new QB is left handed and the entire team is oriented to having a right handed QB. Being all new or untested up front on both sides of the ball should be a giant red flashing siren. tOSU won’t “lose in the semis” because of the lines not being up to snuff IMO. If the lines aren’t up to a very high standard and they fail to reload, they’re probably going 9-3 and may not make the playoff at all. (Yeah right, lol)

So the theory here is that a G6 with some 9-3 teams on the fringe of the top-25 is a shoe-in to place a team in the playoff? Interesting theory.

Happy birthday! My pops flew P3-C Orions so I’ve always had a soft spot for flying hardware.

I think a unified west coast conference would have provided a lot more leverage and created the unquestioned #1 G6. Instead they have fractured tv deals and an old name to cling to. BSU and SDSU could have had all the leverage and gave it away. What were the PIG2 options going to be if the MWC had stayed fully together? They would have had no choice but to merge or go independent. It’s as if they thought they were getting an auto qualifier out of this move.

It’s all silly. No one outside of their footprint takes this conference seriously. It’s just another G6, perhaps top-2 G6, but still G6. The biggest suckers in this are probably BSU and SDSU. Somehow all their past desires to join the real PAC the last 20 years blinded them into joining. They could have accomplished more (without the legal fees) by staying put, which would have pressured the PIG2 to merge.

Posturing nonsense IMO. Simple question to ask any “PAC” fan. If your team was invited to any P4 conference today, would you want them to accept? I think we know the answer.

Nice. Fun to see the Rivals team ratings now include avg. NIL with each school. BTW - in the spirit of bullying, according to 247, OSU currently has the #6 2026 class amongst teams that will be in the “PAC” in 2026.

Respectfully, I would say that the PIG-2 entering a scheduling agreement in bad faith with the MWC, and then turning around and strategically poaching MWC members, and then legally fighting poaching fees they agreed to is calling out their hypocrisy, not bullying. IMO the PIG-2 are classic bullies. Can’t compete with someone supposedly in your weight class? Go kick some sand in the face of someone you think can take. Gonna be hilarious watching them fail in a watered down “PAC”.

I’d say odds are slim. Looking at the schedules: - USC could have 4+ losses and a coaching change by November - OSU could happen if they were unbeaten or 2-1, but look impressive against Cal and @Texas Tech. More likely they’ll be 1-2 at best though.

When it comes to USC’s return the last 16 years, all I hear is Charlie Brown listening to adults. 1-2 in “BCS” bowls with zero playoff appearances since PC left. Anything less than 10 wins should be an F minus for USC. LR has done that 2 straight years now, but is somehow being celebrated for apparently having a complete rebuild going into his 4th season.

Much as it pains me, I would guess Baylor gets canceled and replaced by Beavis

There’s a reason they haven’t shared the details of the TV deal. Some unknowns include if they paid extra to entice BSU and SDSU. Don’t forget to throw in Gonzaga getting a full share without a football team. The number I keep hearing is around $65M. Whatever number for a TV deal is finally released is not going to be as clean as dividing by 8.

There’s a reason Vegas always wins. I’d absolutely say it’s a coin flip on 11-1 or 10-2 and no one really knows until we verify QB play a few games in. I would not bet the house on 11-1, but also wouldn’t be shocked if we ran the table again.

So far, looking at those 3 schools to date, what happens on the field is very mixed results!

I used to live and breathe HS recruiting, but I barely pay attention now. One basic premise that is completely out of date IMO is how volume impacts the team rating system. USC has recruited 30 players out of HS for 2026 and has the #1 class….cool story bro. What if your program is in a good place and only needs 13 HS players for 2026? If your coach has been around a while and you still need 30 HS players, that is not a positive in 2025.

Should have just merged with the MWC and secured a $10m - $12m/team media rights deal that included Vegas in their footprint IMO. I could have nearly respected that. Instead the 2 oinkers clutched to their lottery winnings to live “high on the hog” for 18 months.

Such a shame

Also worth noting the Zags are getting a FULL share as a basketball only member.

Number I’m hearing for new TV deal is about $7M-$8M/team. Time will tell. Going to be entertaining watching OSU come in 5th in the new 8 team G6 conference.

Football and football. IMO we’ve become a “football school” but have zero titles, which is something that anyone can throw in our face and there really is no comeback for it. Basketball (both teams) would be nice as well 😂 Sad as it may or may not be, all the other sports really don’t move the needle. IMO, if you ask an average sports fan “who won the last championship?” in baseball, indoor track, etc, they’ll probably have zero idea unless their team happened to be the one.

All theory until there’s high level productivity. Hope he recovers but this is a dude with identical stats all 3 years he’s played at two schools. There’s always the hope of a breakthrough though, high upside.

Which of course is now leading to the unintended consequence of players staying in college until they’re 23+ on a regular basis. Be interesting to see what happens.

Who could forget the shining moment for Ballooning or Life Saving? Chess and Kite Flying also had their glorious appearances. The Olympics have a long history of the host country getting a shot with some sport that won’t last. This is actually on brand and imo is at least an actual sport. BTW I believe FF is part of the 2028 summer games. 2028 LA just around the corner!