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    Big 12 Commish's Words to Kliavkoff

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    On 8/15/2023 at 5:03 PM, Jon Joseph said:

    'And George, have a really nice day.'

     

    Fox was involved no doubt but Fox and ESPN were both contractually committed to fund P5 team additions to the B12 at the full $31.7M a year share. Yormark jocked the fiddling while the Pac burns, Kliavkoff. 

     

    How is it possible to massively screw up with the hire of Larry and then hire a guy with, like Larry, no college sports experience? If I were GK, when these bozos said, "George, get us $50M each," I'm headed back to the MGM.

     

    George did not have the gravitas to convince the members of 'The Elite Club' to expand into the Central time zone which likely would have saved the conference and to tell the Pac-12 presidents to get a grip when it came to the evaluation of media money.  

    Kliavkoff was handcuffed by the Presidents.  The same group who are also responsible for his hire and Larry's original hire and later anointment.

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    Will the Oregon Legislature Meddle in Ducks' Move to the B1G?

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    The amount of money that the UO gets from the legislature has been dropping as a percentage of revenue for decades.  The last time a legislator tried to influence a UO policy of some sort it was Rep. Mitch Greenlick (I forget his particular beef) I want to say that it as less then 10% of the UO academic budget was state-funded.   It is likely less today....a main reason why tuition and fees have gone up.

     

    Point is, if they try to racketeer some dough for the Beavs, I could see the school offering to reject the state funds and go private.

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    B1G is FASCINATED With Oregon's Uniforms...

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    Before Lennon & McCartney, there was Calvert and Crossland

     

    [color line drawing, Maryland State Flag]Maryland's flag bears the arms of the Calvert and Crossland families. Calvert was the family name of the Lords Baltimore who founded Maryland, and their colors of gold and black appear in the first and fourth quarters of the flag. Crossland was the family of the mother of George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore. The red and white Crossland colors, with a cross bottony, appear in the second and third quarters. 

    This flag first was flown October 11, 1880, in Baltimore at a parade marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Baltimore. It also was flown October 25, 1888, at Gettysburg Battlefield for ceremonies dedicating monuments to Maryland regiments of the Army of the Potomac. Officially, it was adopted as the State flag in 1904 (Chapter 48, Acts of 1904, effective March 9, 1904). 

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    Canzano: 'An Empty Gun': The Downfall of the Pac-12 Conference

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    One could get the impression that the Pac12 Presidents view athletics (outside of Stanford and Olympic sports) as a part of their job they least enjoy/value.  Sort of like kissing your sister.

     

    Compare the management of athletics over the years in the Pac12/10/8 to the SEC and Big10 where the Athletic Departments are embraced, cultivated and invested in--as nearly autonomous assets--as entities for the greater health of the institution and its alumni and community connections.

     

    What the Conference of Champions achieved DESPITE the lack of comparative administrative support is a credit to the boosters, donors and student athletes of those institutions. 

     

    Chickens came home and roosted.....sadly.

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    How Fox and ESPN Dismantled the Pac-12

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    On 8/7/2023 at 11:02 AM, Charles Fischer said:

    Superb article David, and the worst part of it all for me?  The company that effectively destroyed the Pac-12, Fox, we now will have to embrace, watch their telecasts and soak up their adulation. 

     

    It just dawned on me that this now means MORE Gus Johnson, not LESS.  

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    Time to Add Seating at Autzen?

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    I think they "upgrade" the north side and focus on fewer, high-yield ticket buyers.   If they can add 10,000 "seats" at double the revenue through amenities, services and experience upgrades it eases space, parking and I5 access issues.  

     

    In other words more Ritz-Carlton and less Courtyard offerings....

    New Conference for Us...What are the Ripple Effects?

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    Posted · Edited by Smith72
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    The first ripple effects mentioned where centered on those left behind, naturally.  We'll see how that sorts out moving forward.  Stanford/Cal feel like B1G adds, OSU/WSU feel like the Big12 to me.

     

    In another thread that discussed the ACC's demise and the moving pieces likely to go to the super conferences, the U of Miami was left out of the discussion.  If that were to become reality, imagine the downward arc of MariØ since Herbert & Brady Breeze won the Rose Bowl....stunning.

     

    On the other hand, what if this move is the catalyst that revives the Montlake Mutts by re-energizing the fanbase, namely the Tyee Club?   We may rue the day in that light.  I was hoping to close the lifetime W-L record with those mangy mongrels before they were resuscitated.  I am not sure that DeBoer is the guy to get them there, but after him, they will be able to attract a good one.

     

    Hey, who knows, maybe "3 yards and a cloud of FieldTurf Pellets" Cristobal will be available then?

    How We Got Here

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    Posted · Edited by idontrollonshobbas
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    Thumbnail version of the Mandel piece:  in 2011, the P12 finished the season with 3 teams ranked in the top 6 AND had just signed the most lucrative media deal college sports history.  12 years later, implosion.  The cause? Apathy (Pac-12 Presidents, namely Crow at ASU); hubris (Larry Scott and his network without a partner model), and unparalleled mismanagement (Crow and others rejecting a DirectTV package AND Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference).

     

    The Harvard Biz School now has a new Case Study on how not to manage an athletic conglomerate or, if you prefer, a profile of executive ineptitude.  Larry Scott will be immortalized.

     

    Kliavkoff was left with empty coffers after these failures led to B1G and SEC acquisitions....the writing was on the wall.  He also implies that West Coast academic culture is about the furthest thing from College Athletic business acumen one could find with ASU's Crow as the poster child of mendacity.

     

     

     

     

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    Time to Add Seating at Autzen?

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    Indiana has played in Autzen.  The stadium was full.  And, the Hoosiers kicked our butts.

     

    I have seen Wiscy, Michigan and Mizzou games in Autzen that were jam packed with overflow crowd in the Parking Lot of another 10K or so.

     

    I would like to see modest capacity expansion with more luxury seating for my tired, widening old man behind.  By luxury, I mean upscale food options, seat-service and ample bathrooms!

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    Canzano: Conference Demise Hinges on Oregon

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    On 8/3/2023 at 2:30 PM, AllOregon said:

    Man, just when I had a few months of actually thinking Canzano turned a corner on being a legit good, sourced reporter.  After this and his recent statement that PAC media deal getting more $ than Big12 is a lay-up.  Clearly, once again he is either being used or creating fake news for clicks. Maybe both. No. More. Trust.

    You can't polish a (toad)......I cleaned that up for propriety's sake 

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