Jon Joseph

LOL! On the Saturday Down South board, most posters are blaming not going to 9 due to ESPN not willing to come up with more money than &70M a year for each SEC team. 8 games mean 4 and not 3 SEC teams in the 12-team playoff field. I hate to have anything to do with the B12 these days but come 2026 the ACC (conference teams without Notre Dame on the schedule play a 9th conference game,) B12, Pac-10, and the top 2 teams in the G5 have their own post-season tournament. Let the B1G and the SEC play their own tournament along with Notre Dame. Kind of like the bowl system today. All the 12-team field is going to do is throw more peanuts at the Little P3 and one G5 team while the Power 2 is further subsidized. Not as much $ but other than that, SEC teams cannot have more than 85 guys on scholarship so there are plenty of very good HS players to go around, and the additional $ from a 12-team PO will only go to coaches, administrators, and not to the fans who will have to schlep to more and more night games.

HUZZAH! Nothing better than defeating an SEC team in SEC country in any sport.

And although it will be up against Texas at Alabama, I love that the game is on big Fox and not on ESPN 2. Lubbock can be batten down the hatches windy and the fans will be out in full force. I wish Tyler all the best in 2023 except in game 2. In theory, Oregon has the advantage of playing Portland State in its opening game at home while TT has to trip to Laramie to play Wyoming. Not an easy place to play. As you note Hayward, the back half of Oregon's 2023 schedule is loaded. The PSU and Hawaii games will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network. If a tree falls in the forest? The TT game will give the Ducks much-needed national exposure.

Sorry, I meant to say no OK and no OK St.

David, I give credit to Sonny Dykes for taking TCU, when it didn't win its own conference title, to the playoffs and defeating a heavily favored Michigan before facing Bull Dawg reality. Something Puddles had to deal with in the opening game. Overall, I could not agree more with your thoughts. The B12 is a G5 and a half-conference, In the battle for the bronze the Pac-12 will hopefully come up with a media deal better than that of the B12 and then will be smart and platy chessboard realignment defense. Keep the B12 out of the Pacific time zone. How can this be accomplished? Add SDSU, Fresno, and UNLV (all in the Pacific time zone) and plant the flag in B12 country by adding, at least, SMU. All 4 of these schools, 3 in the MW and SMU in the AAC, can be picked up at a bargain compared to what P5 conferences, even the ACC, are receiving in media money. The B12 could be further thwarted by adding AAC member and defending champion, Tulane and perhaps, AAC member Rice. Frankly, George, I don't give a damn about academics. Yes, with the addition of ASU as a member, 8 out of 10 Pac schools are AAU member institutions. But two of our member schools are not and Tulane, SMU, and Rice fit the bill academically with the other three, especially SDSU, bringing in good-sized markets. It's time to begin running the Pac like a business and not an Elite Club with tottering members and cobwebs in the corner. I want to take this opportunity to again thank you for the terrific articles and comments.

Good take but I think TCU being the only B12 team to make the playoff other than OK and the only B12 school to win a playoff game is at the top of the B12 ladder. And the Dallas market is far bigger than Provo/SLC, Stillwater/OK City, and Lubbock. Although the LDS brings BYU a national following of sorts. I don't see CU going back to the B12 being any better off than in the Pac and the Pac has better academic bona fides for AAU member CU. This matters to the folks in Boulder. Interesting that ASU recently became an AAU member. 8 of the Pac-10 schools are now AAU member institutions.

Thanks for the post, NJ. Wilner's coverage of the Pac is the best. Thank goodness that he and Canzano haven't mongered any rumors in regard to the media deal.

The 2022 starting QB has left town and is at Auburn. The Spartans' top receiver in 2022 also entered the portal. The money being paid to a coach with very little experience and not all that great when it comes to recruiting is simply insane. IMO, CU is far better off with Prime than it was with this guy.

Every Pac-10 school is doing due diligence on a new landing place if the media deal is a washout. Simply good business. I continue to believe that the new Pac deal will come close to or exceed the B12 deal.

Love this stat. In 2022 Texas Tech ran the most plays from scrimmage in the G5 and the P5. Last season for the first time in a long time the Red Raiders defeated Oklahoma and Texas in the same season and easily handled Ole Miss in the bowl game. Oregon best come ready to play ball in hot weather conditions. A big break in 2023, TX Tech has no Texas and no Oklahoma on the regular season schedule. Media has TT finishing 4th in the B12 ahead of TCU.

I don't think Prime or any HC has much of a say in this and I do not see CU or any Pac team getting a recruiting bump from moving to the B12. Again, where is the $ coming from to finance the move of one let alone 4 schools that are now in the P5? The B12's new media deal has 6 years to run. 4 x $31.6M = $126.4M x 6 = $758.4M. Are advertisers lining up to pay a 10% + premium above $758M? I don't see ESPN/Fox coming with this kind of money for B12 expansion when they are already paying for the 3 G5 added teams and BYU. Fox and its junior broadcast partners CBS and NBC have the LA market tied down. ESPN is not flush with cash and has announced that it is moving to stream athletic events. ESPN needs late west coast broadcast times, and the MW does not provide the eyeballs.

Carrying this CA nonsense to its logical conclusion which is NFL Lite. Unfortunately, something like this is headed CFB's way. All indicia of a school's football program, including the stadium, training facilities, etc. are assigned to the NFL for a fixed price, perhaps augmented by revenue, and an indemnification against litigation. Oregon - 49ers/ UCLA - Chargers/ USC - Rams/ UW -Seahawks ASU - Cardinals/ CU - Broncos/ Texas - Dallas/ TX A+M - Texans Iowa - Steelers/ Minnesota - Vikings/ Nebraska - Chiefs/ Oklahoma - Raiders Alabama - NY Giants/ Arkansas - Bills/ Auburn - NY Jets/ LSU - Saints Florida - Bucs/ FSU - Jags/ Georgia - Falcons/ Miami - Dolphins Clemson - Commanders/ UNC - Panthers/ South Carolina - Ravens/ Tennessee - Titans Kentucky - Bengals/ Michigan - Lions/ Michigan State - Patriots/ Wisconsin - Green Bay Illinois - Bears/ Notre Dame - Colts/ Ohio State - Browns/ Penn St Eagles High school draft (college coaches' salaries fall in line with NFL salaries.) Players become members of the NFL Union. Free Agency according to Union/NFL agreement. Players can be traded. Players can be brought up to NFL and dropped down. Players are pro athletes and not student-athletes. Salary cap on teams but no cap on individual NIL deals. NFL Lite collectively markets broadcast agreements under the NFL umbrella. Will today's college fans show up to watch this? OK, this is extreme. And I hope if it happens it happens well down the road. But once anything is fully capitalized, consolidation follows. And size goes to size. For example, with Amazon out there try finding a bookstore. In the interim, let's enjoy Ducks football as-is.

Same Stuff Dennis Dodd. How low can you go?

For Oregon this appears to be easier said than done.

Both are Subsidiaries of USA Today.

ESPN, CBS, and close to all other major media entities have gone in this direction. And here I wanted to give Denni Dodd a keyboard full.

This is pure Eval. How about NO! And who will suffer most? Young people who come from homes with tough financial circumstances. Charles nailed it noting the negative effect this will have on non-revenue sports. FUCA, FITA, group insurance, possibly union dues, payments to a state retirement fund, and administrative hearings if a starting player drops down in the depth chart. How about filing a complaint against your fellow employee professor for grading too hard? How many university administrations are going to accept this? Put a life jacket on the baby being thrown out with the bath water. Say hello to Ivy League/D3 scholarship policies; no athletic scholarships. But perhaps, this nonsense will lead to NCAA president Charlie Baker finding relief on the federal level. Saint Mary's has to pay its athletes and Gonzaga does not? UCLA has to pay its athletes but Michigan does not? Sports that operate in the red will have to share 'revenue' with their athletes. Whatever happened to basic economics in the state of California? Do politicians pay the least bit of interest to athletic department bottom lines? Pay attention to Title 9 that without football scholarships in the calculus will ipso facto eliminate many women's teams. No wonder so many women representatives abstained from voting but where was the courage to vote against this insanity that the California Board of Regents uniformly lobbied against? NLRB and now this? College sports governance has not changed incrementally in recent times. It has experienced a vortex of change. This change could signal the end of college sports. College sports becoming D3 club sports with more stray dogs in the Coli watching football than fans. I salute CA for having NIL foresight but this is over the line.

With a 12-team playoff, this does have merit. But even with a 12-team field you want to make sure as a conference champion you are a top 4 seeded champion or get a spot in the field if not a conference champ. Also, what will the broadcast situation be? Do not want a lot of night games conflicting with one another. If eyeballs count and they do, the FCS, G5, and a B1G or SEC P5 team seem to work the best. And who knows? The conference could stay at 9 teams. The 2 new teams if added will come in at a lesser share but that is still money the 10 teams, especially a school in the financial shape of Wazzu, can use.

Please, drop the Alamo Bowl and have the Pac's best team not in an NY6 Bowl play in Las Vegas. The Ducks are already playing too many B12 teams and the Alamo Bowl just shoves more money at a conference trying to destroy the Pac-10.

Could happen ut also H+H with Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin could happen. And would games versus NW draw fewer eyeballs than a game with Baylor?

In 24/25 the teams with 1st round byes will get the same share of proceeds as teams 5 - 8.

Good point but in 2023 FSU plays Florida and LSU, and Clemson has a one-off and a H+H series vs Georgia. It's the ND enabling deal that is holding up the ACC from playing 9 conference games and not, IMO, the fact that Clemson, FSU, Louisville, and Georgia Tech play an SEC opponent every season. ND should be required to play a 13-game regular season schedule and ACC teams that do not draw ND in a particular season should add a conference game. Please stop enabling Notre Dame. The playoff committee should not be composed of 10 conference commissioners and the ND AD,

Why? I think the Apple broadcasts of the NFL and MLS are fine.

Notre Dame vs Toledo was on Peacock and not offered for free.

None of those that you have that I also have are 'free.' Monthly or annual payment is charged. I do not have Peacock. Even with Paramount, I had to pay extra for Yellowstone this season. But in most cases, you are buying an all-in package and not one-off events. It will be interesting to see if Peacock will offer UW at MI ST as a one-off or require you to buy the entire Peacock package. The top 32 or so CFB teams get together. Form its own network and sell games on a pay-for-view platform. Start printing the money. Unfortunately, I think this is where CFB at the top level is headed,