Jon Joseph

In part, but playing 11 P5 opponents and tripping to Oregon, UCLA, and Utah and playing in Pullman in November, and drawing USC and Oregon State and not Cal is a witch. Compare this schedule to what the conference handed the LA schools, especially UCLA in 2023 and CU has a far greater degree of difficulty. And UW coming off of the Apple Cup and Oregon and Oregon State coming off the Civil War game if one of the three teams qualifies for the conference champ game will have to play USC in the champ game, if it qualifies, coming off of an idle week. USC plays week 0 so it was going to get a 2nd bye. But the bye could not have come in the penultimate week of the regular season with SC playing UCLA the ultimate week. And UCLA misses both Oregon and UW? Both UCLA and USC get the benefit of the Cali scheduling agreement with both playing Cal and Stanford before kissing off the Pac. Why? Why did Mullens and Jen Cohen at UW and the other Pac-10 ADs sign off on this parting gift for the LA schools? What did Merton Hanks and the Pac-10 gain from this gift to UCLA and USC? Nothing.

My bulls horns regarding the new media deal have been at least slightly polled by this news. With the LA schools leaving how could you allow the San Diego market to potentially slip away? SDSU is earning $4M a year in media revenue as a member of the MW. A leader(s) could have agreed without knowing the new media deals details to take a $500,000.00 per Pac-10 school media haircut, if necessary, to bring on SDSU. For $5M per annum, SDSU would have been delighted to move up from the G5 to the P5. SDSU could have left the MW with a $17M exit fee that could have been negotiated down or paid over several years. Instead, the conference left the Aztecs in limbo and put the Pac-10 further in harm's way. What is the strategy here? To be a PR ostrich and bury your head in the sand. I understand confidentiality agreements but this should not impact Pac-10 HQ assuring its members with at least a ballpark estimate of when the deal will be finalized. Meanwhile, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF officially joined the B12 today. I continue to hope for the best but this news is disconcerting, to say the least.

Pollack is out and McAfee is in? Once again style beats substance. Keyshawn Johnson was also told to hit the road. I am glad I am not the one on point trying to do a media deal in today's world. David Pollack reacts to ESPN layoff, reflects on time spent on College GameDay WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM David Pollack was let go in ESPN's latest wave of layoffs.

OH NO! Justin Herbert's buddy Todd Mc Shade is one of the on-air folks laid off by ESPN in the most recent round of cuts by the World Wide Leader. Mel Kiper is now on his own in projecting totally erroneous draft picks. ESPN lays off Todd McShay, other big NFL names LARRYBROWNSPORTS.COM ESPN has parted ways with more than a dozen on-air personalities as part of its latest round of layoffs, and one of the moves will...

Prime Time, welcome to the Pac-12. Pac-12 strength of schedule rankings 2023: Deion Sanders faces tough debut slate, USC gets favorable draw - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Here's how each schedule ranks in difficulty for the final season of the Pac-12's current configuration

The contract was one that ESPN and Fox were eager to agree to because it is a placeholder and not more lucrative than the old agreement. This agreement will be laughed at before it concludes. Like the media deal Larry Scott signed that everyone thought was so great. The Pac deal will exceed the B12 deal and will come to the market again before the B12 deal. The B12 is now an extension of the AAC including Houston. A fine school but one that is third at best in the Houston market.

Does the word 'THINK' belong in the same sentence with Pac-12 presidents?

Dave, accessing streaming apps will become easier for your Dad and old guys like me. We are at the dawn of a new media paradigm and access to the product will improve. Like ABC, CBS, and NBC, the leaders of streaming companies understand that they will make more money working together. Why is anyone surprised that Thursday night NFL telecasts do not draw the same as games broadcast on Sunday? Not only is Amazon saddled with a weeknight broadcast time but the best games are not allocated by the NFL to Thursday night. Comparing Sunday telecasts to Thursday night streaming is apples and oranges.

It will be a better deal than the relatively stagnant deal the B12 made. Pac-10 teams are not heading off to the B12 even if I am incorrect, it happens, and the Pac deal is a few million behind the B12 deal. The Pac-12 will like the B12 have a representative in the Dallas market. And the restructured Pac-12 will be in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, and Salt Lake City. The B12 will have Salt Lake City, Houston, and Orlando but also have many small markets. And the travel in the B12 for a school like BYU will be awful. And how much travel will West Virginia save with the addition of UCF? Not much. What are B12's flagship football programs? TCU had an excellent 2022 season before being throttled by UGA. K State won the conference championship in 2022. Neither of these 2 schools has the cache of an Oregon program or the historic success of the UW program. Not that SMU will draw more eyeballs but TCU is far from the lead college sports sled dog in the DFW area. The B12 is an expanded AAC conference.

San Diego State is NOT IMO in limbo. There have to have been back-channel discussions between SDSU and the Pac-10 that I believe are ongoing. Ditto SMU. SDSU engaged in this dance once before when the Aztecs planned to depart to the Big East. The MW is going to toss out SDSU and its 2nd finish in the latest CBB tournament. And do what, replace SDSU with UC Santa Cruz? The Banana Slugs would be a great get for the MW, right? Both the San Diego and Dallas markets have been included in any and every proposed Pac-10 media deal. And the new media deal will be concluded and announced before Pac football media day in Las Vegas on July 21st. SDSU and SMU will receive and accept Pac-10 invites at a reduced media revenue share. San Diego State's murky exit from Mountain West leaves Aztecs in limbo as Pac-12 awaits TV deal - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Realignment has slowed, but San Diego State has its eyes set on the Power Five

Not all is well in the land of Mickey Mouse. The traditional media outlets are not as financially robust as they were as recently as 12 months ago. Will ESPN, Fox, etc. be able to fulfill their broadcast contract agreements? Not so long ago 2 Harvard dropouts almost took down IBM. The traditional broadcast model has at least one foot out the door. Former Notre Dame star, College GameDay basketball analyst included in ESPN layoffs, per report SATURDAYROAD.COM Former Notre Dame star laid off by ESPN.

Did UW hire Saddam's PR guy?

Here's at least 1 game that will reverberate nationally and have Autzen fans Shouting their lungs out. Oregon announces late-season clash with USC is already sold out SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Oregon and USC will play in front of a sold-out Autzen Stadium this fall.

Matt Hayes. Matt, proofread much? This is the 2023 season so no Pac-12 team is going to the playoff based upon 2022 on-field results. Another chicken-little article: If Oregon and UW don't go to the B1G for a lesser share all is lost. Oh no! And the USC and UCLA spokespersons talking about the improved level of play in the B1G? This is not the era of Minnesota winning back-to-back college football titles. Oregon State has won two CWS titles in a time frame when the B1G won zip and like in 2022, put next to no teams in the huge CWS field. And how has all the over-ranking that leads to numerous B1G teams being invited to the CBB tournament every season worked out? This is a money move period. A move funded on the backs of the LA school's athletes. As to more publicity? That publicity has certainly helped Rutgers, Maryland and Northwestern finish at the top in CFB recruiting and Nebraska is the football power that it was in the Big 12, right? Hayes: For Washington and Oregon, 2023 crucial not just for now but as springboard to a brighter (Big Ten?) future SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM There’s a moment in early November where they can take a stand. Where the drama of the last year comes directly into focus. But... This just in. More money does not ipso facto improve the quality of life. Good luck to UCLA and USC volleyball players flying into Piscataway, New Jersey in February. Although I am certain that this game will be covered on the front page of the New York Times sports section.

David, great post, and certainly not because my name was mentioned. In fairness, it was a former ACC commissioner and not Jim Phillips who put the ACC in a media casket. This guy made Larry look like a savant. We are living in a world of the most rapid change since our species came about. One thing an old man like me has learned about tech, without learning enough about tech, is that Moore's law, computer capability doubles every 18 months, if I am not mistaken on the timeline, applies to everything in this wired world in which we reside. It may be elder abuse but old gas passers are not going to slow down this high-tech accelerated advance. The tech that is difficult to navigate today will be easily navigated in the future with voice commands. And both you David, and Charles are spot on in acknowledging that being there first could lead to being the most. Inconvenience and the protestations of old folk have never slowed advancement in this world even though the advancement in many respects had negative side effects. And the numbers Tandanian, and thanks for doing so, posted above will soon be passe. Just like early on the number of telephones in a place of business and residences were insignificant. If you come close to your four score years on Earth and do not recognize that one of the few things that is permanent is change you are not paying attention. Will I be around to have a media deal last laugh? I think it is entirely possible as was my grandmothers' listening to the radio, watching TV, and seeing men walk on the moon.

As of today's date, Apple's market cap is $3 Trillion, the largest in the world. Amazon comes in at a not-too-shabby $1.3 Trillion. Both of these entities have huge worldwide reach.

Why should anything recruiting-wise be different for Chip in the B1G than at Oregon and UCLA? The man is simply lethargic when it comes to recruiting. Ditto the guys he hires as assistant coaches. Good luck with drawing Michigan as a permanent football scheduling partner. The Wolverines have usually had their way with the Bruins on the football field. And UCLA/USC not being given the closest B1G school, Nebraska, as a scheduling partner shows the impact that these 2 have on B1G scheduling. USC? Get ready Traveler to be the #4 pony at best in the B1G behind the 3 programs that are as of now ahead of you in 2024 recruiting rankings. Yes, CFB is moving to a 12-team playoff field in 2024 with 6 at-large (AL) spots. The B1G and SEC champs will be in and likely receiving a 1st round bye in 2024/25. But with playing 9 conference games (shame on you ACC and SEC) how many AL spots will the B1G secure? Riley and Kingsbury are QB whisperers but in 2024 Caleb Williams will be gone. In 2024 USC plays LSU in Las Vegas, Notre Dame, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin in LA. and plays at Penn State, Maryland, Northwestern, Purdue, and UCLA. Yes, Northwestern is on the schedule but Arizona, ASU, Cal, CU, and Stanford are not. And traveling to the Eastern time zone for 3 games including what is likely to be a White Out at Penn State is not an easy task. Even should SC make the playoff as an AL team will it be a 5-8 seed with a 1st round home game? And I have seen nothing regarding the B1G giving programs that play in the CFB playoff and the CBB tournament a bigger slice of the pie. SC will not be getting the same media share as Wazzu, but it will be getting the same share as Northwestern and Rutgers, What if the Pac-10 media deal posts the numbers that Charles has up today? SC is better off in the B1G than seeing what the Pac-10 media deal turns out to be and negotiating for a bigger slice of the Pac-10 pie. Perhaps but only perhaps. You blow up a century-old alliance and subject your athletes to absurd travel based on a 'perhaps?' A bigger cut for SC was the norm before Larry added CU and Utah and inadvisably dropped SC to an equal media share. A larger share for the LA schools certainly could have been the case with GK in charge and the other conference members recognizing the value the LA market brings to the media marketplace. UCLA? How about 26,000 miles of travel in 2024 including a trip to Baton Rogue to play LSU? Simply brutal. And what will be larger, UCLA's travel budget or the money the Bruins have to pay Cal? Be careful what you wish for. At least what the LA schools administrations wished for. The fans and the athletes? Who cares about the fans and the athletes?

Good call David. I think ESPN+ will be one of the streaming services and I expect many games to transfer from ESPN cable to ESPN+ over the next 5 seasons in the ACC, B12, SEC, and Pac-10. Not a bold prediction because Disney/ESPN has said this will happen. SMU should deservedly buy-in and SDSU is making between $4M and $5M a year in media income in the MW so it should also take a revenue haircut. Streaming is coming on and tech advances that serve all streaming companies' interests, such as changing 'channels' between apps, will happen sooner rather than later. I also expect that access to statistics and graphics will be available by using the microphone feature on your remote. All moving toward the day when game broadcasts will be 3D holographic broadcasts with you being able to be anywhere in the stands or on the sidelines as you so desire.

In Your Face 'Journalists!' Please let this speculation come true. GK, see hat, pull out rabbit.

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2 Pac-12 teams in the top 10 for wins against the top 25 ranked opponents since 2010. Stanford and OREGON. I think these wins and losses are based on the ranking when the games were played. Personally and especially for games against over-ranked teams early in the season, I pay attention to the number of wins against the top 25 in the playoff era when the playoff committee releases its ultimate season rankings. Note well that UCLA and USC do not come within a mile of making this list. Ditto the Dawgs up north and Utah. Come a 12-team playoff in 2024 without the LA schools and the hype that exceeds both UCLA and USC's on-field results, playing and defeating consensus top 25 ranked teams outside of the Pac-10 out-of-conference will have an impact regarding at-large bids and seeding. No surprise that Alabama is #1 both for the results on the field, and also because so many SEC teams appear week after week in the top 25 rankings; some deserved to be there, and some there due only to SEC's reputation and media exposure. Georgia at #6 on the list is evidence of the difference Kirby Smart has made to the Georgia program. David Shaw at Stanford was dealing with several issues out of his control but in his control was the ability to move the Cardinal O into the 21st century which he failed to do. Hello, Mario. Here's hoping that Texas Tech will be a consensus top-25 team when the Ducks fly to Lubbock. Oregon Football: The ten best teams against the Top-25 in since 2010 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM To be the best, you have to beat the best. The Ducks have done a pretty stellar job of doing that over the last decade.

Thanks for the take T. It's difficult now but I expect as streaming expands switching apps will be as easy as changing linear tv channels today. It will be in every streaming entity's best interest to make watching streaming events as painless as possible.

Tandanian, no doubt to be on the national radar the Pac-10 will have to schedule and defeat opponents from the Power 4 and more importantly, the Power 2. After Utah's sorry showing against Penn State in last season's Rose Bowl and the late-game bowl flameouts by the LA schools, OOC results will matter; especially come 2024 when putting together the field and seeding for a 12-team playoff. It would so benefit the Pac-10 in 2023 if Arizona could get a win at Mississippi State, if CU can get a TCU/Nebraska split, for Utah to beat Florida and then not let up in Waco, for UW to win in E. Lansing, ASU to defeat OK ST in Tempe, Oregon to win in Lubbock, Wazzu to do the unthinkable and beat Wisconsin back-to-back, and for the Pac-10 teams as a whole not to lose to G5 opponents, meet or come close to your 17-1 projection with the rest of the conference doing their part. It would also be nice if Stanford can hang with Notre Dame and if Stanford Stadium is sold out, or close, for this game. Frankly, I could care less about what the LA schools do OOC in 2023 and thereafter. But if UCLA doesn't go 3-0 and SC at least 2-1 OOC in 2023 something is wrong. Next season both LA schools play LSU which should be interesting. Welcome to B1G football in 2024 USC. Games versus LSU in Vegas, Notre Dame, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, at Penn State, and at UCLA with no Caleb Williams in sight. And the Bruins will be traveling 26,000 miles including a game against LSU in Baton Rogue. IMO in 2024, neither SC nor UCLA make the 12-team playoff field.

1 more thought. No school that won a BCS and playoff title had other than a blue-chip roster. including Clemson and FSU from the ACC and no school that played 9 conference games has won a football playoff title. The year Ohio State won the B1G played 8 regular season games. I do not believe that Miami was in the ACC when it won its BCS titles.