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WSU and OSU are just in the Pac still because no one wanted them. They'd have abandoned us in a second if UW and UO somehow pulled them into a big conference with their coattails. Not sure they have any moral superiority here, though as I stated they should maximally try and bone all the leavers primarily because it'd be funny.

A rebuilt Pac will just be a rebranded MWC +OSU and WSU. I guess good for them and maybe it will be a potential future home for us, but if that comes to pass it will mean we aren't a high level sports school anymore.

If things truly explode and the schools of the old pac want to rebuild a west coast conference, it probably makes more sense to start anew rather than join rebranded MWC imho.

Could be true, but if things "truly explode", who knows what the "pieces" are and where they land? I don't think OSU and WSU have any "moral superiority". I think they would trade places with us in a heartbeat. However, IMO the PAC-12 members do have some moral responsibility to each other. U$C and UCLA demonstrated that they don't agree. Everybody else at least stayed around and tried to make it "work". UofA was in discussions with the BIG-12, but made no secret of it, unlike the previous 2. They also realized they weren't an attractive "property" and had to negotiate like mad to even have a home. Everybody else had to scramble when the inadequate TV deal was announced and laughed at. IMO, the least those that found a new home can do for those who could not is leave whatever residual "advantages" being in the PAC-12 confers to the unfortunate victims. Ere but for fortune.

[Goose]

WSU and OSU are just in the Pac still because no one wanted them. They'd have abandoned us in a second if UW and UO somehow pulled them into a big conference with their coattails. Not sure they have any moral superiority here, though as I stated they should maximally try and bone all the leavers primarily because it'd be funny.

A rebuilt Pac will just be a rebranded MWC +OSU and WSU. I guess good for them and maybe it will be a potential future home for us, but if that comes to pass it will mean we aren't a high level sports school anymore.

If things truly explode and the schools of the old pac want to rebuild a west coast conference, it probably makes more sense to start anew rather than join rebranded MWC imho.

Could be true, but if things "truly explode", who knows what the "pieces" are and where they land? I don't think OSU and WSU have any "moral superiority". I think they would trade places with us in a heartbeat. However, IMO the PAC-12 members do have some moral responsibility to each other. U$C and UCLA demonstrated that they don't agree. Everybody else at least stayed around and tried to make it "work". UofA was in discussions with the BIG-12, but made no secret of it, unlike the previous 2. They also realized they weren't an attractive "property" and had to negotiate like mad to even have a home. Everybody else had to scramble when the inadequate TV deal was announced and laughed at. IMO, the least those that found a new home can do for those who could not is leave whatever residual "advantages" being in the PAC-12 confers to the unfortunate victims. Ere but for fortune.