[Mick]

In the real and non-sports world Stanford champions the energy and influence of the West Coast's institutions and vision as a different yet equal alternative to those of the East Coast.  Sports isn't going to reverse that alternative vision but somehow joining the ACC just seems ... wrong.  And not very Stanford-like. May this step Eastward be a short-lived one that is half-heartedly embraced by fans and corrected soon.

I wish we had thumbed our nose at the stupidity driving modern sports conferences and formed the best coalition possible with the remaining West coast teams.  I fully understand that this option won't happen but until then, aren't we all proud to be members of an ATLANTIC COAST conference????  So, so illogical and counter ordinary logic and Stanford's Pacific values.

In the meantime, shouldn't we all cheer on and maybe even admire the rump version of the Pac and the MWC as they preserve a true West Coast alternative?  I do and wish Stanford had the courage to do the same despite all the logic behind trading identity for stability.

(And of course, F@#K backstabbing USC and UCLA).

+1. This would have been the way to go.

[Mick]

In the real and non-sports world Stanford champions the energy and influence of the West Coast's institutions and vision as a different yet equal alternative to those of the East Coast.  Sports isn't going to reverse that alternative vision but somehow joining the ACC just seems ... wrong.  And not very Stanford-like. May this step Eastward be a short-lived one that is half-heartedly embraced by fans and corrected soon.

I wish we had thumbed our nose at the stupidity driving modern sports conferences and formed the best coalition possible with the remaining West coast teams.  I fully understand that this option won't happen but until then, aren't we all proud to be members of an ATLANTIC COAST conference????  So, so illogical and counter ordinary logic and Stanford's Pacific values.

In the meantime, shouldn't we all cheer on and maybe even admire the rump version of the Pac and the MWC as they preserve a true West Coast alternative?  I do and wish Stanford had the courage to do the same despite all the logic behind trading identity for stability.

(And of course, F@#K backstabbing USC and UCLA).

+1. This would have been the way to go.