[Mudhead]

Anyone else feeling a twinge of regret?

If we could have convinced Cal to stay with us, we'd have an 8 team conference that is geographically friendly. It would also be composed entirely of schools with a history of being sneaky good at football. There would be no juggernauts, but all 8 schools historically have been at or around mid power-5 level or better for the last few decades. 

I can't say what the money would be. I'm sure it would be less then the ACC, though the penalties we took to leave the PAC and join the ACC may mitigate that somewhat. 

If the ACC collapses in the next round when FSU and clemson bolt pending their litigation, I wouldn't be shocked if we came back hat in hand.

The core problem is “who cares?”  You won’t get top caliber athletes to go to the schools in this conference …absent an obscene amount of NIL.   I guess that’s not impossible, now that I think  about it. All in all,  my reaction is “ wow, if we hadn’t cut a deal with the ACC, that would be our future. “. Pretty dismal.

[Mudhead]

Anyone else feeling a twinge of regret?

If we could have convinced Cal to stay with us, we'd have an 8 team conference that is geographically friendly. It would also be composed entirely of schools with a history of being sneaky good at football. There would be no juggernauts, but all 8 schools historically have been at or around mid power-5 level or better for the last few decades. 

I can't say what the money would be. I'm sure it would be less then the ACC, though the penalties we took to leave the PAC and join the ACC may mitigate that somewhat. 

If the ACC collapses in the next round when FSU and clemson bolt pending their litigation, I wouldn't be shocked if we came back hat in hand.

The core problem is “who cares?”  You won’t get top caliber athletes to go to the schools in this conference …absent an obscene amount of NIL.   I guess that’s not impossible, now that I think  about it. All in all,  my reaction is “ wow, if we hadn’t cut a deal with the ACC, that would be our future. “. Pretty dismal.