[Snorlax94]

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.

This is what I wished Stanford had done a year ago — reconstituted the Pac 8 with basically these exact schools and Cal.

I hear the arguments about recruiting but I feel like the pac-8 would have endured. And Stanford is a national brand no matter whom they play. And Wouldn’t the league retain Power-5 status in terms of tv contracts and money, and arguably, the 12 school cfp?

But like many others are saying — I don’t see anything as permanent in college football. The ACC seemed like a doable landing pad for now and who knows that college sports will be be like in 4 years.

[Snorlax94]

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.

This is what I wished Stanford had done a year ago — reconstituted the Pac 8 with basically these exact schools and Cal.

I hear the arguments about recruiting but I feel like the pac-8 would have endured. And Stanford is a national brand no matter whom they play. And Wouldn’t the league retain Power-5 status in terms of tv contracts and money, and arguably, the 12 school cfp?

But like many others are saying — I don’t see anything as permanent in college football. The ACC seemed like a doable landing pad for now and who knows that college sports will be be like in 4 years.