[AtlantaBadger]

In the long run I think a neutral site is better because it allows folks to make plans at least somewhat further in advance.  I realize that as a player parent we are in a unique (and lucky) position, but last year we knew we were in the CG, but could not make any travel plans until late Saturday night after the ASU game was complete.  Let's just say Delta had no sympathy for our plight! 

To the extent the Pac-12 EVER hopes to attract the sort of regular attendance from non-participating school fans like the SEC does, folks simply have to know where and when the game is, and need to know it a helluva lot earlier than the week before.  A brobdingnagian chunk of the Georgia Dome is filled with "SEC" fans -- not necessarily fans of either school in the game.  It is a sold out game weeks/months in advance.  You just cannot do that with the alternating site format.  Again, I repeat that I would not ever expect regular attendance of 80,000 fans at the Pac-12 game (or even the Levi's capacity of approx. 69,000), but it may creep up over time. 

And I think having it a neutral site is a fairer setup for the teams in a conference championship.  But that is just me.  Obviously, Stanford has won ugly at home and won big on the road, so maybe the home/away thing is not much of a problem.

Eric

[AtlantaBadger]

In the long run I think a neutral site is better because it allows folks to make plans at least somewhat further in advance.  I realize that as a player parent we are in a unique (and lucky) position, but last year we knew we were in the CG, but could not make any travel plans until late Saturday night after the ASU game was complete.  Let's just say Delta had no sympathy for our plight! 

To the extent the Pac-12 EVER hopes to attract the sort of regular attendance from non-participating school fans like the SEC does, folks simply have to know where and when the game is, and need to know it a helluva lot earlier than the week before.  A brobdingnagian chunk of the Georgia Dome is filled with "SEC" fans -- not necessarily fans of either school in the game.  It is a sold out game weeks/months in advance.  You just cannot do that with the alternating site format.  Again, I repeat that I would not ever expect regular attendance of 80,000 fans at the Pac-12 game (or even the Levi's capacity of approx. 69,000), but it may creep up over time. 

And I think having it a neutral site is a fairer setup for the teams in a conference championship.  But that is just me.  Obviously, Stanford has won ugly at home and won big on the road, so maybe the home/away thing is not much of a problem.

Eric