[Farm93]

The Pac-12's $1.5m per-school payout for each of the next six years, thanks to doing well in March Madness, is a tangible reason why we should be (begrudgingly) rooting for fellow teams in the tourney.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/202...onal-money

Except Andy Enfield. F*** that guy.

And that's one of the many reasons why the SEC fans do support each other in post-season play.  

NCAA money is not the only money linked to that support.   Since many SEC fans love to watch any SEC team destroy BigTen teams, the SEC bowl games are better for advertisers too.    

The Pac-12 loses ground financially to the SEC and BigTen for so many reasons but the relatively lack of unconditional Pac-12 love in the Pac-12 footprint is one of the many.   I expect here in the next decade the Pac-12 will work a touch harder to get non-alums in the Pac-12 footprint to watch and support the other schools in the footprint.

Without that broad support the Pac-12 will continue to be the 5th conference in the Power 5.

Props to Tara for using her post-game time in the media to shower the Pac-12 with love.   Just wish that was more common, but most coaches have not literally worked to make the conference into a force in a sport like Tara has done for women's hoops.  She is talking the post-game talk because for decades she has worked so hard to improve the game at Stanford, the Pac-12 and the USA.

[Farm93]

The Pac-12's $1.5m per-school payout for each of the next six years, thanks to doing well in March Madness, is a tangible reason why we should be (begrudgingly) rooting for fellow teams in the tourney.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/202...onal-money

Except Andy Enfield. F*** that guy.

And that's one of the many reasons why the SEC fans do support each other in post-season play.  

NCAA money is not the only money linked to that support.   Since many SEC fans love to watch any SEC team destroy BigTen teams, the SEC bowl games are better for advertisers too.    

The Pac-12 loses ground financially to the SEC and BigTen for so many reasons but the relatively lack of unconditional Pac-12 love in the Pac-12 footprint is one of the many.   I expect here in the next decade the Pac-12 will work a touch harder to get non-alums in the Pac-12 footprint to watch and support the other schools in the footprint.

Without that broad support the Pac-12 will continue to be the 5th conference in the Power 5.

Props to Tara for using her post-game time in the media to shower the Pac-12 with love.   Just wish that was more common, but most coaches have not literally worked to make the conference into a force in a sport like Tara has done for women's hoops.  She is talking the post-game talk because for decades she has worked so hard to improve the game at Stanford, the Pac-12 and the USA.