[Mick]

https://president.osu.edu/about-president-johnson

President Johnson is wearing the ugliest jacket in history in her photo.

My first thought was that she lost a bet...

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https://www.si.com/college/2022/07/14/po...ig-ten-acc

16. Clemson
17. Stanford
18. UCLA

If true, Stanford probably can go independent for Football and make a decent amount of money for itself. This might make the most sense at this point until a Big Ten or ACC arrangement materializes.

Stanford could schedule:

Cal, Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Wake Forest, Army, Navy, and Air Force, maybe Rice, and then one powerhouse just to create an attraction at Stanford Stadium to sell tickets. Washington, Oregon, and any other Big Ten, SEC, or ACC that would make for a compelling opponent.

This doesn't address Bowl game affiliations. That's a discussion for another day.

I think that sounds potentially very successful. I wonder if Cal could do the same.  They'd probably want Stanford, USC, UCLA, Fresno State, Long Beach State, San Jose State, the occasional UC-Davis game, a Florida school, maybe Arizona, Arizona State, Nevada or Oregon, and their fellow large-scale public universities; e.g., Michigan once in a while, Texas, Washington, Virginia, etc., Hawaii (for the trip and to attract recruits).

[Mick]

https://president.osu.edu/about-president-johnson

President Johnson is wearing the ugliest jacket in history in her photo.

My first thought was that she lost a bet...

---

https://www.si.com/college/2022/07/14/po...ig-ten-acc

16. Clemson
17. Stanford
18. UCLA

If true, Stanford probably can go independent for Football and make a decent amount of money for itself. This might make the most sense at this point until a Big Ten or ACC arrangement materializes.

Stanford could schedule:

Cal, Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Wake Forest, Army, Navy, and Air Force, maybe Rice, and then one powerhouse just to create an attraction at Stanford Stadium to sell tickets. Washington, Oregon, and any other Big Ten, SEC, or ACC that would make for a compelling opponent.

This doesn't address Bowl game affiliations. That's a discussion for another day.

I think that sounds potentially very successful. I wonder if Cal could do the same.  They'd probably want Stanford, USC, UCLA, Fresno State, Long Beach State, San Jose State, the occasional UC-Davis game, a Florida school, maybe Arizona, Arizona State, Nevada or Oregon, and their fellow large-scale public universities; e.g., Michigan once in a while, Texas, Washington, Virginia, etc., Hawaii (for the trip and to attract recruits).