[Chupacabra]

It would be nice. But it isn't necessary, in that both schools seem to be taking a significantly less serious approach to having high-level athletics than they have at various times in their histories. Of course if Cal and Stanford both pushed football to the level they are capable of pushing it, there would still be a Pac 12 instead of Pac 9.

These are two schools with immense resources that could pour money into the modern college game. Neither does to the degree they could. Cal, especially, is the sleeping giant of college football. I'd go so far as saying that Cal is a college football giant in a coma. It's the flagship school of the UC system, in an area with some of the best weather in the world with potential access to just about anything a player or coach would desire. It has a much bigger alumni base than Stanford. It's in the Bay Area with access to San Francisco, Oakland, and just about any form of entertainment you could want. It could recruit nationally like Stanford. As the preeminent public university in the country, its academics are only matched by Stanford and a few D1 schools (and only a few schools in the country). In many ways it could be considered the most attractive college football program in the country.

If they prioritized football. At all.

But they don't so staying in the same conference doesn't matter anymore.

[Chupacabra]

It would be nice. But it isn't necessary, in that both schools seem to be taking a significantly less serious approach to having high-level athletics than they have at various times in their histories. Of course if Cal and Stanford both pushed football to the level they are capable of pushing it, there would still be a Pac 12 instead of Pac 9.

These are two schools with immense resources that could pour money into the modern college game. Neither does to the degree they could. Cal, especially, is the sleeping giant of college football. I'd go so far as saying that Cal is a college football giant in a coma. It's the flagship school of the UC system, in an area with some of the best weather in the world with potential access to just about anything a player or coach would desire. It has a much bigger alumni base than Stanford. It's in the Bay Area with access to San Francisco, Oakland, and just about any form of entertainment you could want. It could recruit nationally like Stanford. As the preeminent public university in the country, its academics are only matched by Stanford and a few D1 schools (and only a few schools in the country). In many ways it could be considered the most attractive college football program in the country.

If they prioritized football. At all.

But they don't so staying in the same conference doesn't matter anymore.