[82lsju]

I have no inside information from Stanford, PAC 12 or Big 10 officials.  We all know that the BIG whatever wants Norte Dame. Membership is not closed.
  I believe that some of the Big 10 Presidents and some advertisers would like Stanford as part of that enlargement.   The Presidents because they don’t want to be compared to the SEC as what they look down on as a lot of athletic programs that also have academic programs . Rather they want to be seen as academic institutions first with strong athletic programs second .  

There has also been talk of creating a west coast pod which would have UCLA, USC, Stanford , Cal ( this assuages the presidents further) and Oregon and Washington.  They could form a third division of West coast teams who played five games against each other and 3 against each of the other two divisions. 

this is speculative to say the least.  But if you believe the big time college sports world will boil down to two super conferences that’s about where BIG 10 goes with SEC expanding into ACC country.

Don’t know if that is right but I am pretty sure there are no other conference options for Stanford worth a plug. Thus my hope that Stanford works the opportunity hard and with only .Stanford on its mind.

I do have reason to believe that the BIG 10 and their TV sponsors have Stanford on the draft board.  The latter needs for west coast time slots and does t want to leave the NorCal market open.

this is the best case situation for us, a member of the "west coast division" of the Big 10.  I would guess the Big 10 would like more 7pm PT TV inventory than UCLA and USC can provide.

There was an article on the Athletic about travel for Big 10 teams to play on the west coast.  

Yes it is behind a paywall

https://theathletic.com/4696457/2023/07/...a-big-ten/

The lift for teams without easy access to major airports (the example they discussed was Penn State) is not trivial.  And while Big 10 teams would probably like west coast games their reluctance to schedule them as non-conference games leads at least me to believe that not all the teams will be all that eager to make the trips, especially if they get "Big 10 after dark" time slots

[82lsju]

I have no inside information from Stanford, PAC 12 or Big 10 officials.  We all know that the BIG whatever wants Norte Dame. Membership is not closed.
  I believe that some of the Big 10 Presidents and some advertisers would like Stanford as part of that enlargement.   The Presidents because they don’t want to be compared to the SEC as what they look down on as a lot of athletic programs that also have academic programs . Rather they want to be seen as academic institutions first with strong athletic programs second .  

There has also been talk of creating a west coast pod which would have UCLA, USC, Stanford , Cal ( this assuages the presidents further) and Oregon and Washington.  They could form a third division of West coast teams who played five games against each other and 3 against each of the other two divisions. 

this is speculative to say the least.  But if you believe the big time college sports world will boil down to two super conferences that’s about where BIG 10 goes with SEC expanding into ACC country.

Don’t know if that is right but I am pretty sure there are no other conference options for Stanford worth a plug. Thus my hope that Stanford works the opportunity hard and with only .Stanford on its mind.

I do have reason to believe that the BIG 10 and their TV sponsors have Stanford on the draft board.  The latter needs for west coast time slots and does t want to leave the NorCal market open.

this is the best case situation for us, a member of the "west coast division" of the Big 10.  I would guess the Big 10 would like more 7pm PT TV inventory than UCLA and USC can provide.

There was an article on the Athletic about travel for Big 10 teams to play on the west coast.  

Yes it is behind a paywall

https://theathletic.com/4696457/2023/07/...a-big-ten/

The lift for teams without easy access to major airports (the example they discussed was Penn State) is not trivial.  And while Big 10 teams would probably like west coast games their reluctance to schedule them as non-conference games leads at least me to believe that not all the teams will be all that eager to make the trips, especially if they get "Big 10 after dark" time slots