[dabigv13]

I’m not the biggest Shaw hater, but him plunging the program into irrelevance is a of immense proportions part of the story of why we’re here today.

Maybe. But even if Stanford was still a regular top 25 program we still wouldn't be as attractive to the TV networks who run things as Oregon or UW.

It feels really rotten but if we want to keep a relevant athletics program we probably need to find a way in to the treacherous Big 10, even if it means we don't get any TV money for a while or we have to pay our way in. Think of how much fun our future conference rivals will have taunting us about that. Ugh.

[dabigv13]

I’m not the biggest Shaw hater, but him plunging the program into irrelevance is a of immense proportions part of the story of why we’re here today.

Maybe. But even if Stanford was still a regular top 25 program we still wouldn't be as attractive to the TV networks who run things as Oregon or UW.

It feels really rotten but if we want to keep a relevant athletics program we probably need to find a way in to the treacherous Big 10, even if it means we don't get any TV money for a while or we have to pay our way in. Think of how much fun our future conference rivals will have taunting us about that. Ugh.