(08-09-2023, 10:26 PM)StanfordMatt Wrote: The ACC sounds like a couple with a troubled marriage with one spouse pushing to have a baby in hopes that it’ll save the marriage while the other has a wandering eye and one foot out the door.
So... possibly 40%-50% of marriages in California fit that discription...
So, call me... maybe?
[How many Stanford and Kal athletes are in this 2012 Olympic vid.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPIA7mpm1wU
(08-10-2023, 07:41 AM)Mick Wrote: I say this with genuine respect, but given the reality of Stanford football's current program, our stance towards NIL investments, our mass net departures via the portal (to say the least), and TT's background as an FCS coach (albeit a very successful one); the odds of Coach TT outperforming expectations to the degree that he would be considered attractive to a Power 5 football program are very, very long. Not quite as long as Stanford v. USC at the Coliseum in 2007, but pretty darned close...
Well, let's see we shocked USC in 2007 at the Coliseum. "It could not be done. No way; 40 point road dog."
Then a total beat-down in 2009 ("Hey, what's you deal?" game)... Pete Carroll quit after that; went to Seattle.
Then edged them in OT again in 2011 (Andrew Luck; they fumbled in the end zone, we win).
And, Hogan drilled them 41-31 again in 2015. And McCaffrey ran all over Troy again in the Pac-12 Champ game Dec. 2015.
So, yeah... pretty good odds? Hey, wasn't supposed to happen.
(08-10-2023, 08:10 AM)jacket3ree Wrote:(08-10-2023, 06:53 AM)pcgoode Wrote: I don’t think we are getting into any remaining Power 5 conference unless Notre Dame says they will join on the condition that Stanford gets in as well, or we do so based on a massive haircut on revenues.
This is it, exactly. There are only 4 "power" conferences left:
1. SEC - Nope
2. B1G - keep dreaming, but nope
3. BIG12 - I thought they asked and Stanford said "no"?
4. ACC - only instant power option
Everyone knows the story about breakfast, right? The chicken is involved, but the pig is committed. ND has been heavily involved in pushing Stanford and Cal to the ACC. Some think a stable ACC is ND's best option to keep their options open. If ND football became the pig and joined the ACC with NBC in tow somehow, the conference is saved and Stanford is in the #3 Power 4. A really strong #3. ND is already playing 5 or 6 ACC football games every year. They can keep USC and Navy and get Stanford for free. ND has had memorable series and games with Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Florida State. It's not the worst idea on earth and they owe the ACC, but it's ND, so they are the king makers. Until they are not. Their contract with NBC ends in a year and those dollars are starting to slide.
Since Stanford seems unwilling to lead, follow the lead of SDSU's president, who is ready to reshape a Pacific Coast Conference. Go where you are wanted. Why can every other power team figure out how to move, but we're worried about MWC exit fees and debasing ourselves to, God forbid, play in San Diego or Hawaii regularly, because we've played San Diego and Hawaii before? Sometimes life throws crap at you, and it is time to rebuild. Make the Mountain Pacific Conference a power conference.
When 4 merge with 12, usually the name of the 12 stays, but I'm sure the 12 would rebrand if treated right.
Honestly, I don't understand the point of 24 team conferences. Ted: "That don't make no sense." Roy: "Money." Ted: "Oh right, that makes sense."
Re Hawaii: Godspeed to everyone on Maui.
Right on Maui. Well, we don't need to be "Pacific" or "Mountain" anything...
Just the WESTERN POWER CONF. Done. The Dudes. Saddle up. Put some hitching posts outside the Stadiums.
We are all out West, made possible by Leland Stanford, Sr. driving a golden spike for the Union Pac RR in May 1869. Boom.