[qwerty49]

Missed it the first time; I saw it in today’s Stanford Loop, so I assumed it was a recent article, but in retrospect, the lack of comment about the evaporation of what was left of the pac-12 should have been a tell.

Other links of interest in that newsletter (some may have been covered):

Pat Forde on the effect on Olympic Sports (not that he’s an unbiased observer as the father of a Stanford swimmer and Olympic medalist): https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/06/po...7iddZcptJ4 (sorry, Sam, it’s in SI, but Forde is a reputable writer) and it has some choice quotes from AD’s:

“We must find a home for Stanford and Cal,” one prominent administrator with no ties to either school tells SI. “This is shameful.”

And/but he notes there are no good options.  His one suggestion (using the endowment to tide things over) is debunked here: https://stanfordmag.org/contents/why-you...C1XOeNwJrE

Everything else (find out T Boone Pickins) seems like wishcastung.

BC

I'm more cool with national-level/all-college-sports-level SI, which still has reputable writers (like Forde and this piece). It's the amateur-hour single-college-specific opinion blog masquerading as "journalism" that often gets things wrong, writes terribly, and provides zero additional insight that I refuse to put any stock into.

I have to agree with Samuel.  The local SI stuff from Kevin Borba and Jake Curtis adds very little value -- basically just clickbait headlines and a short recap quoting stuff we already saw yesterday.  The only summary tends to be "what will happen? Let's wait and see."  Very disappointing.

Jake Curtis wrote for the Chron and I would expect much better from him.

[qwerty49]

Missed it the first time; I saw it in today’s Stanford Loop, so I assumed it was a recent article, but in retrospect, the lack of comment about the evaporation of what was left of the pac-12 should have been a tell.

Other links of interest in that newsletter (some may have been covered):

Pat Forde on the effect on Olympic Sports (not that he’s an unbiased observer as the father of a Stanford swimmer and Olympic medalist): https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/06/po...7iddZcptJ4 (sorry, Sam, it’s in SI, but Forde is a reputable writer) and it has some choice quotes from AD’s:

“We must find a home for Stanford and Cal,” one prominent administrator with no ties to either school tells SI. “This is shameful.”

And/but he notes there are no good options.  His one suggestion (using the endowment to tide things over) is debunked here: https://stanfordmag.org/contents/why-you...C1XOeNwJrE

Everything else (find out T Boone Pickins) seems like wishcastung.

BC

I'm more cool with national-level/all-college-sports-level SI, which still has reputable writers (like Forde and this piece). It's the amateur-hour single-college-specific opinion blog masquerading as "journalism" that often gets things wrong, writes terribly, and provides zero additional insight that I refuse to put any stock into.

I have to agree with Samuel.  The local SI stuff from Kevin Borba and Jake Curtis adds very little value -- basically just clickbait headlines and a short recap quoting stuff we already saw yesterday.  The only summary tends to be "what will happen? Let's wait and see."  Very disappointing.

Jake Curtis wrote for the Chron and I would expect much better from him.