[Hieronymus]

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.

SI is mostly useless these days and has been since they went to their current model. Onion experience doesn’t mean he has any sources in the PAC or at Stanford. It just means he is a decent writer.

[Hieronymus]

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.

SI is mostly useless these days and has been since they went to their current model. Onion experience doesn’t mean he has any sources in the PAC or at Stanford. It just means he is a decent writer.