10-16-2010, 05:53 PM
The 5-2-2 model will be bad for Stanford and C.a.l football. It will be great, I guess, for some fans recalling football life in the 50s & 60s. Apparently the USC band creates some form of hypnotic love or addiction that sets in after 30+ years following the Pac-10.
FWIW, 5-2-2 will also be bad for Arizona and Arizona State. Based on the news reports at least one of those two programs was smart enough to vote no too. It is bad for them because they will be forced to play NW schools more often thanks to the 5-2-2 Cali alliance. (Cold weather, hostile crowds, better football programs, no possibility of alumni road trips, etc.)
But the worst part is that USC is getting everything it could have wanted and more. If the TV revenue model doesn\'t have near equal sharing I will know who\'s our conference Daddy.
Since the MWC, WAC and Big12 are all unstable right now I will just hope for the emergence of a Pac-16 ASAP. If it happens before 2020 then the 5-2-2 deal could be OK for Stanford because SC will below average for the next 3-5 years.
FWIW, 5-2-2 will also be bad for Arizona and Arizona State. Based on the news reports at least one of those two programs was smart enough to vote no too. It is bad for them because they will be forced to play NW schools more often thanks to the 5-2-2 Cali alliance. (Cold weather, hostile crowds, better football programs, no possibility of alumni road trips, etc.)
But the worst part is that USC is getting everything it could have wanted and more. If the TV revenue model doesn\'t have near equal sharing I will know who\'s our conference Daddy.
Since the MWC, WAC and Big12 are all unstable right now I will just hope for the emergence of a Pac-16 ASAP. If it happens before 2020 then the 5-2-2 deal could be OK for Stanford because SC will below average for the next 3-5 years.