The problem is nothing changes. These are schools that are not AAU schools and are not on the same level academically as the CAL-4 schools or Washington. Bringing those schools does nothing to enhance the demand or image of the pac brand. The current pac schools outside of the CAL-4 already require that they play in LA and The Bay area every year for recruiting purposes. This has resulted in splitting up the CAL-4 into separate divisions. It's bringing in more mouths to feed. What do they bring to the table? Recruiting? Tradition? Academics? History? Tv Markets? Large Stadiums? Are they big TV draws? It would be like the B1G expanding and bringing in members of the MAC. Same thing.
The only thing that can save the pac is TEXA$ and Oklahoma. Time to move on with our TV Markets and recruiting and move to a better conference like the B1G or B12. Let the pac bring in UNLV, Hawaii, Air Force and C-state and fend for themselves without the CAL-4. There is something wrong when Vanderbilt and Maryland are making more money than USC.
What if USC left the pac alone?
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/12/11/16741832/usc-pac-12-conference-realignment-lol
AAU? Is your bosom buddy Notre Dame in the AAU?
The P12 Network is a train wreck. Scotty didn't beam anyone up, he screwed the pooch, Big Time. The P12 Network needs a Sugar Daddy like ESPN or Fox.
I'm going to copy and paste from another thread on this forum:
"But they may just move to non-divisions with "3-4 protected games" for each school and the rest of the schedule rotate among the remaining 12-13 teams. The problem with divisions of 8 is that 7 of your games are locked every year. Only 2 games rotate through the other division. Hard to call it a conference when you're playing the other division so rarely, though the SEC and ACC still stick to that number."
My response:
"I agree, your proposal would best preserve all traditional rivalries and facilitate schools playing those in geographical proximity. I'd go with five each. Examples are:
Rutgers - MD, PS, OS, MS, Pur
Texas - OU, Neb, Iowa, IL, IN
Minny - WI, Iowa, Neb, NW, UM
"It also makes a good ten-game conference schedule. Each team would have five annual opponents and ten schools who are not. Play five of them one year, the other five the next year."
And that's what the P12 should do. Expand to 16, five protected rivalries for each school. Using USC as an example, your five protected rivalries would be UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Hawaii and Arizona. Or perhaps UCLA, Cal, Stanford, UNLV and Arizona State. Same same.
