Pac-Two (official thread, formerly PAC-12)

[ScriptOhio]

Not dead yet...

Oregon State, Washington State start Pac-12 rebuild with 4 Mountain West schools

Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State and Fresno State are planning to apply for Pac-12 membership

www.oregonlive.com

The cost of moving the four MWC schools to the Pac-12 is $111 million. The Pac-12 would owe the MWC a $43 million withdrawal fee — as per the football scheduling agreement signed last December by the Pac-12 and Mountain West — in addition to the four schools each paying a $17 million exit fee. Should Fresno State, Colorado State, Boise State and San Diego State leave the MWC, it would leave that conference with seven schools. Presumably, one or two of those remaining Mountain West schools could become an eventual Pac-12 expansion target.

Just sayin': "$43M withdraw fee"....that was stupid of the PAC-12 to agree to.

 

[Zurp]

Just sayin': "$43M withdraw fee"....that was stupid of the PAC-12 to agree to.

Pac-12 should have just sold themselves to the MWC and try to work to make the MWC the next "Power #" conference.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Washington STATE
Oregon STATE
Boise STATE
Colorado STATE
San Diego STATE
Fresno STATE

The six members will collaborate to decide which schools to target for further expansion, as the conference still needs to add two more schools to reach the NCAA minimum requirement. The conference is in the first year of a two-year grace period afforded by NCAA bylaws to exist below the minimum in the case of departures. It is unclear how many schools the new-look conference expects to have by 2026.

The obvious choices should be New Mexico STATE, Utah STATE, Arkansas STATE, Texas STATE, San Jose STATE, and/or Appalachian STATE.......

Regardless of who they add I don't see this "new" PAC-"whatever number they end up with" being considered a "power conference". Anybody know if there was ever a "window of opportunity" for Washington State and Oregon State to join the Big XII along with the other 4 former PAC-12 schools? If there was they really "missed the boat" there.

 

[ochre]

Application STATE?

 

[Woody1968]

Not sure why they didn't just invite the whole MWC conference

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Rather shocked that they didn't take Vegas.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

They have until 2026 to get to 8 teams (and retain a power 5 automatic bid). Local pundits seem to think the strategy is to wait and see what happens with the ACC (and possibly get back Cal and Stanford--which seems unlikely for academic reasons). Or maybe they'll go retro and add Montana and Idaho (who were original PCC members). Should be interesting.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

They have until 2026 to get to 8 teams (and retain a power 5 automatic bid). Local pundits seem to think the strategy is to wait and see what happens with the ACC (and possibly get back Cal and Stanford--which seems unlikely for academic reasons). Or maybe they'll go retro and add Montana and Idaho (who were original PCC members). Should be interesting.

Nobody has an auto bid. It went from the top 6 conference champions to the top 5 after the PAC imploded. I really can't see the P4/ND allowing it to go back to 6 and losing an at-large bid.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

Nobody has an auto bid. It went from the top 6 conference champions to the top 5 after the PAC imploded. I really can't see the P4/ND allowing it to go back to 6 and losing an at-large bid.

Looked at three articles with three different conclusions. Technically, the PAC 12 still exists (OR/WA ST won that law suit). I imagine many attorneys are hard at work.

In the next two years, the Pac-12 champion is not eligible for an automatic qualifying spot as it does not meet the CFP’s conference-minimum requirement. However, starting in 2026, the champion of a rebuilt Pac-12 would presumably be eligible to receive an automatic bid.

Pac-12 rebuilding conference, adding Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Colorado State

The Pac-12 is mobilizing its long-discussed plan to rebuild the league with additions from the Mountain West Conference.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[wolves2002]

The auto-bid probably also applies to basketball.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

LULZ

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Looked at three articles with three different conclusions. Technically, the PAC 12 still exists (OR/WA ST won that law suit). I imagine many attorneys are hard at work.

In the next two years, the Pac-12 champion is not eligible for an automatic qualifying spot as it does not meet the CFP’s conference-minimum requirement. However, starting in 2026, the champion of a rebuilt Pac-12 would presumably be eligible to receive an automatic bid.

Pac-12 rebuilding conference, adding Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Colorado State

The Pac-12 is mobilizing its long-discussed plan to rebuild the league with additions from the Mountain West Conference.

sports.yahoo.com

Their wording is a little confusing. There are auto bids for conference champions: the top 5 highest ranked, but no conference gets one guaranteed. Hell, if there were 5 conference champions ranked higher than the B1G champion, that school wouldn't be guaranteed a spot and could only get in through an at-large bid.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Their wording is a little confusing. There are auto bids for conference champions: the top 5 highest ranked, but no conference gets one guaranteed. Hell, if there were 5 conference champions ranked higher than the B1G champion, that school wouldn't be guaranteed a spot and could only get in through an at-large bid.

Not so loud

You’ll give espn ideas

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

 

[Woody1968]

Rather shocked that they didn't take Vegas.

Fresno State, Air Force and New Mexico are the only MWC schools that make more money from athletics than they spend.