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I don't think that matches the reality of college football it's almost an archaic notion. The reality today is these programs chew these kids up and spit them out with no regard. For him to forsake his future without a reciprocal commitment from the University seems like a poor personal decision.
That's fair. I know I'm old school with my attitudes.
Would you ask your son if you could give him your advice and perspective?
Of course not. It's my place to give my son unasked for advice.
My dad always told me never hit anyone unless I was sure I could get away with it.
In other news, a bunch 35 yr olds posted some stuff on All Bufds today.
Analytics have shown that teams should be going for it on 4th down and going for 2 far more often than they typically do.
Yep. Turnovers are also down considerably.
Package them with either BYU or UNM and you have yourself a PAC 14.
Houston, BYU, UNLV, and SMU could all be paired with them.
Which doesn't make the conference any more relevant or add any kind of financial boost. BYU could be an OK addition, but I don't think that'll ever happen. UNM and SDSU?? Doesn't move the needle in the slightest.
With a total of 6,500 undergrads, I think you can scratch SMU off that list.
pair those with USU, NMSU, UTEP, Boise St., Idaho, ISU, Nevada and Wyoming, and you would have a Pac 24. That would be a full case.
Disagree. You add San Diego (1.5 million) and the ABQ-Santa Fe Metro area (1.17 Million) viewership. Right now those are a lot of eyeballs that are stuck feigning interest in the MWC.
Just adding programs that reside in high population areas doesn't really mean anything in terms of moving the needle for a collegiate athletic conference when it comes to football. But, it would be a very Pac 12 move to go that direction.
SDSU every now and then pops in the top 25. Them and Boise are the only nationally relevant MWC teams.
I get that, but it's certainly a great place to start. What other programs out west are there to add? I would like to stay true to the West and have CO be as far east as expansion goes. So that leaves who?
Fresno St says hi.
Because there are no Pac 12 members in SD right now. I get that some alumni from other Pac institutions reside in that area, but SDSU has a total enrollment larger than CU. That is a big student/ alumni base to tap into. In addition there is no longer an NFL franchise in SD.
That sounds nice, in theory, but unless college football moves to an NFL structure with revenue sharing and an even playing field across conferences, that mindset is going to keep the Pac as the 4th or 5th best P5 conference. They need to expand into Texas and it needs to be with at least one other P5 program, IMO.
