2018 Schedule

[Shldr2Shldr]

That’s actually kind of a cool idea. I vote for WSU. They’re bad more years than not, and the Pirate is pure gold.

I vote for UW. 1) we have history there. 2) Seattle > Pullman 3) Raise our standard of play.

 

[Buffnik]

That’s actually kind of a cool idea. I vote for WSU. They’re bad more years than not, and the Pirate is pure gold.

If you do it by distance between schools, I think it would work out as:

Colorado-Washington State
Utah-Washington
ASU-Oregon State
Arizona-Oregon

 

[SerenityBuff]

Even if they'd back off to the point of locking in 1 intersectional game, it would be better. USC plays Stanford every year. UCLA plays Cal every year. Great. Then, give each of the rest of us a paired rival team (I don't care who it is) and we'll have balanced Pac-12 schedules that build up some rivalries.

I agree it would make for a more balanced conference schedule, but Cal and SC have a similar history and the USC alums love their annual Weekenders up to the Bay Area. It would be a tough sell among the monied donors.

 

[skibum]

Even if they'd back off to the point of locking in 1 intersectional game, it would be better. USC plays Stanford every year. UCLA plays Cal every year. Great. Then, give each of the rest of us a paired rival team (I don't care who it is) and we'll have balanced Pac-12 schedules that build up some rivalries.

Let the record state that if we have to play one team from the north every year, I want OSU.

I'd rather play a variety of better programs in the OOC to build SOS than schedule more patsies in OOC and get SOS through a tougher conference slate every year.

 

[onealcd]

The only way to really solve it is for CAL and UCLA to take steps forward in the next few years to pile up losses for those teams. When a 2 loss USC teams missed the championship game because they had to play Stanford, Cal, Washington and Oregon from the north, they are going to complain.