Victory
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You’re leaving out key considerations about the b12, namely the exit fee penalty.What good is conference prestige for the Buffs if we can't reach the CFP or win games in the conference like the Buffs have done lately? The Big 8 built its prestige by sending teams like Nebraska & Oklahoma to the Orange Bowl and maintaining that for years including the Big 12. The new Pac-12 or Big 12 is an opportunity for CU to built its prestige up without the likes of Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, USC, and UCLA around.
CU with Coach Prime is a big opportunity for the Buffs to make a name for itself. CU built itself up by playing big name schools back then.
I started rooting for the Buffs because back then I just moved to Colorado from Texas and I hated Nebraska.
It's funny that you ask me this question when you hate Baylor just because their administrators insulted CU. That is small time compared to Nebraska.
The exit fee is 2 years worth of revenue. So it could be ~$41M (tv rights $31 + playoffs $10) x 2 = $82M. That penalty runs for 99 years.
CU isn’t coming up with $82M to leave a conference a second time. Let’s be real, we would be there for good.
And over the course of the 99 years, the b12 will be 1) begging the B1G and SEC for playoff access, 2) begging ESPN and Fox to keep giving a s*** about them and not cut their revenue bc playoff rights and B1G/SEC costs will continue to rise.
So all of that plus the academic reasons which are massive as the CU system brings in $1.4B in research which dwarfs anyone in the b12.
As for the P12, Colorado has been as responsible for the P12 reputation - if not more so - than Stanford or Cal when it comes to competitiveness. We became a laughingstock due to our own undoing. Had nothing to do with our conference or other schools. Entirely self-inflicted.