Golden Nuggets: Get Ready for the Pac-16
by Berkelium97 on Jun 10, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
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PrintLarry Scott's Pac-16 expansion plan is a couple steps from becoming reality. Nebraska is primed to bolt from the Big 12 to join the Big Televen. Due to formal application procedures, Nebraska will not officially join until late this week or early next week. This is the first in a series of events that will likely pave the way for the emergence of the Pac-16.
Meanwhile, an anonymous source from the University of Oklahoma told The Oklahoman to "load up on your sunscreen." TMZ (I know, I know) is reporting that the Oklahoma State Cowboys will soon make an announcement accepting the Pac-10's invitation.
Expansion is already officially underway as Colorado has accepted its invitation to the Pac-10. The four Texas schools are having a meeting today to decide how they can all remain in the same conference.
A source with direct knowledge of the Pac-10's discussions about adding more Big 12 teams told ESPN's Joe Schad on Thursday that from the Pac-10's perspective, it's "simply a matter of who signs next."
Colorado's move might spell the end for the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska is also poised to announce its move from the conference to the Big Ten.
The Boulder Daily Camera reported that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor to meet Thursday so they can talk about ways the four state schools could remain in the same conference. A source confirmed to ESPNDallas.com's Jeff Caplan that the four schools will meet Thursday.
Now that it looks like this expansion is underway, what will the new conference look like? Who would get BCS bids? Will there be a championship game? I think you all will be quite pleased...
The new conference would be split into divisions with the Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado forming an Eastern Division with Arizona and Arizona State opposite the former Pac-8 (USC, UCLA, Stanford, Washington, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State) in the Western Division.
The coach said it's possible the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS, one for each division champion. That potential bonanza could open the possibility of the two division champs from one league playing for the national title, and it would eliminate the need for a conference championship game.
"The Pac-10 doesn't believe in a championship game," the coach said. "And coaches in the Big 12 don't like it anyway."
At last night's Coaches Tour, Tedford voiced support of the expansion, saying "I’d like another shot at Texas after they screwed us out of the Rose Bowl."
We wouldn't be Cal fans if we didn't meticulously examine all the ways the Pac-16 could fail to emerge, but we can do that after the jump. Also after the jump JO covers last night's Coaches Tour, Bruce Feldman tries to name the new conference, Cal sports score well on the latest APR, and Cal picks up an offensive lineman.
Now that Colorado has joined the Pac-10 and Nebraska is about to leave for the Big Televen, let's take a look at the Big-12 minus two.
As it exists (or will exist within the next few days), the Big 12 has ten teams. Suddenly, the conference has no need for a championship game anymore, which makes it easier for the conference (aka Texas and second place) to earn two BCS bids. Additionally, under this layout the Big 12 would allow Texas to move forward with the Longhorn Network. With an easier road to the BCS and a possible Texas-exclusive television network (as opposed to a Pac-16 network), has the Big 12 suddenly become more attractive to its remaining members?
ESPN Texas says that independent of what Nebraska does, the fate of the Big 12 is with Texas.
Some seem to think Nebraska is the linchpin school here, that what the Huskers decide to do will determine the collegiate landscape for years to come. I beg to differ. The choice, as it should be, is with Texas.
If Texas wants the Big 12 to survive, with or without Nebraska, then it will survive and even flourish. That's how strong the Longhorns are in collegiate athletics. They can make this happen any way they want it to happen.
As fans, we are at Texas' mercy here. The Big 12 isn't the old SWC -- more's the pity -- but it's what we were left with in the aftermath of that great shake-up. It is ours, such as it us, and we have reluctantly been learning to make the best of it, even without TCU, SMU, Rice and Arkansas. It is what it is.
Another snag in the potential Pac-16 is Baylor. The red headed stepchild of Texas athletics insists that the four Texas schools remain in the same conference.
In any scenario, whether staying in the Big 12 or ending up elsewhere, [Baylor president Ken] Starr [yes, that Kenneth Starr] emphasized that he wants Baylor to remain with Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.
"The current situation is extremely fluid," Starr said. "What we firmly believe is that the Big 12 should stick together and the Lone Star State schools of the Big 12 should stick together. That's what's in best interest of Baylor, of Texas and our own community here in Waco."
To preserve the unity of the four Texas schools, Texas legislators were working to force the Pac-10 to extend its invitation to Baylor instead of Colorado. That obviously did not happen. Governor Perry's meeting today may be as effective as the Texas legislature's attempt to keep the conference together. Nonetheless, there is a chance the Texas schools will insist on staying together. Will Baylor be the hanger-on that forces the Texas schools to remain in the Big 12 or will the Texas schools tell Baylor there is only room for one Bear in the Pac-16?
Ultimately, this all rests with Texas. If Texas wants to remain in the Big 12, the conference will be preserved in a new ten-member format. If Texas decides to join the Pac-10 (11?), the Big 12 will be dissolved, leaving Baylor and the former Big 12 North schools without a membership in a BCS conference.
Although the Pac-16 is not official yet, that hasn't stopped Bruce Feldman from having fun trying to come up with names for the conference.
On to the Cal-related news:
The latest APR scores were released and Cal scored 969, good enough for second in the Pac-10 (behind Stanford). The score puts Cal somewhere in the 80th-90th percentile nationwide. Monty's team scored an impressive 1000(perfect score). Nine others had a perfect score, including men's cross country, men's gymnastics, men's tennis, men's indoor and outdoor track & field, women's rowing, lacrosse, volleyball and women's water polo.
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- O-lineman Tyler Rigsbee's younger brother Jordan has committed to Cal. He is the fourth commit for the 2011 recruiting class.
- Last night was the Cal Coaches Tour 2010. JO has some entertaining quips from Tedford. Tedford gave an update on Allan Brigford, whose shoulder is recovering nicely following surgery. Brigford started throwing this week and should be ready to participate in fall camp.
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I really want of piece of Mack Brown too
by ACgiant97 on Jun 10, 2010 12:12 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I'm very surprised by the lack of a conference championship game in this scenario.
I can’t say i disagree with it, but it’d hurt our chances at garnering national title game bids.
There’s also a lot of TV/bowl revenue possible with a championship game. I would be very surprised if this didn’t end with a title game in Glendale or San Diego or Dallas or whereever.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 12:55 PM PDT reply actions
I disagree. This way you get TWO teams in a BCS matchup without an extra loss. That means more big bucks without an embarrassing ACC-esque situation.
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but then the 'conference'
is really nothing more than a loos confederation for TV revenue purposes. I’m not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing, but it does beg the question as to what the real purpose for the invitations are, if the division structure doesn’t really lead to anything much more than meeting each other every four years.
I’m kinda’ ‘meh’ about the concept of no championship game. The conference could easily negotiate two BCS bids with the amount of pull they’ll have post-merger. Don’t see why they have to get rid of the chamiopnship game to do that.
Well the BCS isn’t going to want a team with an automatic loss. No one wants to see a “runner-up.” Obviously best scenario is two BCS spots plus championship game. But I wouldn’t be surprised if ol’ Larry “hold’em” Scott is keeping that ace in the hole close to get the BCS to go all in.
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Fox is interested in a Pac-16 tv contract.
Here’s how I think it could work out:
Pac-16 games played nationally on Fox: 11:30 am kickoffs (central time, so 10:30 west coast ), 2:30pm kickoffs and 5:00pm kickoffs.
Pac-16 games played nationally on Fox Sports Network, regardless of region: 12:30 pm kickoffs, 3:30pm kickoffs, 6:30pm kickoffs.
That means only two match ups between teams would be relegated to regional coverage per week. Those could be shown on Versus or whatever.
Here’s a theoretical example:
Colorado v. Texas (11:30am) FOX
Washington v. Oregon (12:30pm) FSN/Comcast national cable
Cal v. Arizona (2:30pm) FOX
Oklahoma St. v. OSU (3:30pm) FSN/Comcast national cable
USC v. Oklahoma (5:00pm) Fox
UCLA v. Stanford (6:30pm) FSN/Comcast national cable
Regionally televised:
Washington v. Arizona
Texas Tech v. WSU
Three games a week on FOX?
Not even ABC shows that much. Showing games on national broadcasts rather than on cable is really expensive.
If FOX does this, I’d imagine it’d be similar to CBS’s SEC contract, where they show one game of the week with an option for one or two double headers down the road.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
I don’t see FOX showing three Pac-16 games a week on the flagship. Two, tops – and I would expect one would be the norm, with perhaps a regional option on the second on a weekly basis that the affiliates could pick up or not.
There has been a shift away from over-the-air network broadcasts to cable channels because the media companies can collect higher fees from the cable and satellite companies.
If Fox gets this contract, they will probably air almost all the games on cable so they can increase their subscriber fees.
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by CaliforniaEternal on Jun 10, 2010 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
but it does beg the question as to what the real purpose for the invitations are
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think the conference championship really helps the winner all that much in terms of a national title bid. It just hurts the loser.
by Missing Barry on Jun 10, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel the same way and I think it would be great if they had one
atleast it would be great for the fans, I know most coaches are kind of against them and say they can only hurt you.
With that being said it would be cool to have one that rotated between Jerry Jones new football palace, the new Cardinals stadium in Glendale and San Diego/southern California.
Does anyone know how this will effect Rose Bowl berths and future scheduling? With Masoli gone from Oregon and U$C out for two years, this season is freakin’ huge. Wow.
My guess (which is just that, a complete guess) is that the Pac-8 division winner will go on to the Rose Bowl while the Southwest division winner will play in the Fiesta Bowl. This is assuming there is no championship game. If there is a championship game the winner will probably go to the Rose Bowl.
"Some people watch adult videos on their computer - I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. That’s what gets me going."- Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions head coach
This is also assuming the BCS grants us two BCS bowls, which I think is doubtful, unless the other conferences go big and get the same.
This makes perfect sense but something tells me Texas will want a chance at the Rose Bowl too and not just the Fiesta Bowl.
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by CaliforniaEternal on Jun 10, 2010 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t they theoretically be the same to Texas? The Rose Bowl tradition is only important to us and the Big 10, isn’t it?
Well unfortunately the Rose Bowl is viewed as the premier bowl game nationwide, so other schools have been waiting with envy to get a bid. I doubt Texas/Oklahoma will just relinquish their Rose Bowl rights to the Pac-8 if they become members. We’ll just have to make it in the next two years (doubtful though is seems) before the new alignment kicks in just to be safe.
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by CaliforniaEternal on Jun 10, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
paranoid cal fan: OMG THEY'RE MAKING US LEAVE
Notice someone missing?
“The new conference would be split into divisions with the Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado forming an Eastern Division with Arizona and Arizona State opposite the former Pac-8 (USC, UCLA, Stanford, Washington, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State) in the Western Division.”
by richmindbear on Jun 10, 2010 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
We have apparently changed our name to “Washington.”
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by TwistNHook on Jun 10, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's been corrected
"The new conference would be split into divisions with the Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado forming an Eastern Division with Arizona and Arizona State opposite the former Pac-8 (USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon Southern, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State) in the Western Division."
What if the entire state of Texas decides they have to stick together and we don’t extend invites to any of them. Would the Pac-16 still be able to move forward?
Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Colorado, Utah, Kansas & ???
Hector Sanchez: Underrated. Fighting body bias since the 2009 off season. I still love you, son, even if you're fat.
In that case…bye bye Washington St, Hello Texases!
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would it be Texes?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 10, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Texii?
"it's like an alarm clock, WOOT WOOT!" -Bubb Rubb
by secret ASian man on Jun 11, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
expansion
Either Texas leads an exodus of five teams to the Pac-10 that follow Colorado or it remains true to the Big 12 and the league becomes more reminiscent of the old Southwest Conference.
http://philiptortora.blogspot.com/2010/06/future-of-big-12-hinges-on-texas.html
Seems like the natives over at BON are consensusing themselves to the Big 10, or 12, or televen, twelven…
The fucking Midwestern conference that used to be the Big 10 with eleven schools in it.
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by Maisbikkja on Jun 10, 2010 2:03 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Latest updates:
Texas and Texas A+M in talks to join the Big Televen? Oklahoma to the SEC?!
OSU AD denies this morning’s reports that they’ll join the Pac-10.
Whatever happens, it’s clear we’re in the middle of silly season.
"Some people watch adult videos on their computer - I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. That’s what gets me going."- Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions head coach
Yeah I just read this report as well, kind of crazy
So my question to people on this board, if the Pac10 only becomes the Pac12 (by adding Colorado and Utah) and doesn’t get Texas (which is really the school that everyone wants) would this attempt at expansion be considered a failure? In the end, would you say this risk would have blown up in Scott’s face and that the Pac10 or 12 actually got weaker at the expense of the SEC and Big Eleven?
I’m not sure I believe that Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, and possibly Oklahoma St. and Texas Tech would really want to all be flung to different conferences, which is basically what would happen in this scenario. I think the best explanation is that this is some gamesmanship in negotiations and that them joining the Pac-10 is still the most likely outcome.
However, even if this does come to pass, I’d expect the P10 to then try poaching the remaining B12 teams + Utah.
I have a difficult time imagining Larry Scott would invite Colorado and Oklahoma State if they didn’t already know they would accept.
Yeah, I’m not sure I see Ok State being invited without OU or Texas. I mean that’s the money that’s the market. This has got to be a last minute ditch effort by a desperate Kansas TV station trying to keep KU and KSU from getting totally screwed. If UT, NE and OU leave the Big-12 the Big 12 could in theory still have a core of Texas teams and expand themselves to maintain some level of competition. Mizzou, TTU, OSU, A&M wouldn’t necessarily have to join another conference. This is especially true if they can maintain their BCS auto qualifying bid. Adding TCU, and/or another MWC or Boise State team could bolster that. Perhaps Houston? It could be the Big 12 loses it’s most respected schools, but that doesn’t necessarily mark the end of the Big 12 itself. Things continue to get interesting.
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
They could just add TCU, and become the new Big 11...
Then just run a schedule like the old big 11, and Texas could still rest easy for eternity…
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, if the Texas schools go elsewhere, then does a 14-team conference work if we add
Colorado, Utah, Kansas, and Missouri?
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by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
What do you know
I still might be right about the Pac-12!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Chip Brown is in bed with DeLoss
Wow, this must mean A&M is pursuing an SEC bid!
Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech appear to be in lock step to the Pac-10 but will wait til next week to announce anything.
I think a CGB poll for the 16th invite needs to go up! Potential candidates:
Definites
Utah
Probables
Mizzou
TCU – why not?
Possibles
KU
Fres-Yes
Nevada
Not likelys
BYU
Boise State
UC Davis
Colorado State
San Jo State
No way in hell
Baylor
SDSU
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
If we need one team
I speculate we’d take Utah or Kansas, both of whom would love to come. Kansas might have trouble jettisoning Kansas State, although with the Big-XII dead, the state legislature might not care about splitting them up, and simply hope one of them falls into a BCS conference.
Yeah exactly. Anything goes now! Larry Scott = demigod. Tedford still God
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
More from Chip Brown
Article at orangebloods.com talks about A&M’s continued interest in joining the SEC instead of the Pac-10. The article also includes this nugget—
One thing that should be reassuring to Texas A&M is that in a move to the Pac-10 Texas all but loses its chance to start its own TV network.
That was a point of contention for A&M, which has an athletic department $16 million in debt and had to borrow that money from the school’s general fund to pay it off.
That became a big rift at A&M between the administration and athletics department and may have contributed to the forced resignation of A&M president Elsa Murano, who wanted the athletic department to be more diligent in paying the loan back.
A&M was not excited about having Texas, with its $125 million in revenue and its coffers overflowing, starting a TV network and adding yet another revenue stream that A&M couldn’t match.
But with all schools belonging to a conference network (with no ability to start their own network) in the Pac-16, all schools would be on an equal revenue-sharing playing field. A&M’s worries probably subside.
One thing appears clear. If A&M splits off from Texas in this realignment, it might create a War-Of-The-Roses style divorce. UT officials probably would not be eager to schedule the Aggies in anything, anytime soon. There would be the risk of losing 100-plus years of tradition, including the driving force behind the Aggies’ very fight song (which starts: "Good-bye to Texas University …).
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
I asked the Texas people about that over at Burnt Orange Nation and they didn’t think it was possible. TTU apparently has to go with Texas. The Big X apparently does not want or have space for or need TTU. So, who knows?
Also, what does “in talks” mean? That is a vague term that could mean anything.
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Here's my Q, though....
That report out of KC says TAMU is looking to join the SEC, then Texas would bolt for the Big-10. Whither TTech in that discussion? You think the legislature in TX might be a little annoyed that TAMU went and mucked up an invite for one of its land-grant institutions to a major conference by skipping town to the Pac-10? It doesn’t make sense. Big-10’s said nothing about invite TTech, and the SEC isn’t going to take TTech, either.
I’d be very surprised if all the TX schools ended up going to separate conferences, which is essentially what that KC TV station report would imply.
There is a lot flying around now. But you also have to parse the language. Because people read “in talks with” and write “Texas to go to BigX” or something like that. What does “in talks with” really mean? It could be that they called the Big X up and said “Hey fuck the Pac10 can we go with you?” and they did that. Or it could mean that they were just talking generally and it didnt work out. I dont know the answer, but we have to take a step back sometimes.
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Well, Texas would seem to prefer the Big Ten, and if it were going by itself, it would go there. The reason it would go to the Pac-10 would be if it could keep all its regional rivalries intact, which a Pac-16 would do.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think Texas (nor most of its fans) prefer the Big Ten. Maybe some loudmouth old guys. Do they really wanna play freezing games in Iowa City… or visit the sunny beaches of California? And I can pretty much guaran-damn-tee the students like the Pac-10 more.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This post over at Burnt Orange Nation seems to indicate otherwise. Though why they seem to think that the Big Ten is “the nation’s premier conference in terms of academics” is beyond me.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to take what I know about people my age and most people in general over a few members of a blog.
TOO LONG DIDN’T READ
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
So that home and home with Colorado is going to be a conference game now?
obviously not this years game but when we go out to Colorado that could be a Pac10 conference matchup now.
seems like we stole a free home game ;)
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It would begin in 2012, so no, that’s an OOC matchup still.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I read somewhere that it is possible that Colorado could join even sooner
as soon as 2011 but yeah the majority of things I have read have said 2012. However, if Texas comes to the Pac16 then that all of a sudden becomes a conference game.
On possible Pac-10 expansion, which could include Texas joining the Pac-10: “I’d like another shot at Texas after they screwed us out of the Rose Bowl.”
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by solarise on Jun 10, 2010 3:09 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Hey y'all, can we just forget that whole campaigning for the Rose Bowl thing ever happened?
Water under the bridge? Forgive and forget? What would the tree-sitters do?
by InDKR'sShadow on Jun 10, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The treesitters would crap in a bucket. We’ll try not to do what they do.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
In that case, consider this potential merger between our great institutions a bucket. A money bucket.
by InDKR'sShadow on Jun 10, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
We like the money bucket, and we’re thrilled to have you at our conference. But we really want to beat you because we feel like we owe you one.
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by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
We're all missing the big picture here...
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by solarise on Jun 10, 2010 3:44 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
People with better photoshoppery skills than I should take Mikey Mo out of there and splice him into other classic scenes.
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by TwistNHook on Jun 10, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can def do that…what other scenes should those include? The Play? USC 2004? Ghost riding golf cart?
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
some texas or OU games....
maybe florida?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 10, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Oooo, maybe I have him flying at Tim Tebow on a stupid looking jink or something. LOL
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Why limit it to football related events? Can he block Tianaman Tanks? Can he save President Reagan from assassination?
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Jeez, seriously? Is this why you banned politics Twist? Tired of being the Cheese standing alone over there -—————————————————————>>>?
The only thing worse than a Republican is…
a Democrat!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
how's this?
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 10, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Frankly, PlayClassyBears,
I love you, let’s remarry.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 10, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
LMAO. Dude, that movie freakin’ sucked for three hours until that one line was delivered. SOOOOO AWESOME!
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I call it 'Hand of Mohamed'
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by norcalnick on Jun 10, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
WE HAVE A WINNER.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
btw, I have an isolated cut out of Mohamed, so if anybody has any really awesome ideas I may be able to pull it off.
(My photoshop skillz are still rudimentary)
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Tianaman tanks. Protecting Reagan during the assassination attempt. Synchornized Olympic diving.
Of course, the photo has dramatic motion. Pick a photo with very little motion, like a family photo and drop him in there.
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by norcalnick on Jun 10, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nice, but it might be prudent to try to find a closer frame, so its clearer. Somewhat tough to figure it out from that frame.
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is this the greg luganis (sp?) pic?
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--Coach Clark
i think it’s just a random diving pic
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 11, 2010 5:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Fixed it up a little bit for you:
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Jun 10, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"get out of my kitchen"
Fantastic work. That is all.
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I hope this isn't sacrilege. The Play!!!
by daveman on Jun 11, 2010 1:20 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
THIS IS WHAT I AM SAYING! LET’S DO THIS THING, PEOPLE!
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we really should do this more often (a la FtF’s Joe Pavelski PS thread)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
My favourite thread ever.
Bring FtF to CGB!!!
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Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
just a few thoughts on rumours, blogs, news reports, etc.
if an involved party issues a catagorical denial? it’s on.
if an non-involved party makes a rational point about the process, or likely hood? it’s crap.
If an involved party breaks down the situation as to why an event is not in their best interests? it’s on.
so, prediction time….all the teams to the big 10 crap, except Nebs and Missu is crap. the super pac with convienient carrying case is on.
Go Bears Go
Latest I’ve seen is Mizzou has been uninvited to the Big X. That X now stands for DENIED. Looks like they’re settling for Nebraska as their ND and standing pat for now. Ouch Mizzou!
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Where the new schools are located
For anyone who’s interested and who might not already know:
University of Colorado (Buffaloes) – Boulder, CO
University of Texas (Longhorns) – Austin, TX
University of Oklahoma (Sooners) – Norman, OK
Texas A&M University (Aggies) – College Station, TX
Texas Tech University (Red Raiders) – Lubbock, TX
Oklahoma State University (Cowboys) – Stillwater, OK
I’ve heard good things about the first two…the rest of ’em? Not so much.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Boulder is really fun (it’s also 60% out of state students many from CA so its understandable, kinda like Eugene), I’ve heard good things about Austin too
Lubbock… not so much
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Boulder is Berkeley in Colorado...
Seriously… If you could put Berkeley in the mountains… it would be in Boulder…
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
For good measure
In case A&M bolts for the SEC and we end up inviting Utah instead:
University of Utah (Utes) – Salt Lake City
Personally, I think Utah would be better than A&M, particularly because the TV network would get us into another market (Salt Lake), rather than just another Texas market that will already be covered with the University of Texas in Austin.
Go to the SEC A&M!!! Do IT!!!!!
by daveman on Jun 10, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1 daveman!
Why are we letting texass schools tell us how to run our league. I can see BIG problems with them down the road!
I think Texas and Texas A&M would do a lot to keep that rivalry intact.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Texas A&M exploring SEC, 16th team might be Utah or Kansas
According to Chip Brown at OrangeBloods.com:
But sources say Texas A&M is still seriously exploring joining the Southeastern Conference. That charge is being led by A&M regent Gene Stallings, who, of course, won a national title in 1992 at Alabama as head coach.
Chip Brown reiterating Texas to the Pac is pretty much a done deal
Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech appear to be in lock step to the Pac-10 but will wait til next week to announce anything.
http://twitter.com/ChipBrownOB/status/15884557152
Samuels said. "That last-minute shot at halftime sums it up. Shooting off one leg? C'mon, man."
ESPN says...
A&M is into the SEC. BUT… intertestingly… Mack Brown wants to stay in the weaker Big12. Wow, what a friggin beotch. Can’t play with the big boys old man?
Mack Brown is an old sissy delusional beotch
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
For the record
I am for this type of expansion for the sole purpose of laughing at the vitriol between fans of the Texas schools. They keep it real (and humorous!).
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Adding just Colorado and one other school....
would be a total failure. It’s like trying to act as if you can play Varsity, and only bringing your JV game.
Notre Dame...and the Super Conferences
Say the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS…wouldn’t this screw ND? Let’s just say ND actually gets good at football…and they go up against the winners of these ‘superconferences’….who gets the BCS bid?
Would somebody please answer “you’re right oski, ND gets fucked…HAHAHAHAHA”
ND going 10-2 is an auto BCS bid for them over almost any at-large. TICKET SALES is the driving force for BCS bowls.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
ticket sales and tv ratings.
and ND brings huge of both of those.
no one touches them.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Jun 10, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, interestingly, NOT true! ABC got better ratings for their games last year than NBC did for ND games. I shall go find the link now (I just discovered this interesting tidbit yesterday) and be back in a bit.
I’d imagine that their viewership has waned as their suckage increased over the last few years
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, here we go: link
ABC averaged a 4.9 rating for its Saturday night football broadcasts in 2008.
NBC averaged a 2.2(!) for its Notre Dame games, a 22% increase on the prior year.
In 2009, Notre Dame ratings got all the way up to 2.4. I can’t find the ABC data for 2009 in a two minute search, but I’ll post it when I find it again because it was a very interesting analysis of how much better off Notre Dame could be financially if they went to the Big 10, which hasn’t quite been the traditional conventional wisdom.
im all for screwing ND.
screwing ND good.
Samuels said. "That last-minute shot at halftime sums it up. Shooting off one leg? C'mon, man."
by ikoolykedat on Jun 10, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, such sudden change! I hope we get the Texas schools!
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
Pac may actually be able to pick up Baylor if A&M tries to screw everything up and go to the SEC.
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
Definitely this.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh, no.
One top source close to the possible merger between the Pac-10 and six Big 12 schools said some schools in the Pac-10, including California-Berkeley, have a real issue with adding an institution with religious ties like Baylor to the conference.
BAYLOR’S FIGHT FACING RESISTANCE?
Plus, Baylor’s President is Kenneth Starr, yes, that Kenneth Starr.
Ken Starr! Damn! OK so A&M needs to fall into line. If we can just get A&M to accept the new reality, there will be no need for a school like Baylor.
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
Man this is crazy
I am sure to get no love here as a UT grad student, but I grew up in Berkeley and am a huge Cal fan. I never could have imagined that Cal and UT could play each other on a semi-regular basis. I am greatly amused that after years of hearing from Texans about the irrelevance of the Pac-10, most seem excited about jumping ship and joining it.
by Henduland in Texas on Jun 10, 2010 4:44 PM PDT reply actions
MUCH LOVE!!!
Welcome to the Pac-10 Hend!!!
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, this is so great! I just hope A&M doesn’t screw it all up…
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
Do we really need Texas A&M?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 10, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
No, but apparently the Texas schools want to stay together. Politics are involved as their legislature has already tried to weigh in demanding the Texas schools stay together. They tried to force the Pac 10 to exclude CU in favor of Baylor. Whatever the case, maybe we do not need A&M. Robert Gates was the old President of A&M, I have sent him an email imploring him to get them to fall in line. If they do jump to the SEC, I say we just pick up Baylor.
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
So Texas A&M can possibly drag Texas, Texas Tech and possibly even Baylor to the SEC?
Instead of picking up Baylor, why not get Utah?
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 10, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright, relax. No Baylor in the Pac 10. I still say we should go after UT and OU. If that means Utah will be the 16th team, so be it. Screw A&M.
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
US News Top 100 Public Schools
Check it out:
Best Colleges: Top Public Schools: National Universities
1. University of California (the one and only)
2. University of California, Los Angeles
11. University of Washington
15. University of Texas
22. Texas A&M University
34. University of Colorado
48. University of Arizona
48. University of Oklahoma
52. Washington State University
57. University of Oregon
60. Arizona State University
63. University of Utah**
In the new “super conference”, the only schools missing from the Top 100 would be Oregon State University, Texas Tech University and Oklahoma State University. With Stanfurd and U$C, that’s pretty good company. I think it’s a good idea to try and keep the quality of the educational institutions high. I also like that all of the schools mentioned as expansion schools are public institutions.
Side Note: Man, I didn’t realize the University of Oregon was so lousy. Even Wazzu is ranked higher than them. All this Masoli business makes so much sense now.
**Listed only if Texas A&M goes to the SEC (likely) and the Pac-10 invites Utah.
LMAO. Oh man, talk about bonehead move. Masoli just fucked his future UP.
BTW #57 is nothing to be ashamed of. These are compilations of multiple factors meaning UO had to score much higher in certain areas. One of the reason Cal kills in these rankings is because they have depth AND breadth. But core undergrad education is still being worked on (compared to many of the other UCs (not UCLA tho)).
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I just always figured that the University of Oregon would be ranked higher than where they are. At #57 (the list tops out at 64 due to ties, go figure), they are in jeopardy of not even being included in the top 100 at all. Maybe Masoli will push them over the edge. LOL.
It’s best to consider these rankings in tiers. There’s really isn’t that much of a difference in quality of university between 1-20 just in the same way there’s not much a difference in quality of university between 45-65. US News likes to sell magazines which is why they come up with these rankings.
Cal is a top tier school and Oregon is a solid second tier school.
the reason we are always so god damn high is how much money we spend on research. i will venture and say that the actual learning part of undergrad, on average, blows goats.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
blows goats compared to what?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 10, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Having higher ed degrees from Cal AND from expensive/pretentious private schools…I can personally recommend having your ass powdered. It’s pretty nice.
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
p.s. UC Santa Cruz...
Number 29 baby!!!!!
Take that Colorado, UA, OU, WSU, UO, ASU and UU!!!!
Fuck this expansion let’s grab up the Banana Slugs!!!!!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Yeah! Just as soon as we get a football team!
Or is the Pac-10 planning on adding ultimate frisbee? Mark my words, UCSC would dominate.
Au Contrare...
UCDavis would pwn you at frisbee.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah..
Pick up the Aggies too!
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com
Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
www.athleticsnation.com
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps things have changed since my days, but way back when it was the Black Tide of UC Santa Barbara that was the team to beat in California.
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There’s no way that Texas and Wazzu are that high. Or ASU.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I could believe Texas. ASU … well, it’s out of public universities, not ALL universities. Consider that it’s 60th, and there are 50 states.
Seeing as California has 9 UC schools...
And a bunch of them are in the top 100…
that 50 state rule does not count… especially when most states have 2 big schools as such…
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com
Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
www.athleticsnation.com
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
CONQUEST CHRONICLES REPORTS THAT THE BCS HAS STRIPPED USC OF ITS 2005 ORANGE BOWL VICTORY
They expect the National Championship to go as well:
http://www.conquestchronicles.com/2010/6/10/1512256/bcs-strips-usc-of-2005-orange-bowl
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by CalBear81 on Jun 10, 2010 5:44 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Wait, so do they have to give that football back, then?
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You break it, you bought it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jun 10, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I would be able to enjoy this so much more if we hadn’t had such an amazing team in 2004. I know there was a whole post dedicated to that topic earlier, but it remains. Forever.
Indeed. And Sandy says there is no rewriting history.
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 10, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I fell in love with Texas after a 45 minute layover in Austin. Wowity wowwowwow.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
a 45 min layover in Dallas is much less amusing...
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com
Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
www.athleticsnation.com
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine the future of our beloved and hated former conference, the Pac Ten. Soon to add Big 12 schools, USC crippled. Oh my, the change is so sudden. If this deal falls through I will be disappointed.
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
Hello, all. This is my first post over here. I normally keep to McCovey Chronicles, but...
…this is such a fascinating story. Comparing the different possible scenarios is so fun, I almost don’t want to find out the actual result. It’s like Risk: NCAA Edition.
Here’s my (I’m sure totally unfeasible for a thousand different reasons) pipe dream shakeout:
The new Red River Conference is OU, OSU, Texas, A&M, Tech, and Baylor from the Big XII; UTEP, Houston, SMU, Rice, and Tulsa from C-USA; and TCU from the MWC.
The Big Ten adds Iowa State, KU, KSU, Mizzou, and Nebraska to become the Big 16.
Along with Colorado from the Big XII, the now-Pac-12 picks up Hawai’i from the WAC.
The MWC loses TCU but picks up most of the WAC: Idaho, Boise State, Utah State, New Mexico State, Fresno State, San Jose State, and Nevada. Montana moves up from dominating the I-AA Big Sky.
(Not that you care about I-AA, but the five-team (um, what?) Great West sends UC Davis and Cal Poly to the Big Sky, and North Dakota, South Dakota, and Southern Utah to the Missouri Valley.)
Expanding from eight teams (in football) the Big East adds Memphis, Marshall and UCF from C-USA and Temple from the Mid-American.
The nine-team Sun Belt absorbs the four remaining teams of C-USA plus Louisiana Tech (sorry, WAC; you never made sense anyway).
Notre Dame, loathed and shunned, gets to stay independent.
Conference (# of teams)
ACC (12)
Big 16 (Duh)
Big East (12)
MAC (12)
MWC (16)
Pac-12 (Also duh)
Red River (12)
SEC (12)
Sun Belt (14)
Like I said above, this won’t happen. But it’s so fun! So… thoughts?
Go Go Golden Bears!
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 10, 2010 7:42 PM PDT reply actions
Glad to see you here WTAWTAM – your comments on McC frequently make my LOL
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WHAT ABOUT MINE, YOU BASTARD?!?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Your McC posts remind me of Aaron Rowand swinging at an outside slider!
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YOU TAKE THAT BACK
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
So… they would make me LOL?
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 10, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
this is rational. I think somebody on this site came up with his own proposal last year, including a map. The problem is that it is trying to optimize geographic proximity, while schools are now looking to optimize tv coverage (which means geographic spread based on maxing population).
Since this about money, I wonder if they NCAA couldn’t show some leadership and try to do what it does with basketball – create a huge money-spinning playoff and distribute proceeds to conferences. For the regular season, rather than creating large conferences, I wonder if they couldn’t create bargaining units, such as the Pac-10 and the Big XII, which bring the markets together and force the poor consumer to pay for more tv than he actually wants.
Play-off should be a eight team tournament something like this:
Pac10 winner and Big 10 winner in Rose Bowl
BigXII winner and Big East or MWC winner in Fiesta Bowl
SEC winner and ACC winner in Sugar Bowl
wild card and wild card in Orange Bowl
winner advance to some warm-weather site for semis and then finals. The rest of the bowls could continue to exist as they currently do.
jh
I dare you to say something shitty about the A’s. I dare you.
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 10, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have anything against the A's. I just don't care much about them.
The first game I ever went to was in Oakland (vs. the Twins; the first pitch was a HR, and for the first time in franchise history, the A’s were shut out in both ends of a home doubleheader), and Rickey, Dave Stewart, and Carney Lansford were among my first favorite players.
I just haven’t been able to muster much passion about them one way or the other in about 15 years ago or so. I try to; I’ll root for them in the playoffs and whatnot.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 10, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
(I’m a Giants fan.)
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 10, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yet stupid.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 11, 2010 5:59 AM PDT up reply actions
ohnoudinnit
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
The Big 12 still has a stronghold in The Ukraine.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 10, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Their leaders left their clothes in Yakutsk?
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 10, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You can’t build out of Ukraine! It boarders four other territories! It’s military suicide!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
You can’t build out of Ukraine! It boarders four six other territories! It’s military suicide!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Larry Scott could build out of Ukraine and WIN. He’s that good.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 11, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly what i was thinking about hahahaha
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Kamchatka is the best place in the world to hold off in risk...
I’ve never lost it once I’ve got it in all my risk playing days…
its the holy land.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com
Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
www.athleticsnation.com
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I COME FROM BIG 12!!!
Cal Football: Some things, you just accept, repress, and move on.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 11, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear from a low mid-level executive, an inside source familiar with the situation, Larry Scott has invited UC Davis to the Pac-10. Davis City Council shot it down, citing the increased traffic on Russell Blvd and increased carbon footprint.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
“At least Davis can actually grow shit”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Green type of shit...
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com
Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
www.athleticsnation.com
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we start calling davis aggy like UT calls A&M?
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by CaliforniaEternal on Jun 10, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
This joke would have been funnier had I actually proof read these two simple sentences. FML.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
No, no it wouldn’t
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 11, 2010 6:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Let’s say that Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State join the Pac-10 to make it the Pac-16. What happens to Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Missouri and Baylor? Do they go to the MWC, SEC, WAC or some other conference?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 10, 2010 11:26 PM PDT reply actions
No one cares
As Wilner pointed out, the fact that no one cares about Kansas signifies how much basketball really counts in the eyes of the money-grubbing whores.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I was just curious. If Notre Dames does want into the Big Ten, could they also take Missouri along with them so they’d have an even amount of teams? Maybe Kansas and Kansas State could maybe join the MWC while Iowa State and Baylor could maybe join C-USA.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 10, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
you go where the money is when times is tough
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 11, 2010 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Kansas and Missouri pray that the Big televen wants to expand to 16 teams, thus granting them a chance at joining up. Kansas st., Baylor and Iowa St. are screwed and will end up in the MWC or worse.
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I can’t wait to see the Dust Bowl teams try and gameplan for Oregon’s offense with in a few days.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I can't wait for PAC-10 teams corners and safeties to quit trying.
Wreck Em Tech!!
Too soon?
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
YES.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 11, 2010 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Then I do apologize.
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
I made this for easy visualization of the size of Pac-16
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Jun 10, 2010 11:51 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Awesome roy. Can you make one with Utah instead of Texas A&M? It would be cool to see one more state turn blue.
hahaha
One more red state, that is…
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
is it possible to drive through PAC-16 country
without crossing a non PAc-16 state?
by ximiankernel on Jun 11, 2010 2:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok fixed the map
If A&M joins:
If Utah joins:
If Kansas joins:
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Jun 11, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Love the map...
but New Mexico doesn’t have a Pac-16 team, and shouldn’t be colored blue…
A few tweets from Chip Brown, who has been on the ball here:
I’m told Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are going to the Pac-10 with or without Texas A&M.
Orangebloods.com: Don’t look for Texas, Texas Tech, OU or Okla St to announce their intentions to join the Pac-10 until next week.
If Texas A&M takes too long to join others from B12 South in Pac-10, the Aggies could be “put on the clock” and lose invite to Utah or KU.
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Assuming Pac-16, what are some suggestions for division names?
I’ll start…
In-N-Out Division vs. the Whataburger Division
by Glanko on Jun 11, 2010 10:44 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Coastal Division vs Plains Division
Liberal vs Conservative
Donkey vs Elephant
Surfer vs Cowboy
by PlayClassyBears on Jun 11, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Steers vs. Queers
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 11, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
So much This.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 11, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Make it 3 divisions...
In-N-Out division, Steakhouse Division, Starbucks Division
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com
Bobby Crosby is my Cousin
www.athleticsnation.com
by SeanCrosby87 on Jun 11, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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