(10-09-2021 06:30 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Maybe USC, Stanford, and a small group of Pac-12 schools could "Mountain West" themselves away from the dead weight of the Pac-12 (Oregon State, Washington State) athletically and academically and form a new conference and make more money for themselves per school. They would have to find a television partner or partner willing to pay more for a slimmed down "Pac-8" or "Pac-10" than the current Pac-12. Maybe they replace Oregon State and Wazzu with BYU and Kansas? There is precedence for the media companies to shed "dead weight", look at them successfully getting Oklahoma and Texas away from the Big 12. Could the "California 4" schools package themselves together and make more money than they would from the Pac 12 or as individual schools? Why should one have to break free from the others? The media rights of the four together dominates the most populous state in the country, in theory they have more eyeballs than the University of Texas would, and all any media company would need is one of them to be good rather than to depend on UT to be good. Then they can pick any four (or more) teams out west and leave any unwanted Pac-12 teams behind.

Oregon State and Washington State serve their purpose in the conference. Reser Stadium looks more chill and laid back than other stadiums.