(01-09-2023 10:53 PM)Sactowndog Wrote:  

(01-09-2023 12:00 AM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(01-08-2023 07:08 PM)Sactowndog Wrote:  I think the most likely scenario is the PAC offers Tulane and offers Houston the support for AAU membership to join them. Tulane is AAU already.

I actually laughed when I read this. I mean, I get it though, why bother with a SoCal school when you can go to New Orleans for a program with very little support and no history of success. And UH is already out of the Pac's reach, they've been trying to get into the big 12 for 25 years and aren't going to fumble that away at the 1 yd line.

Not to disparage SDSU but

1) Tulane has played in a News Year Day bowl, SDSU has not
2) Tulane is already AAU and ranked 44 nationally
3) Houston and Tulane make much better travel partners than SMU and SDSU.

Yeah, the Pac needs to go for elite-tier Academics over Athletics right now. That's the kind of thinking that got them into their current mess. And Tulane has had 2 good seasons in my lifetime, let's see them keep it up for a decade or so and actually, you know, build a following before penciling them in for the Pac.

The Pac's going with SDSU + 1-3, travel partners for potential new additions has not come up a single time in their discussions I'd wager.