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Thoughts on the Pac-12?


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Mel Tucker's jump from Colorado to Michigan State has been much publicized, but what does it mean for the Pac-12?  Quite a bit actually.  I was reading an article about it, and it just highlights the growing gap between the Pac-12 and the other Power Five conferences.  

First, money.  That MSU could double Tucker's salary with Colorado and met without resistance highlights a huge problem there.  The difference between media revenue was listed as $17 million per school.  That the Pac-12 network has under-delivered plays into this as well.  

Second, coaching turnover.  In the last three years, nine coaches at eight schools have turned over.  Three this year, and only the SEC was higher.  

To add to that, Clay Helton somehow remains at USC, which is the flagship school for the Pac-12 and just had it's worst recruiting year in history.  Chris Pedersen is out at Washington, and Mike Leach out at Washington State.  Utah may only have Kyle Whittingham for another season or two.  Only a select number of schools will have the money to bring in a top tier coach.  

Third, the Pac-12 has only provided two playoff teams since the inception of the playoffs, which hurts their chances at retaining west coast talent.  

What are your thoughts on the Pac-12 as they currently are?  What hope do they have to remain relevant?  

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15 hours ago, naptownskinsfan said:

What are your thoughts on the Pac-12 as they currently are?  What hope do they have to remain relevant?  

They're missing the personalities you need to make CFB interesting. If only there was a morbidly obese degenerate they could stick in Colorado to just ham it up with the co-eds and get messed up on a regular basis all while looking like a human garbage can.

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Its good if you prefer parity. There is never a huge talent gap between tiers, making games pretty competitive. Schools really cannibalize each others preventing any one program from breaking through. To put this in perspective, since becoming the Pac-12 and adding the championship, no team has gone undefeated in conference play

Mid West and Southern bluebloods pilfering elite talent from California, leaving 12 teams fighting for scraps certainly didn't help. And maybe talent in general is drying up on the Coast (since BBALL dropped off a cliff too). I think FIRE LARRY SCOTT's overall ineptitude really hurts the conference, and so does its adherence to strict academic standards as well. Going out on a limb by saying the booster clubs in Ohio, Alabama and the South are probably … um are a lot more free wheeling than Pac-12 boosters. 

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