Sure. But LA is a pro sports town. If you watch the local news, they report on

Jun 17, 2022
2:52:44pm

gwalker Truly Addicted User

pro sports off season things some times before reporting on current games from UCLA or USC.

USC gets viewers. Much of the rest of the Pac 12 doesn’t.

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Here's the problem with all the expansion logic I keep seeing

krindorr Contributor

6/17/22 1:18pm

The P12 being eaten by the Big10 comes from the same place as posts like this

Charles Darwin

6/17/22 1:26pm

The Pac-12 teams can't go anywhere. They are geographically isolated

TNT

6/17/22 1:34pm

Not if you add a whole group as a division.

Baylorbears11

6/17/22 3:07pm

1 makes sense. 2 makes some sense, but not 100%. 3 is starting to be very iffy.

gwalker

6/17/22 1:35pm

See I take the slightly opposite tact. I buy 3 completely, 2 kind of, and 1 not at all

krindorr

6/17/22 4:20pm

Argument #1 is not accurate and when USC figures that out, #2 comes into play

Bluforever

6/17/22 1:36pm

All three could potentially be true but depends on

ManicBlue

6/17/22 2:13pm

I just don't get any of this nonsense. P12 owns

flyzag

6/17/22 2:19pm

No one goes to the games no one cares. So what? Fan intensity counts to

travelcoug

6/17/22 2:25pm

Here’s how it makes sense: a much smaller percentage of people in the PAC 12’s

gwalker

6/17/22 2:26pm

it's all about tv eyeballs. Traffic to get to USC is different than Manhattan KS

flyzag

6/17/22 2:33pm

Sure. But LA is a pro sports town. If you watch the local news, they report on

gwalker

6/17/22 2:52pm

How many viewers do you think think Texas tech, TCU and Kansas state get? I'd

flyzag

6/17/22 3:19pm

Add in the four newcomers and talk about teams like Washington State, Oregon

gwalker

6/17/22 3:38pm

Once you add the 4 new schools? More than many of the pac 12 schools.

ManicBlue

6/17/22 3:39pm

Your argument was markets. No one attends or watches in PAC country. You

travelcoug

6/17/22 5:30pm

And we have houston Dallas Orlando And Cincinnati that is within 4 hours drive

travelcoug

6/17/22 3:07pm

Markets only matter if you have a product.

Baylorbears11

6/17/22 7:24pm

Yes and no

krindorr

6/17/22 7:35pm

It’s about degree of popularity

travelcoug

6/17/22 8:36pm

The bottom line is that on the West Coast being a fan isn’t cool

travelcoug

6/17/22 8:38pm

Where can I find a 'rabbit van'? 🙂

ManicBlue

6/17/22 9:13pm

All of the rabid fans have them

travelcoug

6/18/22 12:23pm

By your reasoning, Rutgers should be in high demand by every conference.

ManicBlue

6/17/22 2:31pm

Eyeballs don’t matter if they’re not watching. Ever watched a PAC 12 game on TV?

BlooCoog

6/18/22 12:01pm

So about that 'zero competition'

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