Two outcomes seem most likely to me.
#1 - Pac-12 becomes a G5 level conference. Maybe $C and Oregon head to one of the super-conferences. Stanford, Cal, UW and others represent a strong regional conference.
#2 - $C, UCLA, Oregon Washington, Cal and Stanford join the Big-10. Cal would be the least desirable football brand of those six schools.
Cal's situation is complicated by the stadium debt. Without the large TV rights dollars, Cal may end up cutting a lot of sports. If Cal joins a super conference, Cal will struggle to win a lot of games in the concentrated major football landscape. Cal would, however, get the TV-cash to pay for the stadium.
#1 - Pac-12 becomes a G5 level conference. Maybe $C and Oregon head to one of the super-conferences. Stanford, Cal, UW and others represent a strong regional conference.
#2 - $C, UCLA, Oregon Washington, Cal and Stanford join the Big-10. Cal would be the least desirable football brand of those six schools.
Cal's situation is complicated by the stadium debt. Without the large TV rights dollars, Cal may end up cutting a lot of sports. If Cal joins a super conference, Cal will struggle to win a lot of games in the concentrated major football landscape. Cal would, however, get the TV-cash to pay for the stadium.