philly1121 said:HateRed said:
Students who go to CAL and UCLA know the difference. I heard it all the time when I was teaching AP classes. Not many outside of UCLA believe that UCLA is better than CAL.
HateRed, what are you on about? No one cares about where we think we rank academically against UCLA. That talk is reserved for one of three things - a joint alumni bbq where two drunks are arguing over who is better, or two librarians having a convo by the fire with a bourbon., or AP teachers trying to flex where they went to school. Really?
Its this very type of talk that shows that we are small time. And we are.
Colorado leaving also shows the complete ineptitude of George K. Can it now be said that for the past year he has shown us nothing but smoke and mirrors? He has NOTHING in his hands. There is no deal and whatever deal that may be thrown to him is below par.
However, nothing really has changed now, has it? Pac10 is looking for a media deal. Now Colorado is out of the mix. So we lose Deion. Does this now diminish value further?
If it wants to survive, and if we want to be part of it, P10 should invite, SDSU, UNLV and two texas schools and see if that staves off extinction. That is, even if those 4 want to join us.
I don't agree with all of your points but I do agree that we need to resist retreating to our academic prowess safe space when the real issue is solid leadership to lead us thru this gauntlet. GK inherited a five alarm fire but didn't do himself any favors by allowing the Big 12 to swoop in and get the TV deal and not negotiating a deal to keep SC in the fold when everybody knew they wanted a better deal. As Cuba Gooding, Jr said in Jerry Maguire, it's time for GK to show us the money. I'm also hoping Apple or whoever our partners are realize that if the Pac folds, they lose a great opportunity so they also need to come up with the Quan.