Big Dog said:agree. And for those pro on playing the former schools that can no longer be named in decent company, don't forget that either woudl be our A game in an OOC schedule. And that means no Auburn, no Tennessee, no Northwestern or tOSU. If we want to raise the national profile we need to go beat some of these other teams.ferCALgm2 said:golden sloth said:I get the emotion, but Cal shouldn't make decisions based on anger and spite. The long term health of the program requires good players from LA. Good players from LA are easier to get with consistent games there.LodeBear said:
hell no to UCLA or USC for that matter. let them make their trips to the B10.
The only instance of not having ucla on the schedule long-term is if Cal and SDSU agree to play a game at SOFI (or another LA based stadium) every year for a decade).
Also, its good to maintain a presence with alumni down there.
It's not mostly anger and spite. What do we have to gain? For the next few years we'll likely be a $20-30 million program vs a $75 million program. Screw them. Maybe in 5-10 years if/when we're in the same conference.
For a team playing virtually all of their conference road games 3 times zones away, if we go to the ACC, our A game in OOC should be a West Coast team. In fact, all of our OOC games should be Western teams.