The Sicatoka

My "$30-32M and they'll bite" number ... https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1687585734658592768?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1687585734658592768|twgr^32bd0148694778f973b490b32b0803e15b176321|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcsnbbs.com%2Fthread-974435.html

If the BXII is going to keep going: San Diego State. SDSU before 'zaga or UConn. It locks up the only other way into SoCal. The Arizona schools would be giddy.

Cali-Stan only sees two conferences worthy of their great and magnanimous presence: B1G Ivy League You might be able to sway me to add the ACC to the list. They will not be associated with Boise, Wyoming, or KState and WVU.

Stanford? Probably. Cal? ... They have an $18M annual mortgage payment on their FB upgrades. (That's 60% of UND's total athletic budget.) Cal went to the UC system regents and made UCLA give them some money when UCLA left ... "Calimony".

I invoked "Vegas Route 91" early on; same pattern emerging.

The MWC has a nasty poison pill: a $17M two year notice buy-out; $34M with only one year notice. None of them are that flush; if they do something they do it as a group. And will Cali-Stan be in a group with Boise State and Wyoming?

Apologies to George Strait, but ... Pacific 4 by morning ...

Please keep on topic: Recruiting. Put the Conference Alignment talk here: https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/16061-conference-realignments-take-2/ Thank you.

So Cali-Stan and WasSU/OrSU. How long are the Silicon Valley smugs going to stay with the unwashed of Corvallis and Pullman? They were palatable when USC/UCLA/UW/UO were around to talk to at cocktail parties, but now?

And then there were four ...

Why'd my ears start ringing?

Meredith Baxter-Birney the new mascot?

The tweet with Brutus Buckeye and the Oregon duck back on July 25 ... hmmm ... Has all this been pre-ordained and they're just putting on a drama. https://duckswire.usatoday.com/2023/07/25/cryptic-post-with-ohio-state-buckeyes-and-oregon-ducks-mascot-draws-big-ten-questions/

Knight site, how/where data and methodology.

https://knightnewhousedata.org/about#aboutdatameth

Like I said ... https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/16061-conference-realignments-take-2/page/313/#comment-1314759

I won't be surprised if Cali-Stan ends up not in the B1G, but the ACC. Stanford would be bait to try to keep Notre Dame ACC affiliated.

I did not see Washington and Oregon gone before Arizona. Reports are ASU got squishy last night. I bet they're signing the BXII app now!

Want preseason predictions? Most overrated this pre-season: Idaho

If Hong goes to the post does that make him ... Hong way low.

UND: Fighting Hawks Union: Hold my beer …

The PAC in 90 seconds: https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1686946798902857729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1686946798902857729%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

I need transparency in this case only as far as "FPD officer" (to know it wasn't CCSO, NDHP, other).

I disagree with it but I'm not in charge of it.

Chaves better be living up to that statement and paying close attention for the next 100 or so hours. May you live in interesting times