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utee94

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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2022, 03:23:48 PM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on June 30, 2022, 03:08:42 PM
Love it. 

Good move.  Just keep going and get Oregon, Washington- get to 20. 
Do you really love it?  Why?  Just curious.

I thought most of you B1Gers were pretty traditional.

Personally I dislike every bit of realignment that's occurred since about 1990.  
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2022, 03:24:59 PM »
The Trojans and Bruins should make Arrowhead Stadium their shared eastern 'home.'
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2022, 03:27:04 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 30, 2022, 03:24:59 PM
The Trojans and Bruins should make Arrowhead Stadium their shared eastern 'home.'
Wouldn't be any emptier than playing in LA
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2022, 03:34:16 PM »
I suppose it's inevitable.  I thought 12 team conferences made sense.  Maybe we'll get there through the back door.

If there is money to be made ....

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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2022, 03:35:10 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 30, 2022, 03:27:04 PM
Wouldn't be any emptier than playing in LA
To be fair, their stadiums are usually pretty full... when playing each other.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2022, 03:40:39 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 30, 2022, 03:23:48 PM
Do you really love it?  Why?  Just curious.

I thought most of you B1Gers were pretty traditional.

Personally I dislike every bit of realignment that's occurred since about 1990. 
Fair question. I guess the best way to answer is to say it like this:

I am a traditionalist and I wish the college landscape wasn’t changing in the ways that it is changing. However, given that it is and it appears to be a snowball rolling downhill, I’m glad to see the big 10 jump into the pool and add two high-quality schools and two high-quality football/athletic programs.  At the very least I think it will make for some exciting games and new rivalries.  
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2022, 03:52:06 PM »
Fair enough.

For me, I'd describe moves like this, as "making the best of a bad situation."  I could never say that I love it.  I couldn't even say that I like it. I just accept it as inevitable and will try to make the best of it.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2022, 03:57:50 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 30, 2022, 03:52:06 PM
Fair enough.

For me, I'd describe moves like this, as "making the best of a bad situation."  I could never say that I love it.  I couldn't even say that I like it. I just accept it as inevitable and will try to make the best of it.

Yeah, this
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2022, 03:59:59 PM »
I don't know how their political systems are set up  but I am surprised to see UCLA leaving Cal. 
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2022, 04:06:03 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 30, 2022, 03:52:06 PM
Fair enough.

For me, I'd describe moves like this, as "making the best of a bad situation."  I could never say that I love it.  I couldn't even say that I like it. I just accept it as inevitable and will try to make the best of it.

Well said.   
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2022, 04:07:49 PM »
May  you live in interesting times.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #25 on: June 30, 2022, 04:27:45 PM »
I always thought the next two would be UNC and either UVA or VaTech. I'm surprised by this.

Upthread someone mentioned long plane rides for soccer etc al. I see that as the biggest downside here. With this move there will now literally be B1G leage games pitting West Coast schools (USC/UCLA) against East Coast schools (UMD/RU). In football there is plenty of money to pay those travel expenses and probably plenty in Men's BB as well but for all other sports that is just a cost with no benefit. 
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #26 on: June 30, 2022, 04:28:11 PM »
Use this excuse to cut out Rutgers and Maryland.

Quote from: utee94 on June 30, 2022, 03:52:06 PM
Fair enough.

For me, I'd describe moves like this, as "making the best of a bad situation."  I could never say that I love it.  I couldn't even say that I like it. I just accept it as inevitable and will try to make the best of it.

This is where I'm at. A road game in Los Angeles every year will be strange.
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Re: UCLA and USC
« Reply #27 on: June 30, 2022, 04:32:54 PM »
$$$$

The major programs are going to combine into two major conferences, and folks like Oregon State are going to be Left Behind.

The ACC must be shaking now.
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