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It's funny that the Big 12 is taking a hard pass on Stanford and Cal, when just a few years ago they were adding UCF and Cincinnati just to stay afloat. 

I want FSU to languish in the ACC for the next 13 years, but now I kind of want them to get out of it.  Spend a ton of money they evidently don't have AND reap nothing from their name?  HAHAHAHAHAHA

Tough shit.

In what way is it a community college?

In 2021 they were 149th in research spending at $139M.

The lowest B1G school was #87 Nebraska at $307M but that doesn't include the $201M at their medical school.

Your school was #8 at $1.4B, mine was #12 at $1.2B.

There is speculation that the Big Ten may still want to take Stanford and Cal even though it won't make them any money. 

There are some Big Ten Presidents still drooling over the academic standing of these institutions and want desperately to be associated with them,  despite the fact that no fans seem to be following them in football.

Well, if folks think academics outweighs money, go for it.  It wouldn't be all that expensive really.

I don't get it personally.  

Presuming the AZs are gone, the Pac now has OrSU, Wazzu, Stanford, Utah, and Cal.  The first two look to be in serious trouble.  Utah can bounce I suspect, Cal and Stanford?  Dunno.

My too-early guesses:

Stanford goes independent for a while like Notre Dame.

Cal’s fan and admin support has collapsed since about 2016 to the point it was already worth wondering whether the Bears were willing to field a football team into the next decade. The Pac 12 collapsing will accelerate their decline. I think they can find an active, welcomed, stable, albeit scaled back future in the MTW, but a big headache of theirs will be paying off the over $400M debt incurred by their Athletic department, in large part for renovations meant to keep up with the rest of college sports. In short, Cal was no longer built for long term P5 relevance.

Oregon State and Washington State are getting screwed.

WSU was so much more remote and smaller than the rest of the Pac 12 schools, they always felt more like a MTW Conf team playing in the Pac 12 anyway. WSU stands to lose a lot of money but culturally and geographically the Cougs will adjust well should they move to the MTW. Boise State, Gonzaga, and Idaho are nearby for natural rivals.