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GotMyESPY wrote:

ponyboy wrote:This tweet just in, by the way, from somebody named Derek Silva:

@dereksilva1234
3h
Replying to @JWMediaDC @DavidSmoak and 2 others
“B12 hiring a PR firm to undermine another conf (if true) isn't just poor sportsmanship it impacts student-athletes and their futures. HS students, coaches & parents should be aware. It's not a conf I'd want my kid affiliated with. Good teams but dirty people.”

(raises hand) That would be me (@dereksilva1234). And I wholeheartedly stand by what I wrote, even if I got a number of trolls panning my comment. I do believe that a coordinated attack on the PAC12 or any other conference impacts student athletes attending and playing for those schools.

I'm not naïve and I recognize that conferences compete for athletes and millions of dollars, but I'd prefer to see them compete on the field, not on social media. Smear and disinformation campaigns are for those who can't win on other terms. Winners/Champions don't need to do it. They let the scoreboard do the talking.

ponyboy wrote:

GotMyESPY wrote:

ponyboy wrote:

Oh wow! How’d you end up here?

PonyME wrote:So now it’s wait til this summer? Talk about lost momentum…what exactly was the purpose of the very public meeting at the basketball game last winter? I hope it happens but this is becoming absurd. Wrap it up all ready.

mtrout wrote:Speaking of TJ Altimore
https://twitter.com/TJAltimore/status/1 ... 37920?s=20

Water Pony wrote:

mtrout wrote:Speaking of TJ Altimore
https://twitter.com/TJAltimore/status/1 ... 37920?s=20

Fascinating assessment suggesting academic peers are more important than the average fan believes.

8/ CONF & RESOURCE CLUSTERS:

When looking at total athletic budgets vs. academic budgets, the confs continue to align together in cluster groups (with some exceptions), and the long, close institutional connections between B1G+Pac (+ACC, too) schools are especially noticeable.

The biggest misconception for college sports fans is that all the power is held by the big sports schools, which is NOT true.

These are *COLLEGES* and if you're not thinking about the AAU's priorities (or its leaders), you'll miss the big picture."

SMU is among the strongest academic schools in a position to move up to like-oriented conferences, i.e., PAC-12 and ACC. The next candidates would be Tulane and Rice, based on these criteria. With very large academic budgets and endowments, these two schools deserve more attention, if you want similar academically oriented schools in your conference. BigXII doesn't care, but the PAC-12 apparently does.

mtrout wrote:It's just the media trying to get clicks indefinitely. Kliavkoff hasn't posted on twitter in a year and the only real news is like if some youtuber gets an AD or president to say something at Bread Winners Cafe.

Kliavsoft is either gonna turn this into a massive bidding war and present the Pac12 presidents with an $8B offer from LIV or failbomb and sign an exclusive rights deal with Stadium and golden parachute out of this thing.

Water Pony wrote:

mtrout wrote:Speaking of TJ Altimore
https://twitter.com/TJAltimore/status/1 ... 37920?s=20

Fascinating assessment suggesting academic peers are more important than the average fan believes.

8/ CONF & RESOURCE CLUSTERS:

When looking at total athletic budgets vs. academic budgets, the confs continue to align together in cluster groups (with some exceptions), and the long, close institutional connections between B1G+Pac (+ACC, too) schools are especially noticeable.

The biggest misconception for college sports fans is that all the power is held by the big sports schools, which is NOT true.

These are *COLLEGES* and if you're not thinking about the AAU's priorities (or its leaders), you'll miss the big picture."

SMU is among the strongest academic schools in a position to move up to like-oriented conferences, i.e., PAC-12 and ACC. The next candidates would be Tulane and Rice, based on these criteria. With very large academic budgets and endowments, these two schools deserve more attention, if you want similar academically oriented schools in your conference. BigXII doesn't care, but the PAC-12 apparently does.