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• The distributions will eventually come out via public records when the Form 990, telling the story of the first year of Pac-12 competition, is released. The league will be compared to other conferences. But the Pac-12 might just want to avoid being an unnecessary target right now. It may not want to provide public fodder that sets the league up as a target for scrutiny.
• The ambitious early projections for the Pac-12 suggested a $15 million-per-school deal might be out there. That delusional figure was on an early spreadsheet the Pac-12 gave out as it tried to lure Memphis, Tulane, and UNLV into the fold. We’ve since seen a measured $10 million to $12 million range used as the frame, but I think that is also a touch high.
• I expect the early Pac-12 media rights distribution to land somewhere in the $8 million to $10 million range per school, depending on how the league accounts for the work done by Pac-12 Enterprises. The Pac-12 may see no upside in leaking the figures because they aren’t impressive enough.
• The Pac-12’s production entity appears to be much more than a nice little side hustle. It’s humming along as a viable business, generating millions in revenue. I’m told the entity is already doing work in other areas for some of the media partners, and the Pac-12 schools keep telling me they’re excited about the upside. There may be a surprise here that makes the Pac-12’s overall business look much better on paper.

Regardless of how the new season roll outs. The one thing I've noticed is how proactive Oregon State has been with respect to any media releases of information.

I have every confidence that this upcoming 2026 CFB season will meet or exceed the expectations of most accordingly.

The conference is making sure that no leaks about expansion and the media rights deal numbers are coming out and they have NDA's signed so that no AD's can leak the information to news sources.

I actually like this because it's shows how the Pac-12 is wanting to keep the information to itself, so it can release it when ready and that the conference is learning and growing from the Larry Scott and George Kliavkoff days and becoming more tight knit than it was in the old Pac-12.

Today is his last day at the helm.

Nothing gets me more amped for this season wanting all schools to succeed equally (unless their playing my Rams). I’m so excited to support my other pac 12 brethren this football season!

It’s us against them!!!!

During her interview with Canzano, Teresa Gould said the follwoing:

"It doesn't make any sense for us to be at nine, 10, 11 or 12 (members), if nine, 10, 11, and 12 water us down... When I say 'water us down,' I mean drag down our strength of schedule, drag down our financial resources, water down our brand and our relevance nationally. We just have to be really careful, and I think when you look at the growth of some of these conferences in realignment across the country, there's a bunch of conferences that have a set of bottom feeders at the bottom that are weighing everyone else down."

1. Wouldn't most of the schools in the Pac-12 be considered bottom feeders in a P4 conference?
2. If I were the coach of a school that the Pac-12 did not invite, like UNM, SJSU, Wyoming, or a school in another conference that may be struggling, and our team was going to play a Pac-12 team, I would plaster her quote all over the locker room and let the student body know so they can show up in droves to the game. Can you imagine the news if a "bottom feeder" from another conference beats a Pac-12 team?
3. What if at some point, the Pac-12 gets desperate for an expansion team, and the only teams left available are "bottom feeders."
4. This isn't something a commissioner should say about other schools.

With everything that's changed in the conference lately it feels like a lot of genuinely great history is getting lost in the shuffle. There's a specific game or rivalry moment I think about more than people realize. What's yours.

Since there is only 8 team. I just feel like 10 is a better number than 10.

It's been known for a couple of weeks now that he was the sole finalist, but it was made official today. His previous job was as the Dean of the University of Arizona College of Engineering. Probably the most interesting tidbit from interviews with him was that he has pledged to make Boise State an R1 institution. It will be interesting to see how his connections pan out for the university.

I hate all the new teams.

Well, I have seen that the Pac-12 is moving way different than other conferences, the conference is using YouTube to allow fans to have a better grip on their schools like The Dawn, the new series for Pac-12 Football, not having a traditional media day and creating a flex schedule, which is a new concept for college football.

I think this quote explains it the best, "One of the things I’m not sure the general public is really aware of is to the extent that we unwound the old league,” Gould said. “We’re building our staff back up. We’ve been building this thing and having to literally build it from scratch".

If there are more examples I missed drop it in the comments, but I like how this new Pac-12 is operating with innovative ideas in mind.

You all trying to start something here? 😤🐏

Both received an end-of-season number 1 vote for national champion.

1985 Fresno State finished as the only undefeated team in Division I-A. Barry Switzer, head coach of Oklahoma, gave Fresno State their only #1 vote in the UPI Coaches Poll.

2006 Boise State finished undefeated and topped it off with upsetting Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. They received one vote for #1 in the AP Poll.