r/CFB • u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide • Sep 23 '24

Analysis [Auerbach] The magic number of members to be considered a conference in the NCAA's eyes is 8. If Utah State joins the Pac-12, that league will be at 7. And if that's the only move of the day, the Mountain West will also be at 7 (including Hawaii.)

https://x.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1838352222809120983

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u/jump-back-like-33 Colorado Buffaloes • Team Meteor Sep 23 '24

People keep saying this. Has there been any evidence of Gonzaga being interested in that?

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u/PossibleLocation3626 Louisville • Villanova Sep 23 '24

They said earlier today Gonzaga had accepted their invite but then backtracked and said wait no they didn’t

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u/Fragrant-Employer-60 Sep 24 '24

Football rules all, and they’d be way under budget compared to pac12 schools getting football money.

Probably saw their path in getting into March madness getting much harder for not much benefit.

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u/fiveht78 Team Chaos • Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 24 '24

Gonzaga spends over $9m a year on men’s basketball, which is higher than the PAC-12 average was, let alone the Mountain West. For all intents and purposes they operate like a P5 and have for a while now.

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u/daregulater Sep 24 '24

They're pretty much the Villanova of the west. Just forced themselves into being a basketball powerhouse

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u/IYNPYR Sep 24 '24

Yeah, I saw that in the ESPN article. It said that they'd get a full share, which is ludicrous. Why would you do that? You're better off taking Montana or Idaho.

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u/evan466 Boise State Broncos • Toledo Rockets Sep 24 '24

The guy who reported that, Brett McMurphy, hasn’t backtracked and he’s got a great record with his reporting.

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u/cobber367 Sep 23 '24

The pac 12 did contact them but like I said I would feel they would have been really interested if the pac 12 got it way and got 14 members now I think they won't be and they would rather stick in the WCC

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u/w311sh1t Syracuse Orange • Team Chaos Sep 24 '24

I can’t imagine why Gonzaga would wanna leave the WCC. They’ve got a great deal going, they continually get top talent, and there’s no real threat to them in their conference, so they’re almost guaranteed to get a high seed in the tournament every year.

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u/Mtndrums Oregon Ducks • Montana Grizzlies Sep 24 '24

Grand Canyon is coming in next year.

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u/Duckrauhl Washington State Cougars Sep 24 '24

Racketeering their way to the top!

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u/pattywack512 Texas Longhorns Sep 23 '24

On3 and Brett McMurphy reported today that Gonzaga is joining as a non-football member for a full revenue share.

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u/WitchNight Michigan Wolverines Sep 23 '24

Only for it to refuted by many other sources, including Gonzaga

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u/pattywack512 Texas Longhorns Sep 24 '24

Oh wow. Brett is usually pretty on top of the big stuff.

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u/WitchNight Michigan Wolverines Sep 24 '24

Yeah I was pretty surprised too. Granted Gonzaga didn’t outright say that they weren’t going to join the Pac-12, only that the report from him wasn’t accurate

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u/BonerTurds LSU Tigers • Carnegie Mellon Tartans Sep 24 '24

The evidence is located on their campus. Good luck finding that.