Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Originally posted by ads_2006:
Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Originally posted by nipplehead:
We are going to cakewalk to the championship game each year. Stoked.
I dunno about that. Stoops has started to get Arizona's program rolling. Utah is a pretty solid program, I don't think you can mark them down as an easy out. UCLA is looking better, but still a cupcake team. Colorado is a cupcake team.
And then my Devils, this is probably our best team since 2005 and only 1 senior starts (I know we we won a lot in 07, but that was mostly due to PAC-10 being soft).
And then your Trojans aren't the same dominant program. Kiffin has still NEVER proven he is a good head football coach.
I'd honestly say my Devils will be the favorite to win our division next year. Arizona is losing a lot of key players, UCLA/ Colorado have no chance, and I can't see Utah winning it in their first year, leaving ASU or USC who both have very young teams.
hmmm....it appears ASU's Dean, Michael Crow, was CEO of the Executive Group for the PAC-10, who worked with Scott to get the Chancellor's to agree.
Coincidence that it was best situation for us, I'm sure
Explain
All we cared about is
A) Staying with AZ for the rivalry
B) Playing USC/UCLA to mantain our SoCal pipeline. (about half our starters, maybe more, are from So Cal).
C) Its also extremely easy to road trip to every conference away game other then Utah (several hour drive to every school)
D) the only thing I would have liked better is switching Utah with CAL. But CAL needed to stay with Stanford.
You are right, this was a win for the AZ schools. Maintaining the LA pipeline was very important. But really it was a win for all of the small market schools with the revenue sharing being split into equal 12ths. And home field for the championship in football.
I agree that ASU will be stronger next year, but don't count out the Wildcats, we do lose OL men, but we do return a bunch of skill position players, Foles, Criner, Antolin, Nwoko, so it will be a battle