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A final offering of news and notes you need to know as Week 3’s sneaky-good slate continues — overshadowed, of course, by the Pac-12 awaking from its slumber to reignite conference realignment. Topics we cover in this week’s college football insider notebook:
Who the Pac-12 could add — and who it won’tWhat NFL scouts think about Shedeur Sanders and what they’re watchingTwo players with rising draft stock, including ‘Cuse QB Kyle McCordGeorgia slowly getting healthier with Alabama game on horizonCoaches to watch when carousel heats upStrange situation keeps Arizona RB sidelinedPortal vultures circled Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
What’s next for the Pac-12?
The Pac-12’s big move to swipe four schools from the Mountain West — Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State — is the biggest story of the week, but the Pac-12 isn’t finished. It needs at least two more schools by 2026 to meet the NCAA minimum of eight schools to keep the Pac-12 going as a football conference.
Where could the Pac-12 turn next? We talked to multiple people with knowledge of the situation, including a high-ranking official at one of the Pac-12’s six schools to get to the bottom of it.
First, let’s start here: Cal and Stanford aren’t considered realistic possibilities. They’ve signed grant of rights deals with the ACC and by all accounts are happy in their first year in a new conference. Anything is possible if the ACC implodes, but there were influential people encouraging Cal and Stanford more than a year ago to stay put with this exact scenario in mind and the schools opted for the weird geographic fit in the ACC anyway.
The more realistic target zone resides in the American Athletic Conference. Memphis, Tulane, UTSA, North Texas and…
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Author : Matt Zenitz
Publish date : 2024-09-13 14:56:20
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