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The pros & cons of a potential Pac-12 move for Memphis | Gary Parrish Show



The pros & cons of a potential Pac-12 move for Memphis | Gary Parrish Show

Gary and Bennett talk about the Pac-12 Conference realignment. They’ve added four schools (San Diego State, Fresno State, Boise State, and Colorado State). Is Memphis up next? Who else might be added?

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32 Comments

  1. Memphis should join the PAC 12 for football only and the Big East for all olympic sports. They could work with UConn to get admitted into the Big East by also offering them a football only spot in the PAC 12. This would be the best case scenario outside of joining a P4 conference for both of those schools. Memphis would be in an elite power basketball conference that would reinvigorate their program similarly to what UConn did when they jumped from the American to Big East, while having their football team in the new best G5 (now G6) conference and only having 3 or 4 road games out west a year. And for the PAC 12, they would add Gonzaga and St. Mary's as non football members so they would meet the 8 team requirement in all sports.

  2. Let’s get this over with.. SEC and BiG10 need to split off on their own. Then let the little schools play each other for a Little school National Title..IRL Memphis,Toledo,Costal Carolina,Tulsa,UNLV Don’t stand a chance against the SemiPro SEC or BiG10

  3. they would need to pay $18 mil to leave the aac. was a 10 second search so surprised you couldn't get that info before this

  4. The PAC 6 should add Memphis, Tulane, Texas San Antonio, UConn, South Florida and UNLV to have a the best opportunity to be mostly guaranteed the 5th spot in the college football playoffs every year. Additionally they should add Gonzaga, St Mary's, St John's and Georgetown for basketball only. This would solidify the potential for a really good TV contract for the "Best of the Rest" type of conference. If a payout of 16 to 18 million per team could be secured.

  5. I’m a Memphis fan, and what’s the argument against doing this? You go yesterday. These teams are far superior to anything in the AAC.

  6. Here’s a crazy idea.
    Why don’t we petition the big 10 conference for inclusion. We could offer to take half the money that the schools get. Still would be way more money than we would get from any of the other conferences. Gives them conference play in SEC territory. With regards to recruiting I’m sure the Big 10 would love to be involved in recruiting takeaways from the SEC. We would be due South of at least 6 schools and a midpoint from West co
    ast to the East coast and would love nothing more for them to be able to come into Memphis because we’re not really pulling any players from too many of their school.
    Just a wild thought. But, these times require some outside the box thinking and some creativity.

  7. As a Memphis fan, I'm going to lose my mind if we don't accept. We go and Tulane will go too. Add a couple Texas teams. Bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Who knows what is going to happen with the ACC. Memphis has been in conferences with Florida State, Louisville, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech, Houston, UCF, UConn, etc etc. We won the most games in the AAC since 2014. all those teams are in a better place and we're stuck with FAU and Charlotte. Get us outta here. Make the best of the rest. NOW!

  8. The issue for Memphis is there's no way to go up as of rn. The PAC may be a horizontal move if not a step down, the school didn't plan ahead for realignment and now has to deal with being a reactionary to it. I wouldn't be shocked if Texas State, UNT, or UTSA get the call to move over due to the size and football success of those school for their perspective size. If that happens Memphis is honestly better off to jump ship and go to the Sunbelt before the AAC and ACC both implode and then hop into whatever conference comes out of the mess.

  9. I'm sorry but Memphis isn't getting a power conference invite. They are leagues below WSU and Oregon State

  10. If Memphis, SFU, Tulane, and UTSA join the PAC, it would be light years better than the AAC. If Memphis declined the invitation and Texas State went instead, it would be difficult for the champion of the neutered AAC to be ranked high enough to make the playoffs.

    And everyone keeps saying that the new PAC won't get power status. But the top programs in the Mountain West and AAC are viewed as viable expansion targets for the Power 4. If the top group of 5 teams join together with OSU and WSU, why would it be so crazy to view them as the #5 conference, and consider an AQ to the playoffs?

    The only real reason that would happen is the Power 4 wouldn't want to give up a spot. Not because the new PAC didn't deserve one.

    And about the ACC blowing up. If the top 6 or 8 programs left that conference, would it really be even comparable to the New PAC? I don't think so. It would be marginally better than the AAC. So why would you pass on the PAC to join the sinking ACC ship?

  11. When this all settles out, the AAC will not be the path to a play off spot. But here is the thing, this will be the best of the rest. If you snooze on this, might as well be playing FCS. If you are wanting Basketball conference, SDSU went to the championship game two years ago. The rest of the conference is solid. Now think about Gonzaga and St. Mary's in the mix. You would be an idiot to pass, but people make stupid decisions all the time. The point is, we don't need Memphis, but It would be a better conference with Memphis in the mix.

  12. The MWC was ahead of the AAC. The PAC12 just decimated the MWC. The PAC will do the same to the AAC. My guess is that they add 6 from the G5 largely from the AAC. The PAC will have, defacto, the G5 AQ bid.

  13. This conference shifting has gotten out of control! Memphis TN, in the Pac 12. East Coast team in a West coast conference? Wtf?

  14. Many of your Memphis concerns are the same ones that Boise State has lived with. Waiting to be invited to a Power conference for many years. It hasn't come and it probably isn't. So Boise State decided to take a calculated risk and seize an opportunity. No guarantees but chances are the media package will be better, the national exposure will improve and with it recruiting, and the new Pac will be the strongest G6 conference.

  15. I think the PAC-12 should be more regional. If I was making decisions, I would try to not further east than UTEP. I would get UNLV and San Jose State.

  16. As a person that lowkey roots for Memphis, I’d do a final request to the Big XII and ACC with an SMU approach of revenue sharing .. if neither says yes (which would be beyond idiotic) .. I’d then collude with USF, Tulane and UTSA to leave the conference.

  17. Whoever the commentators are on this podcast, you guys are out front and over your skis. When it comes to memphis, getting into a football playoff. Nobody's ever going to take memphis seriously. When it comes to footballI can guarantee you within the next thousand years. If football is still around memphis will not win a national title and probably not even make the playoffs.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  18. I honestly do think Cal n Stanford leave the ACC why because there not getting any money and are forgoing receiving money so the ACC isn't paying them anything nor are they receiving anything it really doesn't hurt them at all the ACC tied up and invested in Clemson and FSU staying with there bum sleeves.

  19. This guy said he needs information; no, he is asking to know the future. A person who runs an organization needs to make a decision based on the available information.

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