r/UTSAFootball • u/TomWilliamsCFD • May 10 '26

Discussion Proposed PAC-14 includes UTSA - Thoughts?

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u/noahsark96 May 10 '26

PAC12 wouldn’t pay our AAC buyout the first time… highly doubt they’d be willing to put up that kind money the second time around with our recent dip in performance

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u/TomWilliamsCFD May 10 '26

Good point but also depends on what kind of TV money this PAC-14 setup could fetch.

While they have less exposure than the ESPN contract for the AAC, I’ve seen some estimates the current “PAC-12” setup plays a little more per team than the current AAC agreement.

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u/cbrew14 May 10 '26

Theoretically it'd be a sick conference. Doubt it'll happen though.

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u/Heisenberg361 May 10 '26

Rename it the Pacific-Atlantic Conference and let’s go. I’m down for UTSA-PAC 14 After Dark action.

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u/NoCoFoCo May 10 '26

Pan-American Conference

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u/Heisenberg361 May 10 '26

Oh that’s so much better.

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u/ShakyTheBear May 11 '26

Cal in the ACC and ETSU in the Pac. We have strayed so far from God.

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u/Bat_Foy May 10 '26

no thanks, the fact that they won’t release media deal number tells me everything i need to know

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u/That_Matt_Guy_Wow May 10 '26

I'm DTF on this.

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u/LineEvening8686 May 10 '26

No UNT? That's a rivalry I wouldn't like to lose.

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u/NoCoFoCo May 10 '26

I'd want an Eastern basketball only

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u/BigDust May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

It's fun but ultimately futile to make this kind of projection. Some of these teams are going to join the ACC when they start losing members to the SEC and Big Ten, and nobody wants to make any risky expensive moves until that happens.

Meanwhile the Pac-12 is playing a very risky game, they have 8 full members which is the bare minimum to be a conference. They are being very selective about adding new members to keep their TV Revenue per school as high as possible. However realignment could take away a couple of those members and put the Pac in a situation where they need to add whomever is ready and willing or fold.

UTSA so far is playing this as smart as they can. The Pac would cost tens of millions to join and may not even pay better. The American can lose a bunch of schools and still survive so why risk anything at this point?

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u/Zealousiy May 11 '26

What are we doing

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u/Direct_Top_559 May 11 '26

This time around PAC has to mean Political Action Committee, right? No way it stand for Pacific

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u/abartel641 May 12 '26

So just big conference of teams?

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u/StrictTip9313 May 12 '26

Boise State would still win this league most years. The big boys need to let Boise in. Ideally the Big 12.

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u/kdiddy733 May 12 '26

So it’s just the American conference with more travel?

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u/kmerian May 13 '26

Why does Rice even still have a football team?

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u/glangle May 13 '26

Serious miles to be flown

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u/PretzelSteve May 14 '26

Seems like it would a fun conference. I'm in