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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 4789993, member: 5312"] This is a bit off the current "exchange of views" but I found this excerpt interesting - it comes from a positive essay written after the big Sept. 1 announcement by the fairly famous sportswriter (and Cal homer) Michael Silver, now at the SF Chronicle newspaper: "The only acceptable choices for Cal and Stanford were to join one of the remaining Power 5 (now 4) conferences. The Big Ten, backed by Fox, dangled what amounted to a disrespectfully low-ball offer. The ACC, controlled by ESPN, provided a less odious scenario, with a clearer path toward full membership. Resistance, primarily from Florida State, led ESPN to explore a Plan B that could have landed the two Bay Area schools in the Big 12." I will add, fortunately for us, that did not happen. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/michaelsilver/article/cal-stanford-join-wrong-coast-acc-embrace-18334882.php[/URL] [/QUOTE]