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BREAKING: SDSU To Join The Pac 12
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It is official San Diego State to start play in the Pac-12 for the 2026-2027 campaign. Very good. Very good. You know that it's going to be more money for them. It will officially become a member of the Pac-12 on July 1st of 2026. Now I was reading this article in the UT, so every school that we just mentioned, they're on the hook for exit fees to the Mountain West that with more than one year's notice of departure amount to three times the annual distribution, which is about $6.5 million. So you're essentially paying about $20 million to get out, which is a, that's a lot of dough that is a lot of dough. But listen, I think this has been the goal for a long time. You got to get out of the Mountain West. Now again. It's weird. It was. It was. Until it wasn't the goal. Until, until a lot of teams left the Pac-12, you're getting, they had to rebuild that conference in some way, shape or form. And I think, you know, it's Pac-6, yeah, it's, look, college football is going to be in flux for a while. They got to, they got to change all the names. I mean, you don't have to change the SEC is fine. The ACC is fine, but the big 10 and the big 12, they don't have 10 and 12 teams. Yeah. Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, and, and it's just one of those things as sports fans, you just kind of roll with the punches. You're like, yeah, the Pac-12 is actually eight of us or seven of us or six of us or that. That's right. And so, yeah, big 12 is the big 14 or whatever. I mean, it just, it's going to be, it's going to be a little bit in flux for a while, but I think ultimately it's a good. I don't know. It's a good move. I saw this. I saw reports coming out yesterday about this and all signs had pointed to news breaking at some point Thursday morning and here we are with the news, isn't it? So right now the Mountain West has those teams plus a couple, like the Wyoming, the San Jose States, you know, the lower division, parts of the division. So if you're just taking most of the Mountain West schools and the same Pac-2 schools that are currently in your conference, like Oregon State and Washington State, isn't it still just the Mountain West with a different name? Point, point, 2.0, potentially. Yeah. Now, I listen. Like, I don't know that I just, again, I'm not asked Ben, hey, Ben, Ben, what do you think? What are your thoughts? Matt, is he, he is rocking back and forth in his chair. I bet we could call him right now and he would do it. Do it. I mean, I talked to you guys when I was in Hawaii, I was four hours behind you. Like he's a waker. He's 100% awake, 100%. This is him missing out on this news is, is devastating. Literally call him live. Yeah. I don't know, he could sue us. I mean, he has to allow us to run the, the audio. It's true. But I, you know, him missing this news is too much for him to bear. Can pull the quick one on him be like, hey, we only have a minute. Oh, he's big time in this. Wow. Oh, we have, he just dropped off Ben. You had him? Wow. Then call back. Just want to get your thoughts on the, I'm calling him back. Back to what new pack 12 San Diego State Aztecs. Hi, Ben. Hello. Hi, Ben. Hi. How are you? We're fantastic. We're live on the air. Don't curse. Don't. Don't say anything. Oh, okay. No, just now. Don't curse. Got it. Thank you. Just quickly. Your thoughts on the Aztecs. Joining the pack 12. I think that it's going to be very expensive, but ultimately it is probably what they have to do. And in a few years it'll definitely look like a good move, but I'm a little nervous about it anyway. All right. Thanks for your time. Have a great rest of your trip, and we love you very much. Welcome. Be safe. Hit them straight. Thanks, guys. All right. Talk to you. Bye, Benny. From the mind of a two foot tall talking spokespuppet comes this year's biggest challenge. It's time for Bob's dare to compare the hottest game show on TV that asks what happens when you compare Bob's to the competition, you get style, you get quality, you get beeps and boops and dings and wops and thousands of dollars in savings. Everyone's winner when you dare to compare with Bob's discount furniture. Shop in store at mybobs.com to play now. My dad works in B2B marketing. He came by my school for career day and said he was a big row as man, then he told everyone how much he loved calculating his return on ad spend. My friends still laughing me to this day. Not everyone gets B2B, but with LinkedIn, you'll be able to reach people who do. Get $100 credit on your next ad campaign. Go to linkedin.com/results to claim your credit. That's linkedin.com/results. Terms and conditions apply. Linked in the place to be, to be. 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