From: darkstar7646@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 9:36:07 AM UTC-7, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
      
   > If it can talk a few of the San Diego States and Boise States out west into   
   joining, it can still hang on as a football conference.    
   > I think the key team here is Stanford - if it leaves, the others might as   
   well start making phone calls; the best it could hope for is to become a   
   Patriot-style conference where your decent football teams play in another   
   conference.    
   > ("But Stanford won't leave without Cal" - why? Explain how being in two   
   different conferences doesn't stop Florida-Florida State and Georgia-Georgia   
   Tech from happening every season.)   
      
   How much relevance does Stanford really have (vis-a-vis football, see your   
   first sentence) to be the lynchpin to keep the Pac-12 somewhat together?   
      
   Expound on that.  Not arguing, but I can't see how that is...   
      
   Mike   
      
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