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   xyzzy to Michael Falkner   
   Re: Time of death: 5:15pm, August 4, 202   
   05 Aug 23 15:17:46   
   
   From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   Michael Falkner  wrote:   
   > On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 11:09:15 PM UTC-7, Eric Ramon wrote:   
   >   
   >> Apparently Oregon and Washington didn't think much of Kliavkoff's plan   
   >> which would mean the schools would have to go door to door selling   
   >> subscriptions like they were peddling Grit Magazine.   
   >   
   > I, for one, am happy with the death of such an irrelevant conference.   
   >   
   > Seeing the Pac-12 die actually is a good thing, because the only thing   
   > hanging on in football was the Rose Bowl, and when was the last Pac-12   
   > team relevant in men's basketball?   
   >   
   > Mike   
   >   
      
   I mourn the loss of the PAC12. It was the last of the major conferences   
   with a geographic identity and long-time traditional rivalries that made   
   sense.   
      
   That it collapsed so spectacularly also shows how relevant the things I   
   care about are to college football.   
      
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