A study of conferences : pac 12

 Well spring ball is in the air and what a way to discuss then to look at history of the different power 4 conference's and we shall start with a study of the pac 12 lets get in to it!

History of the pac 12

Founded in 1915 the pac 12 was originally  called the pac 8 with the original charter members being Cal, Washington and Oregon 

but going in to the 1970s the pac 8 rebranded in to the pac 10 with the addition of Arizona and Arizona st and going in to the 80s oregon and Washington st were having issues and with the collapse of the south west conference (not to be confused with the SEC) Texas expressed a interest joining the conference along with Colorado and Texas A&M  Texas Tech, and baylor.

Pac 10 going in to the early 2010s

at the end of the 2008 season with alot of folks thinking that there were barriers to entry in to the BCS most prestigious bowl games utah stuns the college football world by stunning Alabama  37-16  stopping the tides vaunted running game and completing the utes undefeated run to be national champions in 2008 making it the second time the utes going undefeated the first being in 2008 but that started a chain of events that lead to the modern pac 12 that

we know today when on june 10th when chip brown at orangebloods  detailing the pac 10 and the university of Texas efforts to make the first super conference in college football almost every news site listed utah as a afterthought canidate at best but on june16th after texas made a public commitment to keep the big 12 intact(at ten teams) pac ten commissioner larry scott  sent the message every ute fan wanted to hear " come on board utes"

pac 12 revenue

Now the following blurb is from sportico please go there if you want a more detailed look at pac 12  finances but this highlights something that the pac 12 has changed from the time it imploded to itbeing back yes it makes money but schools are getting less

The Pac-12 Conference brought in $603.8 million for the period between July 2022 and June 2023, the league’s final fiscal year before it began the painful and litigious process of whittling down from a dozen schools to a pair.

That FY23 revenue sum was an increase from the $580 million it reported earning in the fiscal year 2022, which had previously set the mark for the league’s greatest earnings. The year-over-year increase largely owed to the $389 million the conference took in from its television rights fees last fiscal year, as well as $140 million from postseason bowls.

“We are pleased to have generated record revenues for our members,” Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould said in a press release.

At the same time, according to its latest tax filings, the conference distributed about $33 million to each of its members, 10 of whom have since accepted bids to join rival conferences at the start of next academic year. Those FY23 distributions were about $3 million less than members received the previous fiscal year.  sportico article on the pac 12

in closing 

As we wrap this start of this series we at skyarccfb hope this helps you learn and give you something to think on as we speak about college footballl 

 Ryan Grubb joins Alabama coaching staff

year 2 of kalen Deboer kicks off with a hire that set the college football world  with the hire of ryan Grubb  (Fmr oc to the seahawks oc) and with this hire coach DeBoer is reunited with his former coordinator

who will be qb1? under grubb?

going in to the 25 season alabama  will have a 3 way quarterback battle between ty simpson, austin mack, and keelon russell but with this hire there is a possibility that keelon russell will play as a freshmen in the coming season but we will see how the coming qb battle goes in spring

Alabama staff going in to 25

Hc kalen Deboer

Oc Ryan grubb

Dc kane womack

68 days till  A-day 

Year 2 of kalen deboer kicks off April 12th in Tuscaloosa

 A Critical year 2 in tuscaloosa begins as the annual spring game between crimson and white kalen deboer has alot on his plate this year after coming up short of the inaugural 12 team college football playoff  (see our article about bamas lost to ou)  but some questions that must be answered

Questions 

How will Alabama change Offensively in year 2? 

How Will the staff change in year 2?

Most importantly  how will the team change for the better?

Nick Saban to the College football hall of fame

 

                   

                      Nick saban gets inducted to the college football hall of fame  with 6 national championships ( 4 of those in the playoff era ) and he goes down as the most successful coach in college football history   he put Alabama back on the national stage when none thought that Alabama could ever get back there  and the sport is ever grateful for his passion and love of the sport 

congratulations coach 

Ps with the new year starting and the 25 season ever approaching  articles and analysis will once again be our focus in 2025!  we at skyarccfb are ever excited to share  our passion for college football!

see you all for spring ball!

a open letter to the cfp comittee

With the 12 team playoff well underway (as of writing this the  quarter finals are set)

but a question i have to the cfp  starting off with this why smu over alabama ? 

•  smu sos 17th
• alabama sos 10th

      Alabama has a higher sos then smu and out of those 3 loss teams

so you are telling us that smu is one of the 12 best teams in the nation? they deserved to be put in over a battle tested alabama? 

Lets also discuss the notion and the precedent you have set

Smu should not be penalized for the season they have had

once again this notion sounds like the comittee took pity on a g5 team that got in to a rhythm but by the cfp metrics they should have been in consideration andmaybe the inaugural 12 team playoff would not be as they are right now but i want to harken back to the words of nick saban about strength of schedule 

 "I think one of the things I've mentioned throughout this football season is, if we don't take strength of schedule into consideration, is there any benefit to scheduling really good teams in the future" - nick saban

to his point  that sets the precedent of no matter who you play you are going to get in and i am not telling you this to berate you im telling you this because i have a love of the sport and i want you to be better for 2025

Sec title game breakdown (texas vs georgia)

 Sec title game breakdown

With the sec title race finishing and the playoff race heating up it is time to speak about the game that a lot of sec fans will be watching later this afternoon a rematch that can will possibly shake up the playoff race! lets get in to it! 

Bulldogs struggles and triumphs

To start off the last time the bulldogs and the long horns met was on week 7 where Georgia  knocked off then number 1 Texas longhorns but that's not without any struggles Georgia is 4-7 in the sec title game and all 7 of those came from a nick saban led Alabama  and Texas has not allowed points in the first quarter in the last 4 games but Georgia has shown promise with being gap sound and having explosive down range playmaking ability.

a new Sherriff in town

over the course of the last 2 years Georgia has changed offensive coordinators from tim monken  to mike bobo.

 and some would say he is a downgrade from the explosive down range passing attack that Georgia possessed in 22 and with the lonhorns continually attacking down the field there is a question that Georgia cant go blow for blow with the horns on the biggest stage in the sec and on the flipside of it all Georgia struggles in 3rd down yardages struggling with 8 or more in the box blitzing

Conclusion

                                     With the lights shining the brightest and the longhorns ready to fight for a confrence title its fair to say that texas will stand this test and win on the biggest stange in the sec

   

acc championship breakdown (smu vs Clemson)

 acc championship breakdown 

Its conference championship week and its important to note there are some new faces in the conference championship games for an example texas will take on Georgia (4et/3ct espn) in Atlanta and smu will take on Clemson in the acc championship but today we will focus on the acc championship  game  because it effects 2 teams in the playoff race in particular alabama (9-3)and Miami (10-2)    

Breakdown 

Currently smu is the favorite to win the acc championship game by score by a score of 30-25 and with a 63% chance to win the game outright but to know smu we need to look at their offense and explain how they got here to this faithful game 

Offense/contrast

smu is running the air raid with the power run game and if you remember reading in our past article the  about the air raid and its use and when you compare and contrast this to garret rielies offense at that shows a very balanced offense and tries to execute on big moments  but the question remains can Clemson standup to the the firepower  that the mustangs offense?

 well to answer that we need to look at Clemson's year Clemson has struggled this past year even against opponents they should beat (look at their loss against south Carolina) even with a fairly easy schedule this year this is fairly indictive of the downward trend that Clemson has been having and dabo sweeny has not used the transfer portal in the past few years or nil to prepare them for games like this 

Conclusion :

its a new year and a new conferencebut this game brings more questions then answers and we will get the answers in 12 short hours