Whatever happened to Larry Scott?

[dixiehack]

The conference of champions when it comes to news dumps at the peak of distraction.

 

[TigerVols]

Fulmer’s available.

 

[DanOregon]

Yeah, inauguration day of a Democratic President is a great time to "take out the trash" with an announcement like this in Pac-12 country.
Scott was brought in to get the conference more TV exposure on ESPN and Fox - and he did that, but at the cost of having to play mostly night games and drive down ticket sales. The Pac-12 Network is a whole other thing.

 

[tapintoamerica]

This one shouldn't be too hard. Oliver Luck or Bernard Muir would be solid picks.

 

[DanOregon]

Or Big East commish Val Ackerman.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Or Big East commish Val Ackerman.

Good name. Has TV negotiations experience. Few West Coast ties. Don't know how much that matters.

 

[Songbird]

It'll be Condoleezza lol.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

You can have John Swofford.

 

[HanSenSE]

Canzano: Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is out -- and it’s about time

 

[Alma]

Canzano: Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is out -- and it’s about time

That’s pretty good

 

[DanOregon]

Canzano has been on a jihad with Scott for years.

 

[HanSenSE]

Canzano has been on a jihad with Scott for years.

First columnist I sought out when I heard the news. That series of columns he did ripping Scott a couple of years ago was epic.

 

[MileHigh]

This is long overdue and as a Pac-12 devotee, Canzano is must-read.

 

[poindexter]

That's the easiest Canzano's gone on Scott in years.

 

[wicked]

The P-12 hasn't been relevant in football since Harbaugh was at Stanford.

 

[swingline]

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
Riding the range alone
Whatever happened to Gene and Tex
And Roy and Rex, the Durango Kid

 

[DanOregon]

I will say that part of the problem with the Pac-12 has nothing to do with the commissioner. Football and hoops fans don't just care as much as they do in other conferences - to attend in person or watch on TV. There are (usually) a lot of things to do on a weekend in Seattle, the Bay Area, LA, SLC and Denver - even Tucson and Phoenix. (There isn't another conference that faces more competition from pro leagues than the Pac-12). If the ratings were bigger, attendance were larger - the networks would be all over the Pac-12 and give teams better windows.
A couple of fixes would be to at least give teams more than two weeks notice of when a game will be played. The new commish should also push for more non-conference games against P5 conferences and dump as many FCS games as they can. The quickest way back to relevance is beating teams in the ACC, Big12, SEC and Big 10 - they can't beat them if they don't play them. The typical Pac 12 team schedules one a year.

 

[poindexter]

The new commish should also push for more non-conference games against P5 conferences and dump as many FCS games as they can. The quickest way back to relevance is beating teams in the ACC, Big12, SEC and Big 10 - they can't beat them if they don't play them. The typical Pac 12 team schedules one a year.

Quit playing your best teams against SEC teams at "neutral" sites such as Atlanta and Dallas. Fer chrissakes, your best team takes an L on a "neutral" field before you've wiped the bbq sauce off your face at your labor day picnic.

Forgo a couple of sheckels, and play home and homes. If the SEC balks, tell them to go pound sand.

 

[DanOregon]

Though I do think having Vegas as a potential neutral-site location might be pretty big for the Pac-12.

 

[BTExpress]

Quit playing your best teams against SEC teams at "neutral" sites such as Atlanta and Dallas. Fer chrissakes, your best team takes an L on a "neutral" field before you've wiped the bbq sauce off your face at your labor day picnic.

Forgo a couple of sheckels, and play home and homes. If the SEC balks, tell them to go pound sand.

Heh. My SEC team has played exactly one "neutral site" game against a Pac-12 team . . . and it was in Anaheim. Since that game, they've traveled to Oregon, UCLA and Cal.