Del Scorcho

no MLB team since 2003 that has committed 20 percent of its payroll to one particular player has won a World Series, according toFiveThirtyEight. That said, when it is more difficult to put a team around a star, the team is less likely to enjoy overall success.

we booed them because they backed out of joining the MWC, we could have had 2-3 great games between the Zags and Nevada this year and also because the PAC-12 has been so bad in basketball as of late we just hate the sport.

come on Stunner, Villanova has won it two of the last 3 years? Gonzaga isn't matching Villanova, that's laughable. That's like saying Notre Dame is matching Clemson/Alabama in football. But I will agree the Zags are a top 5 program over the last couple of years.

it always seems when a team goes all in on a high priced free agent, it never works out (see Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, etc). I think the Padres would have been better off spending that same $300 million on 3-4 solid but not great free agents.

Bruin, with all due respect ASU would never make that move with its current president Micheal Crow. He maybe Larry Scott's #1 fan. https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2019/01/14/asu-president-michael-crow-pac-12-positioned-greatness/2509467002/ There are some positives listed here about the PAC-12 Network's future that I agree with, but once again the overall media narrative is that the PAC-12 is a disaster and very few dare to question that. I'll make a prediction that the PAC-12 Network will be the first to sign a deal with Amazon Prime, Google, or Hulu to carry its content.

AZ currently has the #1 basketball recruiting class in the country 2019, even after all the negative swirl surrounding that program and Oregon football had the #7 ranked recruiting class.

people keep comparing the P12 with the B1G and SEC (the other conference with its own network), simply based on demand the P12 shouldn't hold the same value as those other networks. The old Pac-10 deal wasn't as lucrative as was the B1G and SEC deal 15 years ago and nothing has really changed. The ACC doesn't have a network (yet) and neither does the Big XII. The only reason the P12 is falling behind those conferences is because of the expenses the P12 incur by owning their own network and broadcasting 850 live events every year. That cost roughly 9 million per year per P12 school. There is a Mercury News podcast with a media expert that gives a positive picture about the P12 networks future with the constant unbundling of media and advantage of owning your own content, but that wouldn't fit the narrative here.

true, it was clear back in the year 2017 that the PAC-12 had a team in the final four in both football and basketball. Clear back in 2017.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/22/answering-the-latest-expansion-buzz-why-the-arizona-schools-wont-join-the-big-12/

if there isn't a BYU nutcracker, that's a missed marketing opportunity

I feel bad for the poor and downtrodden of Los Gatos. Those who have to drive a Toyotas or Hondas and are forced to shop at Costco and eat at the Cheesecake Factory.

and there's not guarantee that if they call that PI that the Saints end up scoring 7. Granted it was a horrific miss, but its all speculation as to what happens afterwards.

from what little I saw of him, he's a talented kid. I wish Utah could have kept him.

I for one am enjoying Extra Mayo's pre-stroke food and college gear palooza

My employer is waiting for a 2019 federal ruling from a health care regulatory agency which we were scheduled to receive middle to late December. That project is shelved, and we have a couple of employees that we have loaned out to other depts that were working on it. I'm eager to hear what's going to happen with the IRS as people begin filing their taxes later this month?