Twitter reaction to reports that San Diego State will leave Mountain West
Well, well, well, what do we have here? June realignment drama, just like last year. In June of 2022, the news broke that USC and UCLA were leaving for the Big Ten. In June of 2023, we have fresh reporting from ESPN’s Pete Thamel which indicates that San Diego State wants to leave the Mountain West.
While the Pac-12 — as of Friday at noon — had not yet extended an offer to the Aztecs to join the conference, everyone in the college sports industry is waiting for that to happen. One very obvious point raised by the San Diego State story is that it puts the spotlight on the Pac-12’s pursuit of a new media rights deal. Have media rights conversations been conducted behind closed doors with the expectation that San Diego State would be part of the conference? Was that the holdup here? Is that why no media rights package has been finalized? Everyone will speculate, but now we wait to see what domino will fall next.
Here’s a sampling of the Twitter reaction to the new reports about San Diego State possibly ushering in a new college sports realignment drama in the middle of the year:
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED, OTHERS NOT
The well-known intention of SDSU to move on and join the Pac-12 has taken a formal step here, though there certainly remains some questions about the Pac-12. https://t.co/yQ02nPB4Fx
— Geoff Grammer (@GeoffGrammer) June 16, 2023
MANY ARE THINKING THIS
Looks like San Diego State is headed over to the Pac-12 https://t.co/W45kJAnVRZ
— Brian Rauf (@brauf33) June 16, 2023
HOOPS HEAVYWEIGHT
SDSU already beats a Pac 12 team or 2 a year in football and would be a top 3 basketball program so they should aim higher https://t.co/A9fFOiG17F
— Pregame Empire (@PregameEmpire) June 16, 2023
DRAMA RAMA
Sounds like for the next month, SDSU and the MWC are on a break… https://t.co/yQ02nPB4Fx pic.twitter.com/zWmMX0V5St
— Geoff Grammer (@GeoffGrammer) June 16, 2023
PRESSURE IS ON
Big decision for new MW commish https://t.co/NmEfUWxla6
— Mountain West Wire (@MWCwire) June 16, 2023
ODDS INCREASED
So SDSU to the Pac-12 still looks very likely….just might not get announced in the next two weeks like we initially thought https://t.co/yn7E7tWPlE
— Andy Patton (@AndyPattonCBB) June 16, 2023
JOKES
Congrats to San Diego State with your sooner than later invite to the Pac-12. They will soon be able to rub elbows with the likes of Washington, Stanford, Cal, etc at sporting events. https://t.co/ltb4O2d6Lg
— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) June 16, 2023
WE'RE BACK!
REALIGNMENT IS BACK ON THE MENU https://t.co/wb9utl4JVt
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) June 16, 2023
MAYBE
Are we down to our final year of Aztec hoops in the Mountain West ? (Football too for that matter) https://t.co/QnVzkFffld
— Tom Mosser (@coachmosser) June 16, 2023
DOMINOES!
SDSU to P12
CU & UConn to the B12
NMSU to MWCEveryone is happy except Memphis. It’s perfect. https://t.co/pxlNwVnIIl
— Josh Gattis (@speed_in_space) June 16, 2023
UNOFFICIALLY OFFICIAL
What’s been rumored for months becomes official. San Diego State intends to leave the Mountain West, likely for the PAC-12. https://t.co/2jg4Cpvz0S
— MWCConnection.com (@MWCConnection) June 16, 2023
SMU WATCH PARTY
So I guess SDSU is on its way to the @pac12. I'm guessing SMU gets an invite soon, as well. All in all, SDSU and SMU replacing UCLA and USC is obviously not ideal, but its not a bad move for the conference, given its options. https://t.co/bnf0WDjOuM
— EE (@EEstaris) June 16, 2023
MEDIA RIGHTS SUSPENSE
Translation:
We want to go to the PAC12 but they can't get a TV Deal done. https://t.co/OPhHCtxQhu
— Jacob Harris (@JacobHarrisTTU) June 16, 2023
DELAY
Translation: the PAC media deal won’t be ready in time.
Understandably, SDSU doesn’t want to pay an exit fee set to triple (roughly $17 to $51 million) and doesn’t want to wait an additional year. School is in a tight spot. https://t.co/Hh0BYy53Ex
— Mike Wittmann (@Mike_SBN) June 16, 2023
BIG 12 SPECULATION
Another Friday news dump in the sports world.
San Diego State wants out of the Mountain West. Have to think SDSU jumps to the Pac-12, unless the Big 12 has something to say about it. Another domino in conference realignment in college athletics. https://t.co/3lKHcuGZ7P
— Owen (@Alakazam_428) June 16, 2023
CLEVER
Tell me you're joining the Pac-12 without telling me that you're joining the Pac-12… https://t.co/JD3njcKWGn
— DevilsDigest.com (@DevilsDigest) June 16, 2023
MOUNTAIN WEST DECISIONS
I don’t know how this works, but why wouldn’t the MWC just say no to an extension? Or make SDSU pay for the extension? https://t.co/4LEn1AzRZJ
— Kyle (@Y_Soup) June 16, 2023
VERY TRUE
Interesting that there’s no mention of which conference San Diego State intends to join 👀 https://t.co/mEeylelm26
— Curtis Rogers (@AKidFromKent) June 16, 2023
MANY WOULD AGREE WITH THIS
Subtext: Pac-12 has told SDSU the same nothing they’ve told the member schools about a prospective media deal https://t.co/SiDFeAAax4
— David Woods (@daviddavidwoods) June 16, 2023
TO BE CONTINUED
I think SDSU will be a solid Pac addition, but there is no way that the Mtn West says yes to this extension, right? SDSU taking a chance and might be in limbo for month. https://t.co/CPKCPweGw3
— Jeremy Olsen (@JeremyOlsen41) June 16, 2023
