[ColoradoTree]

Looks like it's not happening:

https://twitter.com/wilnerhotline/status...1637238784

As to why, if we swap, then there is a different scheduling problem, which is that each team will host both Big Game and Unbelievably Spoiled Children the same year.  For us, it's not as big a deal as we would host ND on alternate years, but for Low APR U, it does unbalance their schedules, since they have no counterbalance to Big Game.


BC

But C.al's schedule, like ours, is already unbalanced.  If the Big Game switch were to be approved, here's the effect:

Even years:
Big Game @ Stanford
C.al home vs. UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team; C.al away to SC, Stanford, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team
Stanford home vs. SC, C.al, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team; Stanford away to UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team

Odd years:
Big Game @ C.al
C.al home vs. SC, Stanford, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team; C.al away to UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team
Stanford home vs. UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team; Stanford away to SC, C.al, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team

This ensures two high-profile home games for each team each year (with SC and Big Game helping to wash down the Oregon State and Wazzu matchups, and three solid games in the other year).  I don't see playing SC and C.al both on the road in odd years as a problem.  Would C.al attendance really dip that much in even years with a home slate of UCLA, Oregon, UW, and a South team?   

I think I'll just keep shouting "THIS HELPS BOTH TEAMS" from the rooftops until someone muzzles me....  ;)

[ColoradoTree]

Looks like it's not happening:

https://twitter.com/wilnerhotline/status...1637238784

As to why, if we swap, then there is a different scheduling problem, which is that each team will host both Big Game and Unbelievably Spoiled Children the same year.  For us, it's not as big a deal as we would host ND on alternate years, but for Low APR U, it does unbalance their schedules, since they have no counterbalance to Big Game.


BC

But C.al's schedule, like ours, is already unbalanced.  If the Big Game switch were to be approved, here's the effect:

Even years:
Big Game @ Stanford
C.al home vs. UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team; C.al away to SC, Stanford, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team
Stanford home vs. SC, C.al, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team; Stanford away to UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team

Odd years:
Big Game @ C.al
C.al home vs. SC, Stanford, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team; C.al away to UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team
Stanford home vs. UCLA, UW, Oregon, Rotating South Team; Stanford away to SC, C.al, Wazzu, Oregon State, Rotating South Team

This ensures two high-profile home games for each team each year (with SC and Big Game helping to wash down the Oregon State and Wazzu matchups, and three solid games in the other year).  I don't see playing SC and C.al both on the road in odd years as a problem.  Would C.al attendance really dip that much in even years with a home slate of UCLA, Oregon, UW, and a South team?   

I think I'll just keep shouting "THIS HELPS BOTH TEAMS" from the rooftops until someone muzzles me....  ;)