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To say some other AD would have gotten Stanford into the B1G or the SEC, give me a break.

Yes but Stanford might have been more attractive to the B1G if a proactive AD had stepped in sooner when it became obvious that football was declining.

It's hard to imagine Stanford wouldn't have gotten (or been able to negotiate) a B1G invite if the Pac-12 had collapsed in 2018 instead of 2023.

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To say some other AD would have gotten Stanford into the B1G or the SEC, give me a break.

Yes but Stanford might have been more attractive to the B1G if a proactive AD had stepped in sooner when it became obvious that football was declining.

It's hard to imagine Stanford wouldn't have gotten (or been able to negotiate) a B1G invite if the Pac-12 had collapsed in 2018 instead of 2023.