Eleven head coaches opine on the hottest topics in college football at Pac-12 Media Day.
Michael Lev LOS ANGELES — College athletics are changing, and the Pac-12 Conference is feeling the effects.
“I believe that we have collectively lost sight of the student-athlete,” Kliavkoff said. “We need to recalibrate our approach to ensure our filter for any decision is what is in their best interest. Coaches expressed concern about some of the developments. Many also stressed acceptance and adaptability.Conference realignment/expansionUtah’s Kyle Whittingham: “The future is really anybody’s best guess. Super conferences are on their way, already starting to form. A full-blown playoff — 12-, 16-team playoff — that’s around the corner as well. The landscape is changing rapidly.
“Change is about growth sometimes, and opportunity. According to what and how you believe it and how you sit, it affects people different. I look at myself. Without change, I’m not sitting here. So I don’t look at it like, ‘Well, this is going to mess up college football.’ It’s going to change college football, no doubt about that.
Cal’s Justin Wilcox: “Not much surprises me. Was it big news? Yeah, it was. ... But I understand that especially for the traditionalist in all of us, when things like that happen, it feels a bit uneasy.” Colorado’s Karl Dorrell : “Shocking was my first impression. ... But you got to also recognize that when I came back to Colorado in 2020, COVID hit three weeks later. A lot of things have been challenging and changing for me every year. It was like one more thing. What’s one more thing?
USC’s Lincoln Riley: “There’s some obvious benefits right off the top. Playing in some of the major, biggest, most influential media markets not only in the country but in the world. One thing that I don’t feel like has been discussed that much is, forever and ever, one of the most-watched, impactful games in college football has been the Rose Bowl. You think about some of the epic matchups that have happened in the Rose Bowl.
“When I talked to our players about being the 33rd NFL team, what I’ve talked to them about is, if you train like a pro ... if you understand discipline matters and work ethic, if you understand that doing everything right on and off the field matters, that’s what you’re gonna get when you walk onto an NFL field. That’s also going to make you successful in life.”
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