Late last week news broke that the Pac-12 was taking its next step toward rebuilding by adding four new schools: Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State and Colorado State. As we spoke to a variety of people involved in the expansion, as well as coaches around college football, one thing was clear – there was excitement about the historic conference's move.

In addition, there was curiosity about the next play call on Commissioner Teresa Gould’s call sheet. Would she add more teams in the immediate future? Would recently departed teams return? Which schools were calling her?!

All fair questions to be answered in due time, but the current reality is that the 4 on their way to what should be the premiere West Coast conference have a chance to create something new, something special, something necessary. 

This week we had longtime coach and respected media member, Mike Sanford, on the Y-Option podcast. Mike played at Boise State under Dan Hawkins and coached at a variety of places around the country such as his alma mater, Stanford under Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw, Notre Dame under Brian Kelly and most recently Colorado where he would become the interim head coach before the Buffs hired Deion Sanders. Bottom line, Mike knows the Mountain West, he grew up in the Pac-10 running around the USC facility as his father coached the Trojans and has an affinity for college football on the West Coast that has expertise and experience.

Fueled by our founding partner 76, enjoy today’s conversation as we take a thoughtful look at the restoration of the Pac-12 with a former player, former coach and current media member, Mike Sanford. And yes, we ask him about Coach Prime, Bo Nix’s growth with the Broncos and we even go down memory lane when Stanford beat USC, when both of us were rocking the headsets and coach’s khakis.

Plus a full breakdown of this weekend’s action involving the West Coast schools. Hope you enjoy!

Much love,

Yogi

The episode was executive produced by Jim Thornby and edited by Victor Ren.

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