W/R/T the poll - I am neither nervous or scared. But I am also skeptical or cynical that Cal will find a Power 4 conference home.

I am also increasingly skeptical or cynical that an expanded Pac-4 will be much of a stepping-stone to a Power 4 conference membership. TV networks now rule because of their economic power and the utter abdication of university presidents and chancellors of their responsibility towards intercollegiate athletics.

There is a shift afoot, the outlines of which are not very clear and which will change the intercollegiate athletics landscape permanently.