Latest (uncertainty) on UCLA to Big Ten

are you certain of that?

Well “readyyourguard”, I’ve lived all over the country and the bay area is the one area/state I’ve lived with the fewest dysfunctional people and the most accepting of differences.  There are definitely rural parts of California that would more likely resemble rural Texas  

People mostly complain about the costs, high taxes, and the homeless in California.  All three are unfortunately a result of everyone wanting to live here. For many it’s the beauty, the weather, the access to many different outdoor activities, the multiculturalism, career opportunities, and more.  And if you’re homeless, would you rather live where you freeze in the winter or where the weather is beautiful year round, and the government provides you with services, and the public has a higher rate of donations?  Some people  may ask whether the government should provide services or instead just treat the homeless like shit so they will go to another state.  If being liberal means being kind and humane then I am good with that.

I grew up in Michigan and went to Michigan.  I love Ann Arbor and would live there.  College towns tend to be more educated and progressive.  

I was looking at a commercial property earlier and ended up down the Google streetview rabbit hole for about an hour. There was oceanfront property in Oakland that looked like a favela. Abandoned buildings, graffiti, razor wire fences, and a tent city.

Didn't even look like America. I've never seen oceanfront property in such a state.

Nobody lives in many of those red counties 

Mgoblues, yes and what is a “caricature of liberalism”? And how is it that people can be convinced that liberal Californian is a bad thing?  You have to wonder about the education system in America when the term “liberal” factually means “a supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise” and fascism means “an authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy” and yet people can be convinced that liberal is a bad thing and anti-fascist is a bad thing. I think Michigan and UC grads are doing pretty well on this part of their education.  

At alumni events out here, I've talked to alumni who pursued graduate degrees at Berkeley (a couple of whom were TAs for undergrad courses), at they all tell me that the student experience at Berkeley is an absolute train wreck compared to the student experience at Michigan. 

In California we believe in facts (and human rights for all).  Regarding the UC system, if it’s a “hot mess” why are UC Berkeley and UCLA ranked 1 and 2 (Michigan is 3) and the UC system has 6 of the top 10 ranked public universities.

I have 2 degrees from Michigan.  I’ve guest lectured at Cal. 

15 - is it fair to say that Hawaii also doesn't have a B1G Media agreement that they participate in?

That's not unique to the University of Hawaii though, there are plenty of ADs that lose money while their teams travel around the country.

I'm fairly certain that *no* public university AD had "run a profit" in well over a decade.  By law, they cannot.