Colorado, Utah, Arizona, ASU bolt for the Big 12. Washington and Oregon head for the Big 10. Cal, Stanford, Oregon State, Washington State is what’s left of the PAC-12 Conference. Previous commish and current one’s ineptitude tag teamed with the forces of greed to kill off a lovely power 5 conference.

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Meanwhile in the ACC.....

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I remember when Ohio State and Minnesota hated to play each other because of the long travel time.

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The conversation around here is that some Big 10 teams won't play other Big 10 teams unless the season is longer. So how do you determine the Big 10 champion?

But, yeah, Bo Schembechler is rolling in his grave...

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What do college conferences even mean??

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Seems like an opportunity to be honest about what DI college football is: a huge money-making operation.

Go ahead and organize into a national league with divisions, like the NFL. Let the players bargain and earn money from their work.

“ Go ahead and organize into a national league with divisions, like the NFL “

And ditch the unfair Bowl system for real playoffs.

This seems like it was a battle of graft and corruption, and the PAC-12 brought a knife to a gun fight.

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I grew up watching USC football (never went there, just rooted for them as a kid and kept with it). When I was working at a midwestern university, I was asked if I had ever been to a Rose Bowl game, and I explained that I had been to 17 of them. I think half the time it was USC, and other times I would just show up on game day and find a ticket for ten dollars or so. In the early days, the Big 10 was the top conference, and I remember Illinois and Dick Butkus defeating U of Washington. Then came an era where the coast was above the Big 10 and pretty competitive with everybody else, including the southeast, who were in the process of discovering that staying segregated was keeping them down. I think the current dominance of the SEC has done the job on the Pac 12. I can remember when USC and Notre Dame were the expected powerhouses, but it is no more.

I guess my question is why the Big 10 would even want UCLA. And there are the other second-rate west coast teams that have been absorbed into the Big 10. Why would they want them?

The case of Stanford is curious. It has become one of the top ranking academic institutions, particularly in biology, math, physics, and all of the humanities. Would it be better off dropping football the way Chicago did a century ago, or downgrading to a more academic condition, sort of like Ivy League football? The major problem I see with that is that it would affect Stanford's standing in rugby.

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Filliam H. Muffman
This seems like it was a battle of graft and corruption, and the PAC-12 brought a knife to a gun fight.

A butter knife at best. They should have been more aggressive overall. The two commissioners were acting as though the college football landscape was still in the 90’s.

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Ca Bob
I grew up watching USC football (never went there, just rooted for them as a kid and kept with it). When I was working at a midwestern university, I was asked if I had ever been to a Rose Bowl game, and I explained that I had been to 17 of them. I think half the time it was USC, and other times I would just show up on game day and find a ticket for ten dollars or so. In the early days, the Big 10 was the top conference, and I remember Illinois and Dick Butkus defeating U of Washington. Then came an era where the coast was above the Big 10 and pretty competitive with everybody else, including the southeast, who were in the process of discovering that staying segregated was keeping them down. I think the current dominance of the SEC has done the job on the Pac 12. I can remember when USC and Notre Dame were the expected powerhouses, but it is no more.

I guess my question is why the Big 10 would even want UCLA. And there are the other second-rate west coast teams that have been absorbed into the Big 10. Why would they want them?

The case of Stanford is curious. It has become one of the top ranking academic institutions, particularly in biology, math, physics, and all of the humanities. Would it be better off dropping football the way Chicago did a century ago, or downgrading to a more academic condition, sort of like Ivy League football? The major problem I see with that is that it would affect Stanford's standing in rugby.

Why do you say that about UCLA? They're the top 5th or 6th sports program in the country. Men's b-ball, Mick Cronin spent time at #1 and was 2 hurt players from winning it all. A final four and 2 sweet 16's in the past 3 seasons.

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What do college conferences even mean??

For that matter, what does college team membership mean anymore? The college players jump schools the way professionals players switch franchises,

So much for “Win one for The Gipper.”

As long as what's left is going to be PAC12 in name only…Mountain Worst Conference might see an opportunity - merge and call the new conference PACino, and have Al make the networks a media deal they can't refuse.

Maybe the Big Ten eventually will have a "Pac 12" division.

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I guess my question is why the Big 10 would even want UCLA. And there are the other second-rate west coast teams that have been absorbed into the Big 10. Why would they want them?

I assume you mean east coast, not west coast. The addition of second-rate teams to the Big Ten was always about money, specifically TV audience. That's the only reason Rutgers and Maryland were added.

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Ca Bob
The case of Stanford is curious. It has become one of the top ranking academic institutions, particularly in biology, math, physics, and all of the humanities. Would it be better off dropping football the way Chicago did a century ago, or downgrading to a more academic condition, sort of like Ivy League football? The major problem I see with that is that it would affect Stanford's standing in rugby.

Stanford has other successful athletic programs (i.e. women's basketball), not just football.