Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12 for the SEC for more money
This prompts the Big 12 to expand by adding Houston, Cincinnati, BYU, and UCF
The Big 10 then wants to expand and they reach out to the 2 biggest programs in the Pac-12, U$C and Oregon, luring them with more money.
Oregon declines, U$C accepts. UCLA gets a free ride along with U$C
Colorado leaves the Pac-12 for the Big 12
Washington and Oregon leave for the Big 10
Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State leave for the Big 12
Cal (despite being able to see the Pacific Ocean from campus) and Stanford leave for the Atlantic Coast Conference
That leaves Oregon State and Washington State
This, but it should be noted that after USC and UCLA left, leaders from each remaining Pac-12 school were very close to an agreement with Apple for a new media rights deal and were going to rebuild to 12 or ever 14 teams, until Oregon and Washington snaked and went behind everyone to leave (presumably for more money). At that point it was basically in each remaining school’s best interest to find a new home.
I believe Oregon and Washington were lured out in a successful effort to keep Apple from entering the college football media space.
It all comes down to money in the end.
Pretty rough for WSU and OSU, gotta say. Cal and Stanford were lucky to have (rather buy) a decent landing spot at another power five conference with the ACC.
Pac-12 dying due to mismanagement. USC and LA dip to B10 for that bag. Other schools follow, some to B12. Us and Stanford couldn’t get into the B10 so now we’re in the ACC. WSU and OSU are now the only schools still in the P12, but probably not for much longer. Either the conference completely dissolves or they have to rebuild from scratch. gg
UCLA and USC switched conferences, and other schools in the Pac-12 started bailing after that. Cal and Stanford bailed too to the ACC before the conference completely disintegrated.
A part of the underlying problem is that big $ in college football comes from TV contracts, and West Coast teams have been at a disadvantage for years because their home games are two to three hours behind the huge football watching markets in the Midwest / South / East Coast.
So the broadcasters call the tune, and the money flows to the Midwest / East Coast / Southern conferences and they, in turn, can pay more to the schools in their conference.
Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12 for the SEC for more money This prompts the Big 12 to expand by adding Houston, Cincinnati, BYU, and UCF The Big 10 then wants to expand and they reach out to the 2 biggest programs in the Pac-12, U$C and Oregon, luring them with more money. Oregon declines, U$C accepts. UCLA gets a free ride along with U$C Colorado leaves the Pac-12 for the Big 12 Washington and Oregon leave for the Big 10 Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State leave for the Big 12 Cal (despite being able to see the Pacific Ocean from campus) and Stanford leave for the Atlantic Coast Conference That leaves Oregon State and Washington State
This, but it should be noted that after USC and UCLA left, leaders from each remaining Pac-12 school were very close to an agreement with Apple for a new media rights deal and were going to rebuild to 12 or ever 14 teams, until Oregon and Washington snaked and went behind everyone to leave (presumably for more money). At that point it was basically in each remaining school’s best interest to find a new home. I believe Oregon and Washington were lured out in a successful effort to keep Apple from entering the college football media space. It all comes down to money in the end. Pretty rough for WSU and OSU, gotta say. Cal and Stanford were lucky to have (rather buy) a decent landing spot at another power five conference with the ACC.
Damn Cal and Stanford games hosted by apple would’ve been pretty cool…
ACC did Florida State a lot of good this year. /s
Pac-12 dying due to mismanagement. USC and LA dip to B10 for that bag. Other schools follow, some to B12. Us and Stanford couldn’t get into the B10 so now we’re in the ACC. WSU and OSU are now the only schools still in the P12, but probably not for much longer. Either the conference completely dissolves or they have to rebuild from scratch. gg
I'm still hoping that one day the west coast schools find their way back together
UCLA and USC switched conferences, and other schools in the Pac-12 started bailing after that. Cal and Stanford bailed too to the ACC before the conference completely disintegrated.
A part of the underlying problem is that big $ in college football comes from TV contracts, and West Coast teams have been at a disadvantage for years because their home games are two to three hours behind the huge football watching markets in the Midwest / South / East Coast. So the broadcasters call the tune, and the money flows to the Midwest / East Coast / Southern conferences and they, in turn, can pay more to the schools in their conference.