In general, these conferences make no sense to me anymore. Clearly, they're not regional entities.
Are you trying to say Oklahoma isn’t in the Southeast?…
If you are not in the Big 10 or SEC, you are minor league.
Eventually they’re going to have to come up with a new name for the Big 10.
I guess if you are USC & UCLA you can afford a huge travel budget
UCLA won one football national championship in 1954.
The last time USC won was in 2004.
What makes you think these schools are powerhouses?
None of us who watch the PAC-12 think so.
Looking like just Big10 (which should ditch that name), and SEC going forward for big time college football. Totally wrecks what was left of the Rose Bowl matchup. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, same consolidation has happened in every other American industry, why not college football? Not a fan, but so be it.
LOL- has Lincoln Riley been quoted on this yet?
I don’t care. Sportsball is dead to me.
If they cannot win the Pac title, how are they going to win the Big 10?
Being a grad of the Univ of Minnesota, my take has been and will continue to be NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I’m a traditionalist in the sense that these conferences should represent geographical segments of our nation. In the Big 10, we have Penal State, Rutgers and Maryland. These ARE NOT midwestern in nature. They don’t belong in the Big 10 - but the focus is on the money - particularly the DC and NYC media markets. I do get it. It’s all about the $$$$.
Though I know they bailed out for the SEC, a school like Missouri would be a better fit than UCLA for the Big 10. So would Iowa State or Kansas.
I’m sure the players at Southern Cal or UCLA will be looking forward to those mid-November games in Iowa City or East Lansing.
It’s official. The world has come to an end.
This NIL crap is the last straw for me, I’m done.
Unless the Pac 12 goes for nonregional schools or BYU, they would have to bite the bullet and choose between San Diego State, Fresno State, or Boise State. That is something that the Pac 12 would have laughed at 10 years ago.
The speculation to me seems to weigh on OU and Texas remaining Big 12 through the 2024 athletic season. This would allow them to avoid the hefty breakup fees to the conference and be the last year of the existing TV contract.
Speculation…. Fasten seat belts and hang on for the ride. Power 5 Conference realignment is likely to get wild! Imagine a world where the 2 weakest conferences, PAC 12 and ACC disappear. As this OP describes, USC and UCLA to Big 10. Utah and the strongest of the two Arizona universities, maybe Colorado to the Big 12. Clemson, Miami and Florida State to the SEC. Will Notre Dame finally join a conference? Will this new Power 3 conference structure of the SEC, Big 10 and Big 12 leave the NCAA and establish their own governance?
The first coast-to-coast conference.
I suspect the Pac 12 recruits a couple of WAC teams adn maybe a Big Twelve team or two.
What will be weird is when either USC or UCLA wins the Big Ten championship and becomes the visiting team in the Rose Bowl.
10 + 2 = 10
12 + 2 = 10
The Big Ten’s next move will be south. They’re trying to pick off as many big TV markets for the Big Ten Network as they can. That was the whole point of going after Maryland and Rutgers.