Posted on 06/30/2022 11:52:04 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Is more realignment coming in college athletics?
USC and UCLA are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News is reporting. According to Wilner, arguably the most plugged-in reporter on the Pac-12, the move could come to fruition as early as 2024 but “has not been finalized at the highest levels of power.”
Minutes after the news from Wilner dropped, several other outlets reported that USC and UCLA are in negotiations to join the Big Ten. Big Ten presidents and athletic directors met Wednesday night to discuss adding USC and UCLA to the league, according to The Athletic. On top of that, Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Big Ten is prepared to announce the news.
The reported move for the two Los Angeles-based universities would come on the heels of Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for the SEC.
It would be the latest shakeup in the world of college athletics, which has been undergoing a massive transformation in the past few years. Texas and Oklahoma will officially join the SEC no later than 2025. The departures of Texas and Oklahoma spurred the Big 12 to add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF. Those schools will officially become Big 12 members in July 2023.
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It’s all about the benjamins and Los Angeles is a huge get for the Big10, for fans and recruits alike.
The conference will also want to add Cal, Oregon, UW and Stanford. In the ACC, the Big10 will invite Duke, UNC, NC State, Virginia Tech, Miami, Pitt and Georgia Tech. Notre Dame is always welcome, but even going forward will suffer under a strange attraction to independence.
The new conference will cover the vast majority of big markets. Top to bottom these are great universities, moreover, and the conference brand will be synonymous with academic excellence. (As great, well-endowed universities pop up all over the globe, the teeny tiny, super snobby and lefty Ivy League will be like a barely noticeable gnat drowning in a giant bowl of tomato soup. Scale matters, as the newly giant Big10 will show.)
This is a great day for the Big10 conference, and not only for athletics.
Ditto.
But that is likely why this is happening, too many fans tuning out.
It was probably awarded the national championship by the Daily Bruin.
We alwys bragged that we beat Notre Dame and it must hve made an impression because they never played us again.
OK, it was in 1887, but still...
BYU and Cincinnati???
Georgia Tech would bring the Atlanta TV maket. Miami would bring the Miami TV market. Cal and/or Stanford brings the San Francisco-Oakland-SanJose TV market. Pitt gets you Pittsburgh.
What would Duke or NC State add to Big Ten Network?
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