Somehow I missed these expansion/tv network articles:

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry...2/29941030

Quote:WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- The architect of the latest round of conference realignment says the earthshaking hasn't stopped.

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott told CBSSports.com that there could be more conference movement before 2020. Scott was named No. 1 Friday in CBSSports.com's college football top 100 for 2011.

"I don't see anything major on the horizon -- short term, a few years," Scott said. "I'd be surprised if in the second half of this decade, we don't see another major round."What, he was asked, would set it off?

"It could be TV deals," he said. "It could be other politics and dynamics within the NCAA. If I had to guess I would say it would be economic. That's why I believed it made sense [to expand] and continues to make sense."

Also suggests that ESPN/FOX conspired to stop the Pac-16 deal:

Quote:"They [ESPN, Fox] conspired, of course they did," to save the Big 12, Bevilacqua said. "That's a fact."

Again, with Fox/ESPN now partners in the pac-12, Not sure how much they would fight it in the future if there is another round.



Scott has asserted this thought/opinion consistantly, this is not internet message boarders/bloggers.

Article on Pac-12 Network:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...r-audience

Quote: There's no question the Pac-12 could eventually be on in millions of homes in China, Japan and other countries, and one league official confirmed that Scott has already made inquiries about having the channel distributed overseas shortly after launch.

Global network? Sold!

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...c12-roost#

Larry Scott is the #1 most powerful person in CBS sports top 100:

Quote:Even with the same membership numbers as the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten and ACC, the Pac-12 might be looked back on the first real superconference. Scott calls it the league's "ubiquitous-ness." The head of Pixar, located in nearby Oakland, is a Utah grad. Scott is trying to arrange a meeting with George Lucas, a Southern California grad who might have some influence over an equally famous peer.

"Imagine the opening graphic packages of the Pac-12 Network being designed by ..."

Dramatic pause.

" ... Steven Spielberg is a [USC] trustee."