(07-06-2022 01:41 PM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(07-06-2022 01:26 PM)Nerfherder95 Wrote:  It feels like to me that we will end up with a Power 3 - BIG 10, SEC, and whatever cobbled together thing that the remnants can come up with. I don't see much of a future for BIG 12, or PAC 12 at this point. ACC might last because of basketball, but I don't see them adding any schools at this point.

The B12 might end up being the home of those "cobbled together" remnants. If they land Washington, Oregon, Arizona, etc along with their other schools, thats not insignificant.

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This is exactly right…saying the BIG12 really does bring in the 4-6 PAC schools.

If AZ, AZSt, Utah and CU move to the BIG12 (and this move does seem imminent) one entire division of the PAC will have disappeared (with USC and UCLA already gone to the BIG10).

I don’t see the remaining schools in the PAC’s North Division hanging around and agreeing to backfill with the likes of SDSU, Boise and UNLV. Those would be fine choices in a league with Oregon St. and Washington St., but any school with options will bolt, and there are buyers out there for what the “best of the rest” represent.

A 16 team BIG12 would not be insignificant.