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[Spocky Ramone]

 

[L J S A]

Utah's supposed intense interest in saving the Pac-12 lasted about 19 days.

 

[ADORAZ]

Pac 12 (Destroyed) After Dark.

With all of these West Coast meetings many will wake up to the end of the conference. Washington board meets at midnight ET.

Sad to see. 108 years. "Conference of Champions". Just like that, it's finished.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Pac 12 (Destroyed) After Dark.

Factor west coast time zone sunset

 

[Spocky Ramone]

Pac 12 (Destroyed) After Dark.

With all of these West Coast meetings many will wake up to the end of the conference. Washington board meets at midnight ET.

Sad to see. 108 years. "Conference of Champions". Just like that, it's finished.

PAC 12, let’s play you out with the official theme song of college athletics

 

[NCJohnnie]

Pac 12 (Destroyed) After Dark.

With all of these West Coast meetings many will wake up to the end of the conference. Washington board meets at midnight ET.

Sad to see. 108 years. "Conference of Champions". Just like that, it's finished.

What will Bill Walton do?

 

[logen]

What will Bill Walton do?

Pretty much like he’s always done, talk gibberish…

 

[SJU85]

LA and Bay Area are distinctly separate markets. Like two different states if not countries.

I understand that but the Big 10 has the LA market and apparently by looking at Oregon and Washington are satisfied with the teams they have from Cali and are more interested in markets outside of there.

 

[SJU85]

Utah's supposed intense interest in saving the Pac-12 lasted about 19 days.

Longer than Pittsburgh state interest in saving the Big East.

 

[paultzman]

 

[ADORAZ]

Lol partial shares. Big Ten doesn't even want these teams, they're just trying to monopolize the region/sport.

 

[dk423]

Wow!

 

[dk423]

Washington, Oregon to Big Ten losing momentum: Sources

Hours after Washington and Oregon to the Big Ten seemed inevitable, there has been a turning of the tides.

theathletic.com

 

[dk423]

Maybe UCONN gets their wish after all.

 

[bamafan]

What will Bill Walton do?

Same as he always does: call it the conference of champions!

 

[ADORAZ]

Maybe UCONN gets their wish after all.

I'm not buying it, I think this is Oregon and Washington negotiating with the Big Ten.

 

[dk423]

I'm not buying it, I think this is Oregon and Washington negotiating with the Big Ten.

I can see the argument for Oregon/Washington wanting to stay in the Pac (for now). The Big Ten deal expires in 2030. If Apple ends up paying them 25-27 mill + incentives, why not have an easy path to the college football playoff automatic berth + get paid roughly the same without inoccuring the cost of traveling nationally? The GOR would have to align with the Big Ten expiration date for it to make sense, I think

 

[smalley]

BE should add Gonzaga immediately upon UConn leaving. Travel drawbacks aside, the optics matter

 

[ADORAZ]

I can see the argument for Oregon/Washington wanting to stay in the Pac (for now). The Big Ten deal expires in 2030. If Apple ends up paying them 25-27 mill + incentives, why not have an easy path to the college football playoff automatic berth + get paid roughly the same without inoccuring the cost of traveling nationally? The GOR would have to align with the Big Ten expiration date for it to make sense, I think

That's why I think they're trying to get a full share or at least on the higher end partial ($40 million). Last we heard Apple was offering $20 I think which would be half that. We'll see how serious the Big Ten is about not destroying that conference lol.

 

[ADORAZ]

Also IF the Pac 12 stays together I'm not convinced UConn will be team #14. Adding two crappy football programs isn't a good look.