Pac-12 is dead.

[aggiesal]

Dubbed "The Conference of Champions", because they've won more NCAA Championships (553), more that double the next conference (254 more), no longer exists.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38156558/ode-pac-12-conference-realignment

[hlthe2b]

1. $$$$$$$$$$$$ Rules all....

sigh...

[yankee87]

2. Sad Days

Let's just say what these colleges are now, sports franchises that happen to have a side business educating students.

[chicoescuela]

3. An end to an era for sure. I love the PAC 12 but TV money is king.

What will Bill Walton do?

[rsdsharp]

4. And the Big Ten has become a bloated joke.

50,000 watt clear channel WHO radio used to play country music at night. Its slogan was “Coast to coast, border to border, and then some.”

All the Big Ten needs is a team or two in the South, and they’ll have it covered.

[usonian]

5. Are we down to 4 now? And Cal (and ?) talking about ACC?

As of yesterday (?)


Is this an environmental disaster? Not to mention jet-lagging students and making their actual education a ton harder?

Otta be a law.

[WheelWalker]

6. All things are impermanent. It was thought by many that Lehman Bros. was

too old and too big to cease to exist. And yet...

[Jeebo]

7. Conferences used to be about geography.

And about numbers. The Big Ten was the upper midwest and actually was TEN schools. The Big Eight was the lower/central midwest and actually was EIGHT schools. The Pac Eight was the west coast and actually was EIGHT schools. The Southeastern Conference actually was the SOUTHEASTERN conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference actually was the ATLANTIC COAST conference. The Southwest Conference actually was the SOUTHWEST conference.

Now the Big Ten is the upper midwest, the Atlantic coast AND the Pacific coast, the Big Eight/12 includes schools all across the country and how many schools?, the Atlantic Coast Conference includes Pacific coast schools, the Southwest Conference no longer exists, and whatever happened to the Big East Conference? Does it still exist?

The only one that still has a name that roughly describes its member schools is the Southeastern Conference. But the geography of its divisions is skewed. For example, Missouri should not be in the EASTERN division with Atlantic coast schools like Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.

-- Ron

[aggiesal]

8. Conference USA! ...

Ohhh, that already exists.

[Xavier Breath]

9. Yep, the whole thing is sickening.

I feel bad for the fans, as well as the Pac-12 athletes in the non-revenue sports who didn't sign up for this. Now the volleyball players at Oregon get to fly to Rutgers for a match. What a fucking joke.