Pac-12 is dead.

[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