Pac12 just released a statement saying they will not be expanding.
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Pac12 not expanding
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fromolwyoming
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Where have I heard that before...
Until this shit is over with, I'm taking everything these AQ assholes say with a bowl full of salt.
Until this shit is over with, I'm taking everything these AQ assholes say with a bowl full of salt.
fromolwyoming
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And to think just a few hours ago on the radio and official announcements online have said otherwise.Wyokie said:
Until this crap is officially announced, I don't buy any of it.
gopokes1399
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why would Air Force be in the big east
fromolwyoming said:
Actually, this is quite a bit different from the SEC- Texas Youth Corps situation.
The PAC-12 still holds a pretty high academic standard as part of its identity. The release says the no-expansion decision followed a vote by the school presidents and chancellors. I'd bet good money the U-Cal schools are simply unwilling to admit the likes of Tech and Okie-State. If those two are roped to UT and OU, they will be deal-killers, dragging UT and OU off the PAC-12 slope with them.
Any move to the SEC by either TYC or Mizzou is likely to get mired in litigation, and if it looks too messy to the SEC, I can see them backing out.
As for the Big East, it's done, and it was only a matter of time given their football/ basketball-only structure and their geography.
Personally, I think the Big X(II) drama will be so drawn out that they will likely be around for a couple more years at least with a strong possibility that TCU winds up there after the BE gets pulled apart. If they get TCU and, say, Louisville and UT has to make concessions, the Big X(II) could find stability going forward. Basically, that conference is a scenario of having to decontaminate their vital resource that UT polluted in all their hubris- and if UT can't rein it in, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they took a stab at independence. They appear to be the BYU of the BigX(II) at this point. The Texas Legislature, however, might be the problem there.
