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Tulane conference realignment12/14/2023 not completely horrible?- Michael Lev June 30, 2022 Those being the long-rumored Arizona schools, our old pal Colorado, and Utah to pair with BYU. The Big 12 is then free to pick up the most logical and sensible four schools and go straight to 16 teams. If the initial move of USC and UCLA is moral wound to the Pac-12, this is their execution. Plus it gives the Big 10 a West Coast Pod to appease their 15 sports fans. Including Oregon and Washington in the Big 10 would only increase that leagues value you would think. Now that this is out, you no longer need to avoid leakage and can talk much more freely to your slightly less wealthy friends. My feeling is that USC/UCLA wanted to keep this as close to the vest as possible in order to avoid leakage. Many feel Oregon and Washington not being included in the move to the Big 10 was a bit curious. And by this writer I mean everyone on Twitter and by most logical and sensible I mean that it is good for ME. The below is what this writer believes is the most logical and sensible path forward. I assume most of you fine readers will want the Big 12 to get bigger and stronger and secure our beloved Big 12 brethren places in Valhalla. Now it’s time to have some fun and get weird with it. I will fully admit that geography means nothing in this day and age but dammit this just makes more sense. But I went with a slightly more geographical approach where they kill the Mountain West and get Boise State, SDSU, UNLV, and CSU. This best of the rest group includes teams like Memphis, USF, Tulane, and SMU to name a few. It helps to go a bit bigger and grab four. Just like the Big 12 last year, you can’t really replace two big name programs with two small name programs. Speculating about that scenario makes me sad so let’s move on.Īssuming optimism prevails and all the current and future Big 12 teams stand firm in their commitment, the Pac-12 will look to the best of the rest. Needless to say, this would be quite bad for Iowa State and the remaining Big 12 leftovers. I’d say their first few calls in an effort to kill the Big 12 before it has a chance to kill it would go to Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, BYU and one of TCU/Baylor. Perhaps the most probable outcome is the PAC-12 adds two to four teams and stabilizes itself for the time-being just like the Big 12 did last year. I have a feeling this is not how at least one of these conferences is going to look going forward. Amateur sports! As things currently stand, this is how those two conferences look: This time it’s USC and UCLA to make the jump from the PAC-12 to the B1G for truckloads of cash. Another year - another round of Conference Realignment.
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