RE: Pac-12 Expansion -
BostonCard - 07-30-2025
But the real power conferences are the SEC and Big Ten. ACC and Big-12 are also-rans.
BC
RE: Pac-12 Expansion -
Mick - 08-15-2025
I'd forgotten that Arizona State was picked in last year's polls to finish at the bottom of the Big-12. They won the conference last year. Eastern/Midwest/Southern media must have hated that...
No. 11 Arizona State now seeks something special after Big 12 title debut in unpredictable league
RE: Pac-12 Expansion -
ADPinWDC - 08-15-2025
(09-19-2024, 06:44 AM)Mick Wrote: Pac-12 has identified Memphis and Tulane as top targets. Secondary targets are UTSA, North Texas, South Florida and Texas State. Also considering UNLV and Air Force, but those appear to be tertiary targets. And apparently, the AAC wants all three service academies in the AAC.
The Pac-12 intends to retain the Pac-12 brand, whether or not they have 12 teams.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10135993-report-pac-12-eyes-unlv-utsa-more-for-expansion-gonzaga-a-possibility-for-cbb?utm_source=br_newsletter&lid=vpluae655r12
Yeah -- cuz nothing says "Pac12 brand" like Memphis and Tulane.... NOT
RE: Pac-12 Expansion -
paloalto - 09-03-2025
I haven't been following the PAC-12 lately. I just learned WSU and OSU women's volleyball are in the WCC.
RE: Pac-12 Expansion -
Leftcoast - 09-03-2025
I hate everything about this ... I keep closing my eyes and hoping that when I reopen them this mutation that is modern college sports will just disappear like the bogeyman from a bad nightmare. It's sucked most of the joy out of it for me.
Other than Stanford, I no longer care about college football and watch pro sports and the occasional NCAA sport that seems more or less free from the contagion (Golf? Women's Tennis? Women's Volleyball?). Not even sure who was the NCAA football champion the last few years. Don't care so no need to tell me.
All of this makes me sad. I hope someone enjoys whatever constitute NCAA football nowadays but no one in my house does anymore.
Stanford in the ACC .... bleagh!
RE: Pac-12 Expansion -
fullmetal - 09-04-2025
(09-03-2025, 02:27 PM)paloalto Wrote: I haven't been following the PAC-12 lately. I just learned WSU and OSU women's volleyball are in the WCC.
So are their rowing teams. With only two schools in the Pac-12, there's no meaning to a "conference championship," so those teams have had to become affiliate members in other conferences in order to play in the postseason and have a shot at bids or qualifying berths to their national championship tournaments.