[jayasena]

It\'s sounding more and more like Stanford and Cal will end up in a "North" division along with the Oregon and Washington schools. Seems like a pretty bad deal for Stanford and Cal. I think the semi-rivalry games with USC and UCLA will persist regardless of the divisions split, which means we are stuck playing all the tough teams in the conference every year.

From http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5677006:

One source said the league has to do what\'s best for the overall conference, not just for the individual interests of a few schools. And to a number of the members, splitting the four California schools is a must.

If a compromise is reached, Cal and Stanford would be placed in the North division with Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State. The South division would be UCLA, USC, Arizona, Arizona State and new members Utah and Colorado, formerly of the Mountain West and Big 12, respectively.

Also sounds like there will be 9 regular-season conference games per year. That seems like the worst of both worlds. Not only do you have the rigorous conference schedule the Pac 10 had plus a conference championship. If you have the added burden of a conference championship, wouldn\'t it make more sense to reduce the number of conference games to make way for a couple of easier OOC games like everyone else does?

During a news conference at Oregon State two weeks ago, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said the league still would play nine games, with room for crossover games if rivalries are split up in divisions.

[jayasena]

It\'s sounding more and more like Stanford and Cal will end up in a "North" division along with the Oregon and Washington schools. Seems like a pretty bad deal for Stanford and Cal. I think the semi-rivalry games with USC and UCLA will persist regardless of the divisions split, which means we are stuck playing all the tough teams in the conference every year.

From http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5677006:

One source said the league has to do what\'s best for the overall conference, not just for the individual interests of a few schools. And to a number of the members, splitting the four California schools is a must.

If a compromise is reached, Cal and Stanford would be placed in the North division with Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State. The South division would be UCLA, USC, Arizona, Arizona State and new members Utah and Colorado, formerly of the Mountain West and Big 12, respectively.

Also sounds like there will be 9 regular-season conference games per year. That seems like the worst of both worlds. Not only do you have the rigorous conference schedule the Pac 10 had plus a conference championship. If you have the added burden of a conference championship, wouldn\'t it make more sense to reduce the number of conference games to make way for a couple of easier OOC games like everyone else does?

During a news conference at Oregon State two weeks ago, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said the league still would play nine games, with room for crossover games if rivalries are split up in divisions.