06-06-2013, 10:22 AM
(06-06-2013, 10:12 AM)FarmBoy link Wrote:I think the Cali schools wanted to be in the same division, but the other schools were worried that in the long run it would be the Big12-redux with the South dominating the North. Oregon would be the Pac North Champ in perpetuity practically.
I think it was more about giving the northern schools annual or at least bi-annual access to the LA recruiting market. The compromise was allowing Stanford and Kal to maintain their SoCal rivalries.