Posted on 06/30/2022 4:03:59 PM PDT by C19fan
USC and UCLA, two of the Pac-12's flagship programs, are planning to leave the conference for the Big Ten as early as 2024, and a move is considered imminent, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. There is still a formal notification process, as the two schools have to let the Pac-12 know their intentions to leave. USC and UCLA also have to formally apply to the Big Ten. According to a source, that process is underway.
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FOX is the main network partner of the Big 10 and PAC. They must have followed ESPN and pulled some strings. Fox would to have USC showcased in their Big Noon Kickoff window.
I stopped paying attention a long time ago. The major colleges are now professional minor leagues. The players are openly paid. Do players have to report their payola? Is there any cap, whether per player or per school? How many colleges are competitive at moneyball?
Erdoğan warns Turkey could still block UCLA’s and USC’s accession to Big Ten.
This is going to hurt the University of Nike...
Can’t wait for Rutgers v UCLA 9am, PST.
Can Big 10 colleges really justify the additional expense and scheduling complication of adding two west coast teams to the league? That’s a lot of teams, not just football!
Laughs in SEC.
The TV markets will be incredibly, tho
It's time to kick out Maryland, Rutgers, Nebraska, and Penn State, too.
Make the Big Ten the Big Ten Again!
USC is gonna have a blast, playing in Ann Arbor, in November.
UCLA is still going to lose.
So the So Cal schools will move on from getting close wins in the PAC 12 to getting their a$$e$ kicked in the Big 10
I remember when UCLA and USC were good. I haven’t seen them in years here in B1G county.
They cannot win in the Pac and now they want to lose in the Big 10 worse?
The last time USC was good Pete Carroll was the coach and Reggie Bush was their star- and they got stripped of everything because of cheating.
Makes no sense geographically. Ppl aren’t gonna travel to the Mid West to see west coast teams play there 5-6 times a year. I understand about the PAC 12 leadership bringing this on themselves though. I get extremely pissed that I can rarely watch ASU play on DirecTV and rant about it every fall. But this move will certainly make it worse for the remaining PAC teams. 🤬
And to your point- when Notre Dame plays at USC the game is almost always in mid to late November yet when USC travels to South Bend, the game is always in the middle of October, because the Trojans can’t play when its less than 50 degrees outside.
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