Big-12 / Pac-12 possible merger

[cyIclSoneU]

I pitched this in another thread but I like this set-up. Four pods of 5 and you rotate which pod is paired with you each year for division alignment:

Pod A:
Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Utah*

Pod B:
Cal
Stanford
USC
UCLA
Colorado*

Pod C:
Arizona
Arizona State
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor

Pod D:
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
West Virginia

*Colorado and Utah switch spots every three year cycle so they can be with California schools equally.

Year 1, Pods A/B are a division; year 2 is A and C, year 3 is A and D. Then repeat. You would play every school once every 3 years and host them every 6 years. And maintain annual games against the schools in your pod.

Play all 9 schools in your division. CCG in Vegas.

 

[CascadeClone]

Some sort of alliance would help in the interim, particularly if OU and Texas are out the door after this season. Both conferences would benefit - PAC can schedule games the entire day, Remaining 8 get some high-profile matchups as well as a way to fill schedules.

However, this alliance probably doesn't do much for long-term stability.

Unless it greases the skids for some teams to join the Pac12 down the road...

 

[HFCS]

I like the idea of merging with the Pac 12. What would we call it? The Pac 20? The Western Conference?

Also, did anybody notice CBS's preseason rankings? ISU #6. Nice.

Western Athletic Conference

Brand new name

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

I know that alot of people don't like Baylor due to their record of bad behavior with athletes but IMO, I think we need to keep Texas teams to aid in recruiting of Texas athletes.

Nah.

 

[HFCS]

What's bigger than big? Rub it in the B1G a bit.

MEGA 20
LARGE 20
HUGE 20
COLOSSAL 20
MAMMOTH 20
WEIGHTY 20
FAR-REACHING 20

Always Exactly 20 Teams Conference

AE20TC

 

[SCarolinaCy]

Think media/scheduling alliance rather than merger???

Helps insure the $$$ due from OU and TX end up in our coffer?

 

[mynameisjonas]

I mean, isn't a little comical to keep "Pacific" in the conference name for a something that contain schools in... Iowa and Kansas?

They could call it the non douche conference

 

[AppleCornCy]

It wasn’t long ago that “No way the PAC 12 takes the religious schools Baylor and TCU (or BYU).”
So now we’re down to the Big 5 over here. Unless something has changed in the past week.

I don’t think that was ever something hard and fast. The Pac-12 and Big 12 have shied away from BYU because of the issues with Sunday competition. Some of the Pac-12 schools might look down their nose a little bit at religious affiliated schools and feel that they don’t fit culturally but that doesn’t mean all schools with a religious affiliation are automatically no-goes.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

Western Athletic Conference

Brand new name

WAC. Nah. Lotta bad slur potential here.

 

[HFCS]

I like to think that if we went to the PAC-whatever and consistently beat USC, Oregon, and Stanford, we’d elevate our brand even more and it’d be a major plus.

It’s a bit optimistic, but not impossible.

I basketball the opposite could happen.

Playing in central time zone and vs ku could avoid the crazy underated year like last NCAA tourney.

 

[AppleCornCy]

Western Athletic Conference

Brand new name

The WAC actually still exists.

Western Athletic Conference - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[jbhtexas]

Western Athletic Conference

Brand new name

I found this cool logo already online too!!

 

[Fishhead]

Pacific and prairie

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I fly 1200 miles 3 or 4 times to Des Moines to watch the Cyclones. I have seats in the Sukup. The only other time I've flown for an ISU game was to Austin to see that first win over Texas.

I have a brother in Seattle, a college friend in Oregon, cousins in Denver, a college friend in Phoenix, my wife's uncle in Tucson and several cousins in the LA area. Don't know anyone in Utah.

Traveling to away games has never been in my budget. However, with the possibility of an alliance with the PAC 12, I see at least two or maybe three more airline round trips to the Mountain or Pacific time zones.

I'm in. I'll worry about paying for this later.

The divorced man's mantra.

 

[Cyder91]

The Big West seems like a no brainer

It may seem so but part of the merger would be for the current PAC conference to ensure their name branding appeals to more of the central united states. I think anything with West in the name doesn't accomplish this....

Big Pac? lol

 

[CyrideAllstar]

Id like to take all the UT and OU money and try to pick up Florida state and UCF. $$$ talks. Plus they are east coast with WV. Florida state is down right now and could play big dog at the table in the big 12 instead of it being clemson. UCF gets a bigger payout and becomes power 5.

 

[tolfbfan]

I like the name "The New West"

The New West, THAT location is west of the mid west, correct?

 

[tolfbfan]

FUSEConference20

 

[Neptune78]

AM I the only one who thinks these type discussions could use a bit more professionalism/confidentiality, particularly as it relates to the ever watchful eyes of the media?

This Pac12 news had premium board material written all over it.
How did this info make it to the masses?

 

[BMWallace]

I pitched this in another thread but I like this set-up. Four pods of 5 and you rotate which pod is paired with you each year for division alignment:

Pod A:
Washington
Washington State
Oregon
Oregon State
Utah*

Pod B:
Cal
Stanford
USC
UCLA
Colorado*

Pod C:
Arizona
Arizona State
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor

Pod D:
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
West Virginia

*Colorado and Utah switch spots every three year cycle so they can be with California schools equally.

Year 1, Pods A/B are a division; year 2 is A and C, year 3 is A and D. Then repeat. You would play every school once every 3 years and host them every 6 years. And maintain annual games against the schools in your pod.

Play all 9 schools in your division. CCG in Vegas.

Yes to pods, but don't bother with the divisions. The CCG should just be #1 vs #2 by record, period.

I would also give WVU the opportunity to seek another division without penalty. If they did leave pick up BYU (largest available fanbase), move Colorado to the old Big 8 crew, put Utah with the Cali schools, and BYU with the PNW schools.