Very interesting news that the Pac12 has added Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, and Fresno State, to boost numbers to 6 teams. One has to imagine that there is another move coming, as the conference needs to get up to 8 teams to survive, and it is unlikely these 4 would have abandoned the MWC if there was not a plan to get the Pac12 up to at least 8 teams.
This seems like a really good move for the Pac12, OSU and WSU. They get to take some of the best programs in the MWC (and some of the better TV markets) and get to leave behind some of the programs that drag down quality and ratings. Very curious to see what the next move might be for the conference. UNLV would see a good fit for TV market purposes. Perhaps Air Force. Maybe they decide to ignore geography and grab UConn.
Perhaps this ends up as a landing spot for Stanford, Cal, and SMU if the ACC goes belly up and the BIG continues to decline Stanford and Cal... I know that Stanford and Cal probably could have worked with OSU and WSU to build this exact conference last year, instead of leaving for the ACC, but the ACC was obviously more prestigious and more relevant. But if the ACC is not there one day, and if the BIG is not an option, then this might ultimately be Stanford's home.
This seems like a really good move for the Pac12, OSU and WSU. They get to take some of the best programs in the MWC (and some of the better TV markets) and get to leave behind some of the programs that drag down quality and ratings. Very curious to see what the next move might be for the conference. UNLV would see a good fit for TV market purposes. Perhaps Air Force. Maybe they decide to ignore geography and grab UConn.
Perhaps this ends up as a landing spot for Stanford, Cal, and SMU if the ACC goes belly up and the BIG continues to decline Stanford and Cal... I know that Stanford and Cal probably could have worked with OSU and WSU to build this exact conference last year, instead of leaving for the ACC, but the ACC was obviously more prestigious and more relevant. But if the ACC is not there one day, and if the BIG is not an option, then this might ultimately be Stanford's home.
