This seems like it may be the plan. There may be some hiccups but I'm sure they'll try to find good pairings....
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This could very well spell the demise for some 60 or 250 bowl games. It’s about time the insignificant games played in bad locations and empty stadiums die off.
Hopefully that will happen, but we will surely miss the Summer's Eve, Auto Zone Latte Bowl live from Petaluma California
Don't hold your breath. ESPN needs schit to fill air time, which is why they own and operate 17 games.
For f*ck’s sake.
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Sources: Big 12 mulls windfall for naming rights
The Big 12 is considering generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue by selling its naming rights to a title sponsor, sources told ESPN.
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Florida State earns win in legal battle vs. the ACC, hearing set to continue via paper
Florida State vs. the Atlantic Coast Conference returned to Leon County court on Tuesday morning and FSU scored a big win in its case.
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Very good question brought up in the article. Could the pendulum swing back the other way and these "super conferences" break apart back to their traditional and geographic footprints because of becoming too unwieldy and costly for the sports other than basketball and football?
It's time for the FTC to step in. Break it up like they are Standard Oil!
Already done to various degrees in the minor sports.
Big Ten commish: Sticking at 18 schools for now
Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said that the conference will remain at 18 schools for now.
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Sources: UConn in early talks for joining Big 12
The Big 12 and UConn are in discussions for the Huskies potentially joining the league, sources told ESPN, though a high-ranking conference official cautioned there is "a far distance between conversations and anything that would happen."
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Pac-12 poaches Mountain West schools to join Oregon State, Washington State as conference rebuilds
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State will join the Pac-12 in 2026
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Pac-12 poaches Mountain West schools to join Oregon State, Washington State as conference rebuilds
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State will join the Pac-12 in 2026
www.cbssports.com
Surprised UNLV isn’t on the list. Or maybe they will be later along with another university to get to eight.Pac-12 poaches Mountain West schools to join Oregon State, Washington State as conference rebuilds
Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State will join the Pac-12 in 2026
In almost all of the articles and tweets I've seen about the addition of the 4 Mountain West schools, there is mention of either surprise that UNLV is not also joining, or that they must be a target for the Pac-12.
Where will the MWC turn to stay alive?
What possible avenues are available to the Mountain West to survive conference realignment?
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Oregon State AD: New Pac-12 to expand 'quickly'
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes said the newly rebuilt Pac-12 will look to add at least two more schools for 2026 as quickly as possible.
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'We had no sense this was coming': Inside the Pac-12's four-team expansion
From 12 to 2 to 6 schools and counting, here's how the foremost western conference stayed alive.
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Pac-12 gutting Mountain West sparks fresh realignment stress at schools outside Power Four
For the first time, some programs outside power conferences have agency over their future. They also face risky, tough choices amid rising distrust.
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Pac-12 gutting Mountain West sparks fresh realignment stress at schools outside Power Four
For the first time, some programs outside power conferences have agency over their future. They also face risky, tough choices amid rising distrust.www.usatoday.com
Distrust? Don’t we have alliances?
What's at stake as Pac-12, Mountain West and American Athletic Conference plan their futures
The Pac-12's raid of the Mountain West won't be the last move in this round of conference realignment
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What am I missing? That menu of PAC-12 schools leaves everything to be desired. When Oregon St and Washington St are your premier programs, you’re doomed.What's at stake as Pac-12, Mountain West and American Athletic Conference plan their futures
The Pac-12's raid of the Mountain West won't be the last move in this round of conference realignment
Yeah, it’s not a great line up of schools. They’re taking part of the Mountain West and just renaming it the PAC- 6. At this point their best options to get to 8 are UNLV, New Mexico, Wyoming, or Air Force.
The real fight will be if they get the mandated 8 schools for a conference by the end of next year. If they push for the new PAC- 8 to be a P5 conference there needs to be serious pushback.
Not that I think it would happen, but a reconstituted Pac-Howevermany conference being designated "Power" would have no practical significance..
Only in the sense that their conference champ would then get an automatic playoff bid.
It would not. The five highest ranked conference champions get automatic berths, regardless of their designation, P, G, or anything else the media wants to call them. Even as things currently stand, it is possible, though probably unlikely, that Power 4 champion doesn't make the playoff.
Pac-12 expansion chaos: Mountain West in survival mode as Utah State defects, AAC schools rebuff interest
The Pac-12's attempt at expanding further has hit more than one roadblock
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Memphis, Tulane, USF, UTSA commit to AAC
Some of the highest-profile targets of the Pac-12's expansion have rebuffed its interest, as Memphis, Tulane, USF and UTSA all publicly committed to stay in the American Athletic Conference on Monday.
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Pac-12 might be resurrected, but former power conference is no longer as relevant
The zombie Pac-12 was resurrected, then it ran into an opposing force that we haven’t seen too often in college sports: Common sense.
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