I can understand the agony amongst Cal fans but I’m confident that should the PAC-12 collapse—as expected this week—the Big Ten will invite Cal and Stanford. It probably won’t be full revenue share but a lot more than anything the Big XII or ACC gets. Washington might also be in the mix. Oregon just doesn’t fit the Big Ten profile. It’s …
I can understand the agony amongst Cal fans but I’m confident that should the PAC-12 collapse—as expected this week—the Big Ten will invite Cal and Stanford. It probably won’t be full revenue share but a lot more than anything the Big XII or ACC gets. Washington might also be in the mix. Oregon just doesn’t fit the Big Ten profile. It’s a small market, small student body, lowest academic research funding among P5 schools (they have a larger athletic budget than research lol). If the Big Ten can convince Notre Dame to join then I think Washington and Notre Dame would be added as a package. That would bring the conference to 20 schools.
I can understand the agony amongst Cal fans but I’m confident that should the PAC-12 collapse—as expected this week—the Big Ten will invite Cal and Stanford. It probably won’t be full revenue share but a lot more than anything the Big XII or ACC gets. Washington might also be in the mix. Oregon just doesn’t fit the Big Ten profile. It’s a small market, small student body, lowest academic research funding among P5 schools (they have a larger athletic budget than research lol). If the Big Ten can convince Notre Dame to join then I think Washington and Notre Dame would be added as a package. That would bring the conference to 20 schools.