The Pac-12 cans plans to expand
The conference announces it will not expand or take on any Big XII runaways.
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Speculation has been swirling since Texas and Oklahoma made the move to join the SEC—how will this affect the Pac-12? Will we use this as an opportunity to collect any teams leaping from the sinking ship of the Big XII? Will we nab some up-and-coming West Coast teams to strengthen our position in the face of the growing SEC doom?
Well, step one was to enter an alliance with the Big Ten and the ACC to… accomplish something that isn’t entirely clear yet.
Still, the possibility still remained for a step two to expand the Pac-12 into teenagedom, but the Pac-12 shot down that possibility with a press release today. The conference announced that they consulted the Pac-12’s “Presidents, Chancellors[,] and Athletic Directors” and came to the decision to stay at 12 schools due to our “current competitive strength and cohesiveness” and “our ability as a conference to best support our student-athletes and to grow and thrive both academically and athletically.”
So, twelve remains the magic number for the time being. Our apologies to the Texas Techs and Iowa States of the world because it’s not you—it’s us.
if the Pac 12 expands, i propose it should only include states where there is an In-N-Out…so that includes Nevada & Texas. what’s more West coast than In-N-Out? and hopefully In-N-Out will expand into WA soon too.
(Gobears49)
Nobody in the Pac 12 is going to leave that conference. If anything, we would add teams but I don't think that will happen either. Twelve teams fairly geographically close to one another is a perfect size. But if we lose to Nevada for the third time in a row (I think all three times we will have played them maybe they should join along with Boise St. or San Diego State (one additional North team and one additional South team). Really just kidding.