HelenaHandBasket said:
Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy
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USC & UCLA move to Big Ten should be completed by Friday & Big Ten may not stop at 16, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. Big 12 may get aggressive & look to add Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado & Utah. “We’re headed to super conferences,” source said
Exactly. We're down from the Power 5 to the Power 4. The Pac12 is no more. None of the remaining Pac 12 teams can be left behind if they want to maintain their Power 4 status. Remember, this is all about markets. This will touch off a bidding war for the remaining major markets--the Bay Area (Stanford and Cal), Phoenix, (Arizona and Arizona State), and Seattle (UDub.) (Portland is not a major market but it does have Oregon and Phil Knight.) Washington State and Oregon State are left behind.
How does this affect the MWC? Boise State moves up to one of the bigger conferences. Oregon State and Washington State move to the MWC. There's possible talk of expansion, in which Montana and Montana State become candidates.
We're back to the old "move up" debate.