The story of the day is not originating from the SEC meetings in Florida, but from the PAC-10 and BIG XII. It appears as though the PAC-10 could make a grab for the footballs powers from the Big XII, and they stand to change the landscape forever. No offense Nebraska, but aren't you heading the BIG TEN.
The current teams on the board (unconfirmed)
- Texas (It always been about Texas)
- Texas A&M (Long Thought to be Attached to Texas at the Hip)
- Texas Tech (How long until Mike Leach has a coaching job and faces Tuberville in Lubbock?)
- Oklahoma (Now we're just stocking up on All-Americans, National Titles, and Heismans)
- Oklahoma State (T Boone is as sharp as they come)
- Colorado (Actually Coach Hawk, This ain't BIG XII football)
And why wouldn't the PAC-10 make a jump like this?
At the end of the day, College Football will be definitively changed in dramatic fashion. The PAC-16 changes everything. How the conference might break down is debatable, and honestly I think it will be hard to miss, as long as the tradition, rivalries and the energy of the Big XII are preserved in the new PAC-16. Larry Scott is way ahead of you.
At the end of the day, College Football will be definitively changed in dramatic fashion. The PAC-16 changes everything. How the conference might break down is debatable, and honestly I think it will be hard to miss, as long as the tradition, rivalries and the energy of the Big XII are preserved in the new PAC-16. Larry Scott is way ahead of you.
How does the SEC respond, now that it finds it's "Let's Sit Back and Wait" strategy not playing out so nicely? This strategy stands to completely back fire. Sure the contract they put together with ESPN a couple years back was lucrative at the time, and this plays largely in part to what we see the PAC-10 and BIG TEN currently via overtures to teams. This is big stakes poker, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Mike Slive knows what he is doing, and as he looks around the room of the Sandestin Hilton he finds himself surrounded by the best and brightest in the country.
Slive is not going to sit back any longer. He picks up Florida State and Miami and locks down Florida. He picks up Georgia Tech and Clemson and locks down Georgia and South Carolina. Unfortunately, Mike Slive will have to look like he's OK with not adding Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC dinner table.
Make no mistake the PAC-16 will bring home hefty returns if they can pull this out and the new conference actually sees the light of day.
