Well, the words of Kevin Warren in his opening remarks at Big Ten media days can't come as much comfort to the Pac. Two things stood out:
1) He all but came right out and stated the Big Ten is not done expanding. He didn't get specific on who or when it will happen again, but in discussing it he used words like "bold" and "aggressive."
Well, the words of Kevin Warren in his opening remarks at Big Ten media days can't come as much comfort to the Pac. Two things stood out:
1) He all but came right out and stated the Big Ten is not done expanding. He didn't get specific on who or when it will happen again, but in discussing it he used words like "bold" and "aggressive."
2) He pretty much said that USC and UCLA will provide the Big Ten football content for the late night TV windows that were previously the exclusive domain of the Pac-12, at least among Power 5 conferences. I doubt that with just two schools out West the Big Ten/Fox could have a full season of late night content, but even just 4-5 weeks a season of Big Ten games at 10:30pm ET could devalue what ESPN, or whoever, would be willing to pay the Pac for those games with the competition for viewers from a bigger-name conference.
Well, the words of Kevin Warren in his opening remarks at Big Ten media days can't come as much comfort to the Pac. Two things stood out:
1) He all but came right out and stated the Big Ten is not done expanding. He didn't get specific on who or when it will happen again, but in discussing it he used words like "bold" and "aggressive."
2) He pretty much said that USC and UCLA will provide the Big Ten football content for the late night TV windows that were previously the exclusive domain of the Pac-12, at least among Power 5 conferences. I doubt that with just two schools out West the Big Ten/Fox could have a full season of late night content, but even just 4-5 weeks a season of Big Ten games at 10:30pm ET could devalue what ESPN, or whoever, would be willing to pay the Pac for those games with the competition for viewers from a bigger-name conference.