Yeah, Oregon and Washington were so 'loyal' to the Pac-12 that they immediately applied for Big10 membership as soon as the LA schools left. Funny how loyalty is a relative thing?
Yeah, Oregon and Washington were so 'loyal' to the Pac-12 that they immediately applied for Big10 membership as soon as the LA schools left. Funny how loyalty is a relative thing?
I hope not... B1G is a northeast (quadrant) conference. I don't see Oregon or Washington (nor USC nor UCLA for that matter) fitting in there or being considered equal members of their conference. Not to mention that the style of football they traditionally play there is designed to grind down the opponent. I don't know how well any modern day Pac12 team will do going through an entire season of that. I think you'd be obligated to change to the traditional B1G style of football and recruit to build that kind of team in the future (which probably means more recruiting of the Midwest and Southeast where the big boys are more plentiful). Not that that's bad but it just isn't traditional Pac12 style football.
Mostly a panic reaction I think, though, as opposed to some pre-existing disloyalty toward the conference as the two Southern California schools appear to have had.
Yeah, Oregon and Washington were so 'loyal' to the Pac-12 that they immediately applied for Big10 membership as soon as the LA schools left. Funny how loyalty is a relative thing?
Oregon and UDub are gone if the Big-10 door opens a crack.
I hope not... B1G is a northeast (quadrant) conference. I don't see Oregon or Washington (nor USC nor UCLA for that matter) fitting in there or being considered equal members of their conference. Not to mention that the style of football they traditionally play there is designed to grind down the opponent. I don't know how well any modern day Pac12 team will do going through an entire season of that. I think you'd be obligated to change to the traditional B1G style of football and recruit to build that kind of team in the future (which probably means more recruiting of the Midwest and Southeast where the big boys are more plentiful). Not that that's bad but it just isn't traditional Pac12 style football.
Mostly a panic reaction I think, though, as opposed to some pre-existing disloyalty toward the conference as the two Southern California schools appear to have had.