I’m Embarrassed
[UPDATE] Sports Illustrated takes a wack at figuring out Pac-12 (and the new Big-10/12) alignment. He supports the North/South alignment. Good points made.
RE: Previous Post. I didn’t report it. I don’t report anything BUT I probably should have known to wait until this CF was over with before saying a thing. Ladies and gentlemen, we now have our….PACIFIC-12!!!
Colorado had already joined. After Texas finished their massive screw over of everybody involved, deciding on staying in the Big-12…er, Big-10…whatever…and then creating their own network, Larry Scott invited Utah into the Pac-10. Utah will be Colorado’s travel partner. How the new Pac-12 will split up has yet to be finalized. The two most likely scenarios are:
North/South: UW, WSU, OSU, UO, Cal, and Stanford in the North. Utah, Colarado, USC, UCLA, UA, ASU.
This format essentially effs over the North Division schools by not providing consistent trips to recruiting hotbed southern California.
Zipper: WSU, USC, Stanford, UA, UO, and Colorado in on division. UW, UCLA, Cal, ASU, OSU, and Utah in the other.
This format creates much more travel costs than the North/South split but would allow for consistent trips for the NW (and Col/Utah) regions to more recruit-rich California and Arizona. The issue I have with the cost complaints is that I can’t imagine this format would create much more travel expenses than the teams in the current Pac-10 already incur.
I prefer the Zipper format and I think most fans would as well. Whether or not Larry Scott and the Pacific-12 school presidents agree with me is the question.
