Pac-12 fans are going to want to hug Commissioner Larry Scott.
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No new Sean Miller rumors this week?
Good. Now we can go back to talking about the games. Specifically, what does the new Pac-12 media rights deal mean to those of us who watch the games?
The Wildcats would rather see Jake Locker doing this…
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With Oregon’s thrashing of UCLA already in the books TWIT-Pac has a light schedule this weekend.
Stanford’s home date with Washington State will be nothing more than target practice but the two games involving the Arizona schools are crossroads-type games that should be highly competitive.
That is, of course, unless the UA and ASU haven’t finished celebrating their divisional coup from Thursday’s Pac-12 announcement.
The Pac-10 is no more.
Right this moment it’s the Pac-11, or – if you’re so inclined – Paco Once.
But there will be a 12th team. The only question is if four more teams join on top of that.
After three decades of standing still the Pac-10 has started moving at breakneck speed. In a December conference commissioner Larry Scott said, “We’re hard-pressed to really see how you improve upon the structure of the Pac-10 as it is with five sets of natural rivals in four states.”
In February Scott said, “We’re looking at (expansion) very seriously.” But talks weren’t supposed to heat up for six to 12 months.
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On June 6 the Pac-10 gave Scott “the authority to pursue any possible expansion, while not committing the conference to adding any more schools.” Four days later Colorado was officially a member and the rumors of a 16-school super conference were swirling in full force.
How did we get here? And do we want to go where we’re apparently heading? Let’s break it down.
