If the other three major conferences can’t get the money some of the blue-blood schools suspect they deserve, we could see more teams like Oregon and Washington asking for a spot at the table with the Big Ten and SEC sooner rather than later. But it would be a deal that is unprecedented in major sports, and the first of its kind at the Power 5 level.Įither way, the formation of a Power 2 has already begun with the Big Ten and SEC stealing powerhouses from the Pac-12 and Big 12, respectively. “The future of how the sport is comprised - hinges on whether or not the Pac-12 can get a reasonable TV deal,” said Thamel.Īmazon and Apple were two out-of-the-box options he mentioned as potential landing spots for the Pac-12’s next network deal. This could all spark quite a bit of action. Thamel also noted in the interview there are flares going up in the ACC with National Championship-caliber teams like Clemson and Florida State making less money than Vanderbilt and Mississippi State with the current state of the ACC’s TV deal. That’s why the Big Ten felt the need to add the California powerhouses after the SEC added Texas and Oklahoma just months earlier. What does this look like? I bet it will be a punch, counter-punch situation with the SEC. They want to bring in more Pac-12 schools. I think they’re going to be very aggressive because I still think their plan never was just add UCLA and USC and leave them on an island. ![]() The future of the Pac-12 is largely dependent on how aggressive the Big Ten gets. But I think within the next two or three years or sooner, that they will. Now does that mean the Big Ten is going to add somebody next week or next month? No. The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy spoke on just that while appearing on “The Solid Verbal” podcast:įrom the people I talk to, they tell me that expansion is not dead. Once Texas and Oklahoma dropped their bombshell last year to go to the SEC, the Big 12 cobbled up what they could and acted quickly to get BYU, and the best from the AAC in UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston. New commissioner Tony Petitti’s full attention is on saving that deal and keeping all the schools happy with their payout, but it would seem odd to just bring in USC and UCLA without any other West Coast expansion in the foreseeable future. One conference, in particular, knows realignment more than most that’s the Big 12 Conference. As of now, it certainly is not a priority as the conference has a mess to deal with in its own TV deal that has schools giving money back to the networks, putting the deal with NBC, CBS and FOX in jeopardy for THIS FALL (thanks, Kevin Warren). ![]() The question remains if the Big Ten wants to continue to expand. The Pac-12’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the 2023 season. Thamel spoke about the possibilities of Colorado potentially returning to the Big 12, and Arizona, Utah and Arizona State being in “an interesting spot” depending on the conference's new TV deal. From the says that Oregon and Washington have "pretty much staked their claim that they want to go to the Big Ten." /zduy4jVDDI- Dan Plocher May 22, 2023
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