Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Michigan Tuesday: Did the Big 10 Kill the PAC 12?

If you're old like me, you used to watch Michigan make the Rose Bowl almost every year of your childhood to watch them get beat by a PAC 10 team.  This Michigan Bowl curse has gone on for decades.


Now the Big Ten has cherry picked the conference's two best programs in USC and UCLA and the conference seems to be on life support.  They haven't signed a TV contract yet and folks like ESPN are out.  Coach Prime is winning the off season by continuously over hauling the Colorado roster and playing a Spring game in the snow.   Now, Washington State has to put in some corporate type of pullbacks to save money.  

In the corporate world, when a Pandemic hits or the economy starts to turn, corporations put on a hiring freeze and shut down travel.   Washington State did just that yesterday as its PAC 12 TV money hasn't been what it used to be and some questionable spending. 

Seems the PAC 12/10, ACC, and Big 12 are conferences on the outside looking in to the Big 10 and SEC. 

  • The NBA is ending up with a Miami vs. Denver championship instead of Boston vs. LA (if the Heat win tonight) after getting swept.   Not great for ratings.  You know what also isn't great for ratings? Taking over a week off between the series.  
  • Papa Kante former Michigan Basketball commit who had his own issues with admissions, has signed with Pitt.


1 comment:

Ron said...

Didn't USC and UCLA petition the Big ten to get into the conference.. they wanted in pac-10 killed itself