The Big Ten has been open to expansion for a while now. Bringing Penn State and Nebraska aboard made a ton of sense. Some may argue that Rutgers and Maryland were a bit of a reach and the thought they were going to drag in the NY and DC TV markets was not exactly on point. Now, the Big Ten is a national conference with the introduction of UCLA, USC and just this weekend Washinton and Oregon.
The PAC 12 failed to get a TV deal and all the programs ran to other conferences. Arizona, ASU, Utah and of course Colorado are heading to the Big 12. The PAC 12 now has 4 members Stanford, Washington State, CAL, and Oregon State. Stanford of course is one of the premier academic and Olympic sports universities in the world, the issue is in their revenue generating sports, which have been down for a few years. If I'm the PAC 4 commissioner, I'm on the phone with the ACC. Please take our 4 teams. They could be the PACC - Pacific Atlantic Coast Conference. Here is the new logo:
How does this affect the Wolverines? There will be a ton of really late-night basketball games when the Wolverines travel West. I will assume with basketball they will set schedules that when a team flies out west they hit a Thursday - Saturday/Sunday game with two west coast opponents.
I know I have mentioned this before but there are a few things that continue to confound me about Michigan Football.
1. Why the Wolverines struggle playing meaningful games after Ohio State. (poor bowl and playoff record). (Please don't count the year when Michigan travelled to Hawaii and the A-Train had like 300 yards. A 🚄!)
2. Why do the Wolverines struggle so much when they travel West?
Both 1 & 2 are related of course. Michigan used to travel west all the time to play in the Rose Bowl and even their last game in Arizona had the same result.
This will at least bring some interesting match-ups and allow Michigan fans to travel west to some new stadiums. I'm in for a Bandon Dunes - Michigan Football package?
- Gatlin Bair picked Boise State over Michigan the weekend. We will see if he sticks with that commitment in 3 years after his mission trip. Michigan still needs WR's and CB's in this class.
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Rumor Mill has it, that Dante
Moore, is already considering transferring out of UCLA, he's not happy with his nil deal. This doesn't surprise me at all he seemed like that type of recruit
Ron- I think Moore is afraid of having Michigan on his schedule and getting his legs broke.
He, Dante, denied that report, and there is NO problem.
Sounds more like the same ol story of; kid gets promised the starting job and told he's Tom Brady only to show up and have to compete. Get's his feel goods hurt and wants to quit.
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