![]() Would the Big 12 now be attractive to Arizona and Arizona State? We’ll find out soon enough. The Official Athletic Site of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Big 12 actually has a more stable situation than the Pac-12 now and probably would have some success raiding some of the Pac-12.Īt least the schools in the Big 12 (which added Brigham Young, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston) already know that the Big Ten and SEC have minimal interest and can act strategically to build the third- or fourth-best conference going forward. The most comprehensive coverage of The Fighting Irish Football roster, schedule game summaries, scores, highlights on the web. Think they’re going to come out here now, knowing that the remaining big-name programs are going to be desperately pitching themselves to the Big Ten and probably the SEC? A Notre Dame schedule with games against LSU, Alabama and Georgia every season would be just as appetizing as a Big Ten schedule, and the SEC’s dominance proves it’s by far the best football. Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Kansas and company all felt spurned by the Pac-12’s lack of interest in what they had to offer. ![]() The Pac-12 likely could have had its pick of the remaining Big 12 schools last summer. The financial boon awaiting UCLA with the Big Ten, coupled with its athletes playing on a more visible stage, spurred the decision to leave the Pac-12. UCLA Sports Analysis: UCLA’s move to Big Ten is a win before kickoff for Martin Jarmond and Bruins If Notre Dame rebuffs the Big Ten and elects to stay independent in football and play other sports in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it’s possible the Big Ten takes a pause and continues to consider the remaining Pac-12 brands and ACC brands that fit the Big Ten model, such as North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia Tech. That means Notre Dame will be the next driver in any movement with the Big Ten, which has long coveted the Fighting Irish for all of the obvious reasons - brand power, football tradition, academic reputation and location. Maybe the preferences of USC and UCLA - Fox’s priority because of the the brands and the Los Angeles market - have something to do with that?. It would have been a natural assumption that a pairing of Oregon and Washington would follow their longtime conference brethren, but that is off the Big Ten’s board for now. Multiple sources told The Times that the Big Ten will not be adding another Pac-12 school at this time. How exclusive will the Power Two be now that they’re both at 16 schools? What is the Big Ten’s (and Fox’s) next move? How will the SEC (and ESPN) respond? Is the Pac-12 doomed? Let’s dive into the latest realignment madness.
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