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USC and UCLA to the Big Ten

Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.

Jon Wilner

@wilnerhotline

Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.
 
If true, this will put a hurt on the PAC12. They will have to go after the bigger teams in the BIG12 like Baylor.
 
Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.

Jon Wilner
@wilnerhotline

Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.
Beat me to it, saw that. Not sure what to think.
 
Yeah he's a real person, not the usual WV types that run this stuff.
 
At the very least IMO you need 4 Western teams. If USC/UCLA left then I am sure Oregon and Washington would follow. Might as well take Arizona, Colorado, Utah too. Then just add Kansas to get an even number of teams.

I have said this before it makes a lot of sense for the B1G to have:

Northwest- Washington, Oregon, Stanford, Cal
Southwest- USC, UCLA, Utah, Arizona
Great Plains- Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
North- Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois
Great Lakes- Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana
East- Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland

Then you can pick off the ACC and get to 30/36 teams.
 
ND must be irate because they've been checkmated into probably joining the Big 10 with their kissing cousin USC at home there now.

Buckle up, we're going to see some real turbulence for the BC/Syracuse/Pitt type schools now
ACC (1/5 + 6 + 2misc) = 14 games
Boston College (MA)
Syracuse (NY)
Pittsburgh (PA)
West Virginia (WV)
Cincinnati (OH)
Duke (NC)
Wake Forest (NC)
UCF (FL)
Miami (FL)
Tulane (LA)
Baylor (TX)
Houston (TX)
Big 12 (1/5 + 6 + 2misc) = 14 games
Iowa St (IA)
Kansas St (KS)
Oklahoma St (OK)
Texas Tech (TX)
TCU (TX)
Colorado St (CO)
BYU (UT)
Boise St (ID)
Oregon St (OR)
Washington St (WA)
Arizona St (AZ)
San Diego St (CA)
 
ACC (1/5 + 6 + 2misc) = 14 games
Boston College (MA)
Syracuse (NY)
Pittsburgh (PA)
West Virginia (WV)
Cincinnati (OH)
Duke (NC)
Wake Forest (NC)
UCF (FL)
Miami (FL)
Tulane (LA)
Baylor (TX)
Houston (TX)
Big 12 (1/5 + 6 + 2misc) = 14 games
Iowa St (IA)
Kansas St (KS)
Oklahoma St (OK)
Texas Tech (TX)
TCU (TX)
Colorado St (CO)
BYU (UT)
Boise St (ID)
Oregon St (OR)
Washington St (WA)
Arizona St (AZ)
San Diego St (CA)
The ACC and Big 12 should immediately combine as 1 conference starting next year.
 
At the very least IMO you need 4 Western teams. If USC/UCLA left then I am sure Oregon and Washington would follow. Might as well take Arizona, Colorado, Utah too. Then just add Kansas to get an even number of teams.

I have said this before it makes a lot of sense for the B1G to have:

Northwest- Washington, Oregon, Stanford, Cal
Southwest- USC, UCLA, Utah, Arizona
Great Plains- Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
North- Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois
Great Lakes- Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana
East- Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland

Then you can pick off the ACC and get to 30/36 teams.
All the PAC candidates are members of the same elite academic club
 
ND must be irate because they've been checkmated into probably joining the Big 10 with their kissing cousin USC at home there now.

Buckle up, we're going to see some real turbulence for the BC/Syracuse/Pitt type schools now

If the B1G added ND, SU, BC, Pitt then they would control every state on the North and West. At that point the Southern ACC schools would be forced to chose B1G or SEC.
 
Colorado and Utah would make sense in the Big 12. Especially with BYU heading there.
 
All the PAC candidates are members of the same elite academic club

They would gladly join the B1G (CIC and AAU) to leave behind Arizona State, Washington State, Oregon State.
 
At the very least IMO you need 4 Western teams. If USC/UCLA left then I am sure Oregon and Washington would follow. Might as well take Arizona, Colorado, Utah too. Then just add Kansas to get an even number of teams.

I have said this before it makes a lot of sense for the B1G to have:

Northwest- Washington, Oregon, Stanford, Cal
Southwest- USC, UCLA, Utah, Arizona
Great Plains- Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
North- Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois
Great Lakes- Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana
East- Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland

Then you can pick off the ACC and get to 30/36 teams.
Under this model the SEC will pick off seven or eight ACC teams to get to 24 members.
 
So where are Clemson and Florida State going?
 

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