The conference of champions appears to be in crisis.
Colorado’s announcement Thursday that
The questions now: Can the Pac-12 stop bleeding membership? And if not, does it trigger conferences beyond the Big 12 to target its schools? Will Colorado’s move trigger another wide-ranging round of realignment? “All the direction I’m getting from leadership ... is to focus on USC and UCLA. We have a lot of work to do there,” new Commissioner Tony Petitti said at Big Ten football media days this week.A cheerleader carries the school flag across the end zone to mark a Colorado touchdown in the third quarter in a 31-28 overtime victory against Colorado State on Sept. 1, 2007, in Denver. Colorado is leaving the Pac-12 to return to the Big 12.
The Big 12 replaced the star quality brands of Texas and Oklahoma with quantity and reach . The Big 12 will never catch up at the bank to the SEC and Big Ten, but it has more stability and harmony than the beleaguered Pac-12 and anxious Atlantic Coast Conference.
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