Pac-12 collapse: A 5-step guide to rebuilding the conference around 4 schools left behind
It was the summer of devastation for the Pac-12, the summer the conference collapsed in ash and ruin.A pay-for-play scandal at four schools led to the breakup of what was then known as the Pacific Coast Conference.As of next summer, only four schools will remain following the mass exodus late last week: Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State.
If the Cardinal and Bears land in the Big Ten or ACC — or decide to compete as Independents — then Washington State and Oregon State likely would move into the Mountain West. The conference will generate more than $500 million in the 2024 fiscal year from broadcast contracts, the NCAA Tournament and the College Football Playoff.
Stanford president Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down at the end of the month following an academic scandal, with Richard Saller taking over as the school’s interim boss. If the schools make a change and hire an interim commissioner to get through the storm, our suggestion is Bob Thompson, the retired Fox Sports president and Oregon alum.If the four schools decide to rebuild the Pac-12, they must add at least two members in order to become an officially recognized conference by the NCAA.
In addition to a combination of San Diego State, Fresno State, Colorado State and Boise State from the Mountain West, why not add SMU, Rice and Tulane from the American? The Zags would make more money in a rebuilt Pac-12 than they do in the WCC, in part because the conference would be entitled to all the March Madness revenue generated by the eight departing schools.
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