Remember a few weeks ago following the Oklahoma/Texas move to the SEC, we suggested that the Big 10, Pac 12, and ACC should form a bloc to combat the SEC on various topics, including the playoff proposal.
4) In parallel to Notre Dame this is where Phillips has to think outside the box. I really believe the Pac 12, Big 10, and ACC need to do something to combat the SEC. One for the good of college athletics or we could be looking at basically a 30-40 school top level between the SEC and probably a distant second Big 10.
While football is the driver, there’s a lot more to college athletics than that. You really can’t shrink further from four viable conferences. The Pac 12, Big 10, and ACC need to create scheduling agreements, TV events etc. Actually this could potentially be more realistic than landing Notre Dame.
If the Big 10, ACC, and Pac 12 have have sense, they’ll pump the breaks on the playoff proposal and start making amendments to the current proposal
I’m sure the commissioners of these conferences read this blog, and then got together. I can’t keep giving out free advice. Ok maybe they didn’t, but you get the idea. This was something that made sense to consider.
College football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire and friend of our blog reported on the ACC, Big 10, and Pac 12 exploring an alliance with credit to @NicoleAuerbach for originally breaking the story.
The Athletic broke the story late Friday afternoon that the Pac-12, Big Ten, and ACC — NOT the Big 12 — have been engaged in exploratory discussions about forming an alliance which would go well beyond football scheduling. It would likely be a way for the three conferences and their member institutions to band together on matters of college sports governance, carving out a path for their futures in a wide-ranging manner.
ESPN reports the alliance could incorporate scheduling as well.
The Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC have had preliminary discussions about forming an alliance, likely built around scheduling but possibly other areas, sources told ESPN.
It’s too early to say what will be the result of this, but one thing is clear.
Separately none could match the SEC. Together, as a bloc it is formidable group of schools and brands.
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