Big Ten and Pac 12 are suspending plans for expanding scheduling across all sports

[BleedGopher]

per this tweet from Tom Dienhart:

"The Big Ten and Pac-12 have announced they are suspending plans for expanding scheduling across all sports."

Sheesh, how do these guys go about making a big announcement a few months back and then allow this to happen??

Go Gophers!!

 

[SelectionSunday]

nm

 

[gopherguy05]

Sounds like several Pac-10 schools were whining and bitching and they sunk the entire thing.....

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/53126/big-ten-pac-12-pact-dissolves-fans-lose

 

[GoAUpher]

Lame.

 

[Formo]

Boooooo!

 

[Schnauzer]

DANG! This sucks. I was really looking forward to this on an on-going basis. Was looking forward to the road trips, and having built-in good non-con games on the schedule every year. We better not continue to try to wiggle out of those North Carolina games now. ARRRRRRRG.

 

[FireDaveLee]

In a way, it's not surprising. If the Pac-12 had an 8 game conference schedule, I'm guessing it would totally be in. But with a team like USC with 9 games, Notre Dame (regardless of the jokes we all toss at them, they aren't a Mountain West opponent), and a good Big Ten team (let's face it, they would be playing Ohio State/Michigan/Nebraska/Wisconsin more often than they'd be playing Minnesota/Northwestern/Illinois), that's a pretty tall order.

I see it as the 8 vs. 9 game conference schedule. And I don't begrudge the Pac-12 for having that 9 game schedule at all. Too bad it won't work out; I was excited about the possibility of Washington/Arizona State/UCLA visiting & getting to play there.

 

[Gopherocious]

Hopefully Delany can get something like this together with another conference. It sounds like the B1G really wanted to make it happen.

 

[beavergopher]

This sucks! CA schools fault. Larry Scott blew this big time. Great venues for road trips. Now we get to go to Fargo and Brookings.

 

[overpass]

Sucks, but wouldn't mind the Pac 12 being replaced with the Big 12 now that they are stable again. Would make easier/cheaper travel.

 

[GoAUpher]

Sucks, but wouldn't mind the Pac 12 being replaced with the Big 12 now that they are stable again. Would make easier/cheaper travel.

Prob not going to happen for the same reasons. Since it has 10 teams the Big 12 also plays a 9 game conference schedule.

 

[highwayman]

Sucks, but wouldn't mind the Pac 12 being replaced with the Big 12 now that they are stable again. Would make easier/cheaper travel.