Reports have indicated that the Big 12 has been in "deep discussions" with Pac-12 members, but for now it appears the realignment process has pressed pause. SHARE Amid conference realignment chaos, what’s next for the Big 12 Brad Clements carries off a mannequin wearing a Texas football uniform as he dismantles the stage after the Big 12 media days in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, July 14, 2022. 'The numbers look like they favor us,' one Big 12 AD said. As the Big 12 holds its annual football media days beginning Wednesday, conference realignment will again be one of the most-discussed topics as will be the quarterbacks who have transferred. Now that those blue-chip properties are on the move, the Pac-12 might be more open to a merger. Without Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12 is valued north of 30 million annually per school, CBS Sports reported last week. That idea was shot down at the time by the Pac-12, which thought it had USC and UCLA in its future plans. The two conferences seen as the "losers" of the latest college football realignment have been in talks with each other in the recent past.īack after Texas and OU announced their intent to leave, then-Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby proposed his league merge with the Pac-12. We're engaged in meaningful conversation, and we'll see where it takes us." Big 12 and Pac-12 have talked before
That's not my mindset, and obviously whatever we do needs to be additive and not diluted.
"Sometimes the best deals are the ones that you don't make, because we don't want to just do a deal for the sake of the deal.