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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — On a clear, warm, late-summer Friday, the Pac-12 never looked so good. Colorado State athletic director John Weber and president Amy Parsons couldn’t contain their joy. They were suddenly stewards of a 109-year-old tradition.
A tradition that no longer existed — until it did once again.
The Pac-12 returned last week, albeit in a significantly altered form. When Oregon State and Washington State convinced Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Boise State to join their conference under the Pac-12 banner, it set off another round of realignment — one could reach as far as Florida and impact powerhouses in Montana as well as the Dakotas.
“We’re basically rebooting a conference,” said Weber, a veteran businessman with an engineering background.
The new “Six Pac” has remade itself with the addition of those four Mountain West schools but is still two short, per NCAA rules, before it meets the eight-team minimum required to be recognized as an FBS conference. It’s also short in another area: a TV partner. You know, the financial glue that keeps conferences together.
The Pac-12 under George Kliavkoff imploded from within because conference executives misread the market. It can be argued the new iteration of the league is in more tenuous shape because it doesn’t have a media rights partner, nor is it eligible to be recognized as an FBS conference. How do you bid on something that doesn’t exist yet?
CBS Sports was able to speak to Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould about that subject approximately 30 hours after the latest realignment move. The addition of those four schools came together at the last minute, which is why the likes of Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez and her remaining teams were…
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Author : Dennis Dodd
Publish date : 2024-09-16 17:32:09
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