
It seems that most of the conference's decision makers understand that. But I don't see any options in the Big 12 footprint. If that means adding schools that actually carry their weight in that regard, great.

Which of the eight left-behind Big 12 schools is even the most desirable for the Pac-12? Texas Tech? Oklahoma State? Neither of those programs would bring much new to the equation, and this conference desperately needs to find a way to close the revenue gap first. Adding middling programs indiscriminately, without heavily scrutinizing the kind of revenue they bring, is exactly the type of panic move the Pac-12 should try to avoid. What he shouldn't do is raid the Big 12 for a collection of schools that add nothing to the Pac-12 outside of a new time zone. Please, George, do continue throughout this conference realignment saga. Kartje: Let me first just acknowledge that I fully support our new commissioner's cryptic sub-tweeting. "One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say to say." When I saw his report, it made perfect sense that the leak revealing the meeting between Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff was from the Big 12, which desperately needs to show the remaining eight schools that there could be some hope of salvaging the league. Max Olson, a national college football reporter with the Athletic, has his reporting roots in Big 12 country. McCollough: The first thing we should do before going down the rabbit hole of analyzing what a Pac-12/Big 12 collaboration could look like is understand where this news came from. Brady McCollough and USC reporter Ryan Kartje share what their sources are saying Pac-12 fans can expect as conference realignment reshapes the college football landscape.
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What does this mean exactly? Will we see a full-blown merger down the road? Will the two conferences potentially enter TV contract discussions as a group? Will any sort of alliance make the Pac-12 and Big 12 competitively stronger? The Pac-12 and Big 12 commissioners have met to discuss future partnership opportunities.

Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff fields questions during Pac-12 media day July 27 in Los Angeles.
