The Big Ten approves adding 2 iconic California brands: UCLA and USC
2 years, 5 months ago

The Big Ten approves adding 2 iconic California brands: UCLA and USC

NPR  

The Big Ten approves adding 2 iconic California brands: UCLA and USC Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark J. Terrill/AP Mark J. Terrill/AP In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. Sponsor Message Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said USC and UCLA, both members of the Pac-12 and its previous iterations for nearly a century, submitted applications for membership and the league's Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted unanimously to add the Los Angeles schools. "Ultimately, the Big Ten is the best home for USC and Trojan athletics as we move into the new world of collegiate sports," USC athletic director Mike Bohn said. Losing flagship schools like USC and UCLA is a major blow to the Pac-12, which has had a long and amicable relationship with the Big Ten best exemplified by its Rose Bowl partnership.

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Big Ten women’s basketball schedule brings USC, UCLA to conference’s easternmost schools
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Big Ten women’s basketball schedule brings USC, UCLA to conference’s easternmost schools

Associated Press  

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The 14 current Big Ten teams each will play two women’s basketball conference games on the West Coast in 2024-25 and incoming members Southern California and UCLA each will play two games at the easternmost schools. The Big Ten announced the breakdown of conference opponents for the 18-team league on Tuesday. Each team will have an 18-game …

Pac-12 Signing Day: Oregon lands top-five class as it prepares to head to Big Ten
1 year ago

Pac-12 Signing Day: Oregon lands top-five class as it prepares to head to Big Ten

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oregon’s class is ranked behind only Ohio State among its new Big Ten counterparts. Southern California’s class ranked second among 2023 Pac-12 schools and would be fifth in the new Big Ten, behind Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and Michigan. LEADER OF THE PACK Oregon signed …

Expanding Big Ten weighs competition, rivalries, TV ratings and road trips to make football schedule
1 year, 2 months ago

Expanding Big Ten weighs competition, rivalries, TV ratings and road trips to make football schedule

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Weighing competitive balance, traditional rivalries, television ratings and some very long road trips, the Big Ten produced 262 versions of a football schedule to find the one that best fit its soon-to-be 18-team, bicoastal conference. Big Ten Chief Operating Officer Kerry Kenny said the conference wants …

USC and UCLA’s Big Ten schedules won’t feature Oregon or Washington every season
1 year, 2 months ago

USC and UCLA’s Big Ten schedules won’t feature Oregon or Washington every season

LA Times  

Big Ten officials had already completed the complex work of piecing together a new conference schedule including two new members when the conference added two more schools in early August. Adding Oregon and Washington a few months after USC and UCLA meant reconsidering how to handle scheduling within the Big Ten’s new West Coast enclave. But the four new Big …

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU
1 year, 3 months ago

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Joining the ACC will ensure the Power Conference competitive infrastructure and long-term media revenues that are critical for our student-athletes to compete.” For the ACC, adding three schools will increase media rights revenue from its long-term deal with ESPN and allow the conference to spread much …

Stanford and Cal's ACC move shows college sports are broken
1 year, 3 months ago

Stanford and Cal's ACC move shows college sports are broken

LA Times  

It’s the fall of 2024. This scenario is just one of the ridiculous ideas I’ve seen floated on how to make Stanford, Cal and SMU’s move to the ACC — made official Friday morning — work out for the hundreds of affected athletes who don’t play football or men’s basketball. The leadership at those prestigious California institutions simply was unwilling …

Stanford, Cal and SMU join the ACC, potentially cementing the death of the Pac-12
1 year, 3 months ago

Stanford, Cal and SMU join the ACC, potentially cementing the death of the Pac-12

LA Times  

California running back Jaydn Ott, top, fumbles the ball while attempting to dive into the end zone against Stanford in Berkeley, Calif., on Nov. 19. While most industry observers expect the schools to join the Mountain West Conference, the San Jose Mercury News reports Oregon State and Washington State plan to take their time reviewing legal options because they could …

Big Ten grabs Oregon, Washington; Big 12 completes Pac-12 raid with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah
1 year, 4 months ago

Big Ten grabs Oregon, Washington; Big 12 completes Pac-12 raid with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Dealing a crushing combination to the Pac-12 on Friday, the Big Ten announced Oregon and Washington would be joining the conference next August, and the Big 12 completed its raid of the beleaguered league by adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah. The Big Ten a short …

Oregon and Washington join Big Ten, putting Pac-12 in peril
1 year, 4 months ago

Oregon and Washington join Big Ten, putting Pac-12 in peril

LA Times  

Stanford football coach David Shaw speaks at Pac-12 media day in July 2022. It’s crazy to think that Stanford — the most successful athletic department in the country when it comes to winning championships, having won 26 of the 29 Directors’ Cups honoring the most titles across all NCAA sanctioned sports — would not find a home in one of …

Oregon, Washington to join Big Ten in 2024 as Pac-12 stumbles further
1 year, 4 months ago

Oregon, Washington to join Big Ten in 2024 as Pac-12 stumbles further

New York Times  

The Big Ten officially approved Oregon and Washington as new members, with competition to begin in all sports in 2024-25, the conference announced Friday. Afterward, the Big Ten presidents and chancellors met, and the group eventually agreed to offer official invitations to Oregon and Washington — to become the league’s 17th and 18th members. The additions come barely 14 months …

Pac-12 being pushed to brink as Big Ten joins Big 12 in honing in on West Coast schools
1 year, 4 months ago

Pac-12 being pushed to brink as Big Ten joins Big 12 in honing in on West Coast schools

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The boards of regents for Arizona’s two biggest universities, along with the University of Washington, had special meetings Thursday night, ramping up speculation that more Pac-12 schools could leave the flailing conference. That payout would be about half what current Big Ten members will receive when …

Commentary: USC may not be able to escape its Oregon problem in Big Ten after all
1 year, 4 months ago

Commentary: USC may not be able to escape its Oregon problem in Big Ten after all

LA Times  

During the past year, USC and UCLA expected they would be the only Pac-12 schools invited to join the Big Ten — that they were the lone West Coast powers selected to elevate the brand of the country’s oldest major college sports conference. The Big Ten is likely to wait for the Pac-12’s demise to be furthered by Arizona and …

UCLA and USC will join the Big Ten in one year. This is their plan for an elite move
1 year, 4 months ago

UCLA and USC will join the Big Ten in one year. This is their plan for an elite move

LA Times  

As their old conference ticks its way toward a shriveled, uncertain future — schools skedaddling seemingly by the day — UCLA and USC have formally commenced the countdown toward a more assured fate. “You’re not going to play a game later than 8 o’clock on the East Coast because of the time slots the Big Ten has,” UCLA football coach …

Why did Big Ten add Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland? Jim Delany reflects on realignment impact
1 year, 5 months ago

Why did Big Ten add Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland? Jim Delany reflects on realignment impact

New York Times  

Perhaps the most impactful moment in realignment history took place on an overcast, cold afternoon on Dec. 15, 2009, in Park Ridge, Ill. Nine days after the 11-member Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors met in person at league headquarters, the Big Ten office issued a 287-word news release that shook college athletics like an earthquake. Between Penn State’s …

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season
1 year, 6 months ago

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season

LA Times  

USC coach Lincoln Riley directs pregame warmups before a win over Fresno State on Sept. 17. UCLA’s first Big Ten schedule will include Ohio State, Northwestern, Nebraska, Minnesota and USC at the Rose Bowl in addition to road games against Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Rutgers. “That said, it’s exciting to see the future conference matchups fans will get to experience …

UCLA athletes say they value being in same conference as USC as UC regents mull vote
2 years, 1 month ago

UCLA athletes say they value being in same conference as USC as UC regents mull vote

LA Times  

UCLA players celebrate a touchdown by running back Keegan Jones against Arizona. UCLA officials believe the roughly eight-figure outlay for enhanced nutrition, travel, academic support and mental health services will be more than offset by additional revenue that comes from joining the Big Ten. The conference switch also would prevent UCLA from eliminating Olympic sports teams, something the school said …

Pac-12’s Kliavkoff jabs Big 12, touts future after USC, UCLA
2 years, 4 months ago

Pac-12’s Kliavkoff jabs Big 12, touts future after USC, UCLA

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Kliavkoff confirmed the Pac-12 is actively exploring expansion and lobbed several feisty jabs at the Big 12 during an eventful opening speech at his conference’s football media day Friday in the nation’s second-largest media market. While painting a promising picture of the league’s future even after …

After adding USC and UCLA, Big Ten leaves door open to more expansion
2 years, 4 months ago

After adding USC and UCLA, Big Ten leaves door open to more expansion

LA Times  

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren talks to reporters during the conference’s media days at Lucas Oil Stadium on Tuesday in Indianapolis. That figures to be a massive infusion of cash for each school given that the Big Ten’s new media rights agreement is expected to top $1 billion — a deal that Warren said would be announced “sooner than later.” …

USC, UCLA will enter Big Ten as full members in 2024
2 years, 4 months ago

USC, UCLA will enter Big Ten as full members in 2024

New York Times  

INDIANAPOLIS — USC and UCLA will enter the Big Ten as vested members in 2024, a departure from the league’s previous position of requiring a waiting period for new schools. “USC and UCLA will come in as full members,” Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said Tuesday. I know we’ll reach that decision here pretty quickly.” Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers all …

After Big Ten moves, will conference realignment trickle down to Group of 5 again?
2 years, 5 months ago

After Big Ten moves, will conference realignment trickle down to Group of 5 again?

New York Times  

Here we go again? It’s also not known if Boise State would actually increase the per-school TV payouts in a Power 5 league, though it’s possible any G5 school could take less than a full share as part of a move. The Central Valley makes up one of the biggest TV markets in the country #ForTheV pic.twitter.com/TMnPHnrcyA — Fresno State …

Everything you need to know about UCLA and USC joining the Big Ten
2 years, 5 months ago

Everything you need to know about UCLA and USC joining the Big Ten

LA Times  

A Southern California native and veteran of several Big Ten winters, Myles Johnson knows the first words likely uttered by former Pac-12 athletes once their new conference smacks them like a midwinter Lake Michigan breeze. Bruins guard Jaylen Clark retweeted a meme of a frightened boy being roused from bed, alongside a caption that read, “USC and UCLA players waking …

Breaking down what a move to the Big Ten means for UCLA and USC Olympic sports
2 years, 5 months ago

Breaking down what a move to the Big Ten means for UCLA and USC Olympic sports

LA Times  

The UCLA softball team defeated Oklahoma to win the 2019 NCAA title in Oklahoma City. Women’s tennis Last national champion from the Pac-12: Stanford, 2019 Last national champion from the Big Ten: None What they’re getting into: UCLA and USC will be happy to get away from Stanford. Men’s track and field Last national champion from the Pac-12: Oregon, 2015 …

Who Should Be Most Terrified by USC and UCLA’s Move to the Big Ten?
2 years, 5 months ago

Who Should Be Most Terrified by USC and UCLA’s Move to the Big Ten?

Slate  

College football has always been a factional exercise. That has been the Big Ten, which lacks the SEC’s easy recruiting footprint but has other assets—bigger population centers and some enormous alumni bases—that have brought it even more television money. Jon Wilner, the Pac-12 Hotline reporter who broke the news, was among several who suggested the Big Ten’s shopping spree might …

Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024
2 years, 5 months ago

Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said USC and UCLA, both members of the Pac-12 and its previous iterations for nearly a century, submitted applications for membership and the league’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted unanimously to add the Los Angeles schools. “Ultimately, the Big Ten …

Analysis: UCLA's move to Big Ten is a win before kickoff for Martin Jarmond and Bruins
2 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: UCLA's move to Big Ten is a win before kickoff for Martin Jarmond and Bruins

LA Times  

UCLA’s athletic deficit crisis could be solved by a new benefactor freely spewing cash. “College athletics is changing, and UCLA has always led in times of change,” Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond told The Times after its conference switcheroo alongside USC starting in 2024 was officially announced. Perhaps no one inside the UCLA or USC athletic departments knows better than …

How did USC and UCLA join the Big Ten so quickly? Inside a game-changing shift in CFB
2 years, 5 months ago

How did USC and UCLA join the Big Ten so quickly? Inside a game-changing shift in CFB

New York Times  

Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2022. “Hopefully, this will bring some much-needed stability in college athletics,” Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said when the formation was announced. The league had conversations with and about a number of schools — but multiple sources said USC and UCLA both reached out to the Big Ten first. …

USC and UCLA rock college sports by leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten
2 years, 5 months ago

USC and UCLA rock college sports by leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten

LA Times  

It may be hard to imagine — USC cardinal and gold and UCLA blue and gold blending into the pageantry that permeates through frosty fall Saturdays in America’s heartland. Ultimately, the Big Ten is the best home for USC and Trojan athletics as we move into the new world of collegiate sports.” UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond told The Times, …

The end of USC and UCLA after dark: 7 things to know about the Big Ten move
2 years, 5 months ago

The end of USC and UCLA after dark: 7 things to know about the Big Ten move

LA Times  

USC football coach Lincoln Riley watches his players during a practice session in March. The Big Ten reported more than $768 million in revenue during the 2019-20 fiscal year — the last before the COVID-19 pandemic — compared with roughly $533 million for the Pac-12. According to USA Today, the Big Ten paid its 12 longest-standing members between $43.1 million …

Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC near agreement to align in response to SEC expansion
3 years, 4 months ago

Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC near agreement to align in response to SEC expansion

LA Times  

The Pac-12 is set to join forces with the Big Ten and ACC to counter the recent expansion by the SEC. The impending alliance, first reported by The Athletic, comes in response to the Southeastern Conference’s move to add the Big 12 Conference’s two powerhouse programs, Texas and Oklahoma. As college sports faces large looming questions about professionalization, the NCAA’s …

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