Welp, the inevitable happened, in what is likely going to be the death knell to the Pac-12 as a power five conference as we have come to know it. The Arizona Board of Regents, and University of Arizona leadership have officially made the decision to move on from the Pac-12 Conference after 45 years and head for the heartland of America by joining the Big XII Conference.
Despite giving the Pac-12 Conference every conceivable opportunity to bring a reasonable media rights deal to the table for them to sign, and multiple reports of a deal being “close” President Robert Robbins and Athletic Director Dave Heeke have finally pulled the plug on the status quo and opted for the stability and full pro-rata share of revenue in their move to the Big XII.