The Big Ten’s blockbuster announcement last week that the conference was expanding by admitting USC and UCLA took the college football and basketball worlds by storm. Aside from the discussions around fit, motivating factors and implications for the teams involved, much of the attention has been focused on what comes next.
In the initial aftermath, we learned that both Oregon and Washington had been in discussions with the Big Ten about joining alongside the two LA schools. It makes sense. Adding another pair of PAC-12 teams would give USC and UCLA teams to play on the west coast (albeit more than 800 miles apart) and keep some semblance of tradition with teams that have been on the schedule for generations.