When the Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 announced an alliance in August, the expectation was that they would work together to schedule annual non-conference football games between schools from the three conferences.
Not even six months later, those plans have already been abandoned.
During a press conference at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Wednesday, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said the three conferences have not had any recent conversations about scheduling more games against each other. Instead, Smith expects the Big Ten to continue with its current model of nine conference games and three non-conference games with schools having the freedom to schedule games against schools from any conference.