Mike Gundy might reap the benefits of the Pac-12’s demise, but it’s still a little upsetting for a football traditionalist to witness the collapse of a historical the conference.
Saturday night, Oklahoma State will travel to Tempe to play Arizona State, which will leave the Pac-12 for the Big 12 after this academic year. Colorado started the Pac-Big 12 pipeline June 27 by announcing its return to the Big 12 after 12 years in the Pac-12. Then the dominoes tumbled.
Within a week, Arizona State, Arizona and Utah followed Colorado from the Pac-12 to the Big 12.