Emergency: Washington and Oregon leave for the Big Ten as the Pac-12 dies

No Truck Stops: A Pac-12 Basketball & Football Podcast

English - August 04, 2023 23:54 - 56 minutes - 77 MB - ★★★ - 197 ratings
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On this emergency podcast, we mourn the loss of the Pac-12, as Oregon and Washington leave the conference for the Big Ten.

The gang reacts to the Oregon/Washington news, and discusses what went wrong, why this is the death of college football as we know it, and how we ended up here.

Then, the crew debates who killed the Pac-12. We lay blame on the ultra-wealthy media executives and companies (including ESPN, CBS, and Fox), UCLA and USC for leaving last summer, Oregon and Washington for dealing the final blow, and Pac-12 presidents and leadership.

The gang also discusses what happens now with Oregon State and Washington State, Arizona State and Utah likely leaving for the Big 12, and where Cal and Stanford go from here.