{"id":68729,"date":"2023-09-03T20:51:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=68729"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:51:37","slug":"pac-12-loses-stanford-cal-to-acc-all-but-killing-108-year-old-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/pac-12-loses-stanford-cal-to-acc-all-but-killing-108-year-old-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Pac-12 Loses Stanford, Cal To ACC, All But Killing 108-Year-Old Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Pac-12, formed in 1915 and spending subsequent years as one of the top athletic conferences in the U.S., is down to two teams, and likely finished. <\/p>\n
Today, the ACC extinguished any small hopes that the Pac-12 could soldier on by attracting some new teams, announcing that it has accepted the Pac-12’s Stanford and the University of California-Berkeley, along with Southern Methodist University, as new members. <\/p>\n
That left poor Oregon State and Washington State as the lone members of the Pac-12, and they will now hope to hook on with the Mountain West conference.<\/p>\n
The ACC, which includes football powers Clemson, Florida State, Boston College, Syracuse and North Carolina, is now a coast-to-coast giant, with teams ranging from Boston to Florida to Texas to California. They have a television deal with ESPN that may be bumped as a result of expansion, although it still trails those of the Big 10 and SEC in total dollars. <\/p>\n
The only consolation for the Pac-12 is that it has one more year before it goes gently into that good night. All of its members – including UCLA and USC – have one last hurrah before moving on to their new homes. <\/p>\n
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