# Pac-16?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857 "2010-06-04T00:34:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857/1 "2010-06-04T00:34:17Z")

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A rumor on a blog earlier today has just been confirmed by Colorado’s Athletic Director.

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> But he said Colorado, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech could receive invitations possibly as soon as this weekend when Pac-10 officials meet in San Francisco.

> **[Bohn says CU committed to Big 12; Pac-10 offer possible](https://www.dailycamera.com/2010/06/03/bohn-says-cu-committed-to-big-12-pac-10-offer-possible/)**
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> KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn said he and other school officials have been led to believe the Pac-10 Conference is on the verge of issuing invitations to six members…

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857/2 "2010-06-04T08:05:57Z")

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I’ve been 100% deadset against my PAC-10 expanding and doing a Conference Championship game. This is the first proposal I’ve seen that I actually find a bit intriguing. I like the idea of keeping the 8 “PAC” teams in the same conference. The PAC-10 keeps most of their rivalries, and the Big XII gets to keep their’s (Do the Arizona teams really have any rivalries other than each other?). Start their own TV network, $20 million per team per year.

As usual, Texas is going to be the major player. They’ve been pushing for their own network and would obviously be hesitant to share if they don’t have to.

That and I worry they’ll vote my Cougs out of the conference. ☹

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**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857/3 "2010-06-10T17:17:22Z")

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[CU is in](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438)! Texas teams to talk until tomorrow.

As a CU alum living in LA, I’m happy. It’s sad to see the great Big8/Big12 go out in such a state but things don’t stay the same forever.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857/4 "2010-06-10T17:34:58Z")

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> [@FlightlessBird](#):
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> [CU is in](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438)! Texas teams to talk until tomorrow.
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> As a CU alum living in LA, I’m happy. It’s sad to see the great Big8/Big12 go out in such a state but things don’t stay the same forever.

As was mentioned in the other thread (I think) the great Big XII was merely a marriage of convenience brought on by the collapse of the old SWC. This is just another ripple from that cataclysm.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pac-16/541857/5 "2010-06-10T17:38:58Z")

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Here’s the [6-month long thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544053) where this is all being discussed.