There were rumors about a Big Ten / Pac-12 merger...

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4. Looks to me like USC and UCLA don't give a crap...

about the rest of the PAC-12. They're looking out for themselves just as Texas and Oklahoma did last year when they abandoned the Big-12 for the SEC.

Both of these jiltings show that nationally-recognized rivalries like USC v UCLA and OKlahoma v Texas can be sold for the big TV money shared by all the schools in the two super conferences. And both USC and UCLA know it and went for the gold.

I doubt the Big-10 would be interested in PAC-12 also rans like Cal and Oregon State. They just want the cream of the crop. They'll probably Welcome Oregon which has a top football program, plus a nationally reconized track and field program.