Pac-10 Conference Exploring Expansion

Yahoo! Sports reports that the Pac-10 Conference is now exploring expansion opportunities. The Big Ten Conference has been on the lookout to add another school so that it would have 12 schools like the ACC, SEC, and Big 12. It would then be able to hold a conference title game in football. It appears that the Pac-10 doesn’t want to be the odd man out if the Big Ten indeed added a 12th school.

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott has said that if the conference is going to expand, it will look to do so within the next year. He also said that it made sense to make a decision about expansion before negotiating new television deals that are set to expire following the 2011-2012 athletic seasons.

Scott has said that he will evaluate schools that fit both culturally and academically. How funny of him not to mention schools that make sense monetarily.

Let’s just throw a couple likely targets out there for the fun of it. How about Boise State? The Broncos may not want to leave their nest as they have become perennial winners of the WAC, but I have to think joining the Pac-10 would be far more lucrative. Or how about Utah, BYU, UNLV, or TCU? I think all would be strong fits.

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