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That Conferece could have survived Colorado an actual outsider.Washington was not the victim here, anymore than BCU was the victim in 2003.
UConn fans are so used to being abused in realignment that now many UConn fans identify more with the abuser than we do with the abused. Washington was the abuser in this situation, and destroyed Washington State's and Oregon State's athletic programs, and forced the conference apart into far flung conferences that are going to damage fan interest long term. She has no one to blame but herself.
Even without UCLA and USC . ( USC unhappiness in the PAC was public For 5 Years.) If expanded teams like SMU , SDSU , Boise , and Air Force and Gonzaga plus another BB school to appease Arizona , were in place before negotiations then that conference could have survived . Nobody really wanted to go to the * culturally lacking B12 . and even if Oregon and Washington who were hot for the B1G could not get away with begging them for a 1/2 price entry and screwing their other state schools . In fact the B1G doesn’t even make that offer. There is a difference between giving a life raft to schools without a home and being the stab that destroyed a long time partner and closest peer conference.