Teresa Gould has only been the Pac-12 commissioner since March, but she has already made more strides than George Kliavkoff did in the past two years.
10 of the conference’s 12 programs fled to another conference thanks to Kliavkoff’s failed efforts to expand or secure a media rights deal. This left just Oregon State and Washington State in what many joked to be the “Pac-2.” In the short term, they allied with the Mountain West, so they had a schedule to play this year.
However, earlier this month, they failed to come to terms to extend the partnership. A move that had many concerned for the two programs, but it was made clear this week that they had a plan all along.
On Wednesday, September 11, it was reported that they were planning to add Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State. A move that came to fruition on Thursday morning and one that now has the college football world on the lookout for who will be next.
The conference still needs two more programs to be considered an FBS conference, and while most people are looking at AAC schools, ESPN’s Michael Wilbon thinks it’s time for Stanford and Cal to come home.