PAC-16 Created With 4 New Conference Members
Commissioner Larry Scott announces his new conference.
It is possibly the dream of some college football fans, and the nightmare for others. But nonetheless, the first super conference has been created. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, announced the change earlier this morning, adding 4 new members to the conference. Those lucky 4 are the Boise State Broncos, Brigham Young Cougars, Nevada Wolf pack, San Diego State Aztecs.
With these 4 additions, the former Pac-12 is now known as the Pac-16 and could possibly be the most powerful conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Even Larry Scott would admit, that the move to 12 teams was a little dissapointing. Utah and Colorado didn't add much success last year, and the Southeastern Conference dominated the college football world, having 2 members in the BCS championship game, and winning a 6th consecutive championship.
"We've been looking at the success the SEC has had, and we knew we wanted that. The winning, the ratings, the teams, they're all great in the SEC. But with adding these 4 teams were increasing the competitive level in the conference, and raising eyebrows. Everyone wants to see how the Pac-16 will work out."
This isn't the first time Pac-16 Commissioner Larry Scott tried to form a super conference though, as he was unsuccessful last year attempting to add powerhouses, Oklahoma and Texas, along with Baylor and Texas Tech. When asked why on the 4 new teams, Scott said he looked at location and consistency.
"Obviously we wanted to reach new media markets, while adding better football teams. The Pac-16 is finally reaching Nevada, and Idaho while adding two great football teams. Also, the fantastic rivalry, 'the Holy War' will be all new to our conference this year. Having 2 teams located in Utah really adds some old, clean-fashion hate that we love to see. And finally San Diego State adds to our great supply of California teams, and the Aztecs add to the San Diego market, which we have been looking at for a while.
With 16 teams now, Boise State and BYU join the Northern Division, while San Diego State and Nevada will try to compete in the Southern Division.
The new Pac-16 is a risk, and the results will be seen on the field. If the Pac-16 fields a competitive super conference, then the college football world will be glued to their TVs. If not, then expect the SEC to keep on steamrolling the rest of the nation.