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Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff said Tuesday expansion isnt necessary to continue to compete and thrive as a result of Oklahoma and. The latest breaking news in the ongoing conference realignment saga is that the Pac 12 has finally confirmed that they will not be expanding at this time.

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. The basketball and baseball programs would enhance the conference the football program needs to catch up to compete with the rest of the new look. Kansas State Texas Tech Baylor and TCU fans would probably prefer a Pac-16 at this point. Yes it was part of a package deal with UT but Tech was still invited.

Following consultation with our Presidents Chancellors and Athletic Directors the Pac-12 Conference has made the decision. Other options besides expansion have been thrown out there too including a Big 12Pac-12 20-team mega conference and even UCLA joining the Big Ten alongside its in-state rivals USC Stanford and. Pac-12 stock report.

The Pac-12s public declaration on Thursday to not pursue expansion at this time comes as the latest blow to the uncertain sports future of Texas Tech and seven other schools in. 3 - Kliavkoff on possible Pac-12 expansion. Oklahoma State fans might be on the fence in terms of a specific conference but they cant be happy at the Big 12 right now.

However Pac-12 member Arizona State clicks in with an. With the announcement Thursday that the Pac-12 Conference will not explore expansion in the near future the fracturing Big 12 will throw its energy into looking at potential new members Texas. The Pac-12 sells that its schools are all like the University of California which boasts an acceptance rate of 163 percent of applicants.

The Pac-12 is now by far the fifth of the Power 5 Conferences especially in college football. The Red Raiders were part of the original proposed package to the Pac-10 before Texas squashed the whole idea and remained in the Big 12. If the Pac-12 adds four Big 12 schools or at least three plus Houston this past Saturdays head-scratching move by Big.

Pac-12 Expansion Fit. But still those rumors of the Pac-12 going after the Big 12 is back. Confirming the expansion decision Oregons poll position TV ratings data and CUs overdue staff move Texas Tech provided an example of a.

-- The Pac has invited Tech to join before in 2010. Texas Tech actually wouldnt be that awful a steal if its by itself. The initial reaction from a lot of Texas Tech fans is that the lifeboat is gone for the Red Raiders and athletics as we know it in Lubbock is dead.

He noted that if the league. So the Pac is. The Pac 12 Isnt Expanding and Texas Tech Is Fine.

If the Pac-12 adds four Big 12 schools or at least three plus Houston this past Saturdays head-scratching move by Big. However Pac-12 member Arizona State clicks in with an. It was supposedly part of the idea ten years ago to be a part of a Big 12 group that would join in the mix but it brings its own decent TV market theres a big enrollment and the fan base has its own.

-- The Pac has invited Tech to join before in 2010. Who else from the Big 12 are you getting. Yahoo Sports put together a piece on 10 teams the Pac-12 will target for expansion and four Big 12 teams made the list.

Texas Tech makes the final piece giving the Pac-12 16 teams. Kliavkoff declined to answer a question on whether the league has discussed a possible expansion with Texas Tech. In a statement released this afternoon the conference says that expansion isnt in its best interests at this time and that for now 12 schools are just enough for what the conference wants to accomplish in the future.

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