Sit back and think about it for a second. Will the coast to coast power conference actually survive long term? I was thinking about this issue and wonder how the UCLA fan base will react when the BIG conference basketball tourney is held at the United Center in Chicago in early March. Or how will the USC fans react when the BIG football conference championship game is held in the heart of BIG country in late December or early January at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. What about the travel? I read where the BIG has already made a statement that the only guaranteed rivalry football game that will be scheduled will be OSU/Michigan. How does USC react when they no longer call the shots on important conference issues? Such as UCLA vs USC? This early on ASU has already made it public that they don’t want to travel to Morgantown to play West Virginia. Also, with approximately 40 million households cutting the cord on cable TV how long will the current economic model last? What UNLV needs to do over the next 5-10 years is to take advantage of its location, facilities and the fact that they are actually paying its head football coach a competitive salary and separate it’s football program from the rest of the PAC/MWC and win. IMO the top 4-5 programs will have a shot at a reconstructed west coast power conference down the road if football can win.
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Arizona State AD: 'I Promise I'm Not Going to Morgantown'
Ray Anderson wants no part of the future trips to West Virginia.
