

Warren can calmly assess the wreckage and decide his next move, and the rest of the landscape will react accordingly. Outside of the SEC, no other conference is in a more powerful position. Kartje: If I’m the Big Ten, I absolutely explore the prospect of pillaging the Pac-12. The Pac-12 Conference, unlike the Big 12, won’t be decimated by any potential moves Texas and Oklahoma make to the SEC.

Sports Commentary: Surprise! Pac-12 can be a winner in this round of conference realignment The quote he tweeted later - “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say” - appears pointed. Kliavkoff is going to be taking lots of meetings in the coming weeks as the landscape shifts in the Texas-and-Oklahoma-to-SEC aftermath. My sources tell me they met for six hours, but from the Pac-12 end of things, I would not overreact. When I saw his report, it made perfect sense that the leak revealing the meeting between Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff was from the Big 12, which desperately needs to show the remaining eight schools that there could be some hope of salvaging the league. Max Olson, a national college football reporter with the Athletic, has his reporting roots in Big 12 country. McCollough: The first thing we should do before going down the rabbit hole of analyzing what a Pac-12/Big 12 collaboration could look like is understand where this news came from. With a history of innovation and elite problem-solving skills, commissioner George Kliavkoff says it will be fun helping the Pac-12 navigate massive changes. Sports Why George Kliavkoff could give the Pac-12 an edge in conference realignment
