We limited consideration to schools in the major conferences that compete for automatic qualification to the five Bowl Championship Series bowl games: the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.
We looked at members of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC because those schools are eligible for an automatic qualification to a Bowl Championship Series bowl game (Fiesta, Orange, Rose, and Sugar Bowls).
In his four years as commissioner, Larry Scott has transformed the stately, sleepy Pacific-10 Conference into the big-business Pac-12, expanding the conference and quadrupling its annual television-rights revenue.
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Especially in light of the recent deals secured by the Big 12 and Pac-12.
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It avenged a two-point home loss the Red Storm (12-7, 4-3 Big East) suffered to Rutgers (12-6, 3-4) on Jan. 9.
John's (23-31, 10-12 Big East) snapped a 13-game winning streak by Seton Hall (34-17, 16-6).
Ultimately, seceding from the BCS is one of the most self-destructive things that the Big Ten or Pac-12 could do.
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Baylor (26-1, 15-0 Big 12) finished the first half with an 11-2 run for a 30-16 lead in its 24th consecutive victory.
The game, which pits a Big 12 team against a Pac-12 team, brings millions of dollars in revenue to the city of San Antonio during one of the slowest weeks faced by the tourism industry.
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There will be no lead story on ESPN or in major newspapers or a Tebow-esque fascination about the Pac 12-Big Ten collaboration.
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But is their unpopularity due primarily to pushing for big changes in K-12 education?
Within the Big Ten and Pac-12, you had wonderful and very large alumni bases.
Last week, Baylor prevented Kansas from winning the Big 12 regular-season title outright, blowing out the Jayhawks by 23.
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The Jayhawks (26-5, 14-4 Big 12) will still be the No. 1 seed for next week's conference tournament in Kansas City.
Even more likely is that the quality of football in the Big Ten and Pac-12 will worsen as top recruits go elsewhere.
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Cotton made his final trey as he was fouled with 3:46 remaining, putting the Friars (16-12, 8-8 Big East) squarely in the lead.
The Rose Bowl game was first televised in 1948, one year after the Tournament of Roses partnered with the Big Ten and Pac-12.
Kaval shrugs off the idea that California is played out, despite the presence of the Angels, Athletics, Dodgers, Giants and Padres, plus 12 big-league-affiliated minors.
It was the Lady Bears' 31st consecutive Big 12 regular-season victory.
Many Big Ten and Pac-12 alumni live in southern California, so it was a natural fit for us to have these two conferences be part of our game.
Major conferences like the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC rake in hundreds of millions of dollars each year, well ahead of even smaller FBS conferences like the MAC and Mountain West.
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Last year, the Big Ten and Pac-12 each sent two teams to BCS bowls: Stanford to the Fiesta Bowl, Michigan to the Sugar Bowl and Oregon and Wisconsin to the Rose Bowl.
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The lost BCS income would put the Big Ten and Pac-12 at a significant financial disadvantage, creating a climate that would encourage the top conference teams to leave for the Big 12 or SEC.
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College football is a historically parochial sport, with the Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences clinging to the lucrative and beloved Rose Bowl on New Year's Day and the recently dominant SEC pushing for a playoff to showcase more of its powerful teams.
Four other Big 12 schools also considered jumping to the Pac-12 but stayed put.
Note that since 2009-10 academic year is the fiscal year at hand, the Pac-12 was the Pac-10, and Nebraska was still part of the Big 12.
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And they'll make even more as the bulk of billion-dollar TV contracts flows into power conferences like the Pac-12, Big Ten and SEC.
One area in which the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences benefit from due to their relationship with the Rose Bowl Game, is broadcasting revenues.
The Pac-12, Big Ten and Tournament of Roses receive tickets.
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