Report: Big 12, Pac-12 Discussing Potential Merger

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The Power 5 power shift has entered its second week, with reports that the commissioners of the recently depleted Big 12 Conference and the Pac-12 are discussing scheduling synergies if not outright merger.

The Big 12, reeling from the announcement last week that pillar members Texas and Oklahoma plan to enter into Southeastern Conference membership no later than 2025, is down to eight schools that for now appear in no hurry to join new leagues themselves, according to Sports Illustrated, citing a report by The Athletic. Not surprisingly, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby prefers expansion to a total disbanding of the conference.

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