If UW and UO truly ARE holding the league hostage (re: unequal revenue sharing), then that means that all university presidents & chancellors already know about it, and I really don’t think that’ll fly. Any such proposal will automatically cause the 4 corner schools to leave, thereby sinking the league. And I’m not sure those 2 PacNW schools want to be seen as the ones responsible for imploding this historical conference. So unless the Big 12 is offering them a similar deal, this greedy money grab will ultimately result in lower revenues for EVERYBODY — including UW and UO.
And FWIW, MHver3 has been saying this very same thing over the past 3-wks — claiming that either Utah, Colorado, or the Arizona schools have already made plans to leave…
…but on the day the announcement would have been made…
…crickets. In fact, this morning was supposed to be the day the Arizona schools had planned to sign on — according to “Big 12 insiders”.
My personal opinion on this is the Big 12 believes that weakened as we may be, the Pac-12’s position is still stronger, so they’re trying to “Joseph Goebbels” it via these false media blasts, hoping to make our pivotal conference members nervous enough to jump the gun and defect. And all it’ll take for that domino effect to occur is for one weak-kneed Pac-12 member to panic, and pull the trigger. Or for the PacNW flagship institutions to refuse to back off on their alleged “unequal revenue sharing” demands by the time Aug. 4th rolls around. Whichever comes first.
Iowa State @ 
Utah .
