2022 conference realignment (7/6 rumors: Big 12 to add 4-6 Pac-12 teams?)

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The real question is - what happens to the Rose Bowl? I mean, you could technically keep the conference tie-ins, but it doesn't make sense when the two sexiest brands in the Pac-12 join the other conference. I guess this might make the purists (myself included) let the Rose Bowl go to become just another CFP bowl game?

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Also, this would probably help balance out the horrendous imbalance between divisions in the Big Ten... Now you have USC/Wisconsin (UCLA could make the big time with some rehab) as a counterweight to Michigan/Ohio State/Penn State in the East. No more Minnesota or Northwestern runs in the West. As for time zone, a middle ground between Central and Pacific Time isn't that bad. Nobody cares about Rutgers and Maryland anyway.

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Oregon and Washington have reportedly applied to join the Big Ten.

I guess this means Stanford, Cal, Arizona and Colorado have to follow suit? Great brands and they all "fit". They don't want to be left playing in the rump Pac-12 against UNLV and Boise State.