B1G-Pac Challenge Starting in 2017 - suspended

[Bucknut24]

Rumors going around that there's a scheduling agreement for the Big 10 and Pac12 to play each other (like Big10/ACC challenge) starting in 2017..I figured it should go here first since no article..

@PeteThamelNYT
Pete Thamel
BREAKING: Pac-12 and Big Ten enter scheduling agreement. All 12 teams playing an inter-league football game starting 2017.

 

[jwinslow]

Fox owns the Pac 12 & much of the B1G, I wonder if they might push for the TV rights to these games. The ESPN contract expires in 2018.

 

[matcar]

Fox owns the Pac 12 & much of the B1G, I wonder if they might push for the TV rights to these games. The ESPN contract expires in 2018.

Agreed that this is about OLD OLD conference ties and about the new ones (Fox---$$$). Great idea...I love it.

 

[Bucknut24]

guess it's official, move it to the main forum if you want

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/coll...ig-ten-pac-12-scheduling-agreement/52253122/1

He and Delany said they've had preliminary discussions with current TV partners ABC/ESPN and Fox. They'd carry football and basketball matchups while non-marquee sports would be on the 4-year-old BTN and a Pac-12 network to be launched in August.

 

[OHSportsFan]

I've always wanted to see more interleague Challengers (like in basketball)- I think it'd go a long way in helping pollsters decide conference strength and therefore better voting in the final polls.

 

[Bucknut24]

GerdOzone Tony Gerdeman
B1G and P1G will make the announcement official at 4:00 pm today.

 

[Buckeye513]

By 2017 it will be the Pac-22 against the Big-10 (w/ 19 teams).

 

[osustamm]

B1G-Pac Challenge Starting in 2017

B1G Ten and Pac 12 enter scheduling agreement. All 12 teams playing an interleague FB game starting 2017...

Per NYT Pete Thamel Tweet

 

[reagdog]

Nice. Hopefully ASU can be competitive by then.

 

[Buckeye_Bulldog]

GerdOzone

Interesting that some of the games are being mentioned as being neutral site events. I'm guessing the bigger games.

Also, the official announcement to be around 4:00pm

 

[MaliBuckeye]

GerdOzone

Interesting that some of the games are being mentioned as being neutral site events. I'm guessing the bigger games.

Also, the official announcement to be around 4:00pm

Would you rather play in Evanston or Soldier Field?

 

[Buckeye_Bulldog]

As of now, looks like in 2017, the Bucks will have Oklahoma, North Carolina, and a PAC-12,14,16 school as their non-conference games.

 

[Buckeye513]

Would you rather play in Evanston or Soldier Field?

At night in November?

I'm guessing they'll suggest Indianapolis, the Rose Bowl, or that black hole of dreams in Glendale.

 

[Bucknut24]

be interesting to see how they schedule the teams, and locations

 

[Buckeye_Bulldog]

As of now, looks like in 2017, the Bucks will have Oklahoma, North Carolina, and a PAC-12,14,16 school as their non-conference games.