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The History of the Pac-12 Conference: College Sports' West Coast Nerds

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There's a lot to say about the Pac-12, and not a lot of it is as simple as it seems on the surface.
It's going to collapse! It's going to survive! It'll beat the Big 12, and be the third best conference! The Big 12 will take schools from it!
So much has been thrown around recently following the impending exits of USC and UCLA to the Big 10 (seriously, what the heck is even going on anymore) that it's almost hard to remember some of the more interesting historical facets of the westernmost power conference in NCAA sports, one that's been around for over a hundred years. Join me as I trot through a handful of online articles to try and piece together what made the Pacific Coast Conference the Pac 12 conference it is today--and hopefully will be for a long time.
Yes, I'm a K-State fan writing this. Regionalism is good for college sports, and I'll die on this hill if I have to.
This video features music, video, and imagery that isn't mine. As always, if any of the information I used is wrong or worded poorly, be sure to let everyone know in the comments!

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@aidenlosh9518 11 месяцев назад

It's insane how much has changed in just the month since this video came out. Utah, Arizona, and Arizona state all moved to the Big 12, Oregon and Washington moved to the Big Ten, and in just the last few days Stanford and Cal were added to the ACC, as well as SMU.

@ethanrivera2 Год назад

The more I learn about the history of these conferences, the more I realize that instability and bickering has been the rule, not the exception, for most of their history.

@bobbytommaselli9733 10 месяцев назад

Agreed, I always thought conferences were stable for 30-40 years... but watching these videos has taught me... this is nothing new

@Leftlane4passing Год назад

That SWC conference video going to hit like crack.

@jarlwhiterun7478 Год назад

Do you smoke crack regularly?

@jaylenbarnes2.079 Год назад

Ikr

@bosserman444 11 месяцев назад

Did it?

@Leftlane4passing 11 месяцев назад

For the most part, yes. @@bosserman444

@lukeontheplains Год назад

EDIT #2 - now the conference is fully dead, with Washington and Oregon headed to the B1G. This sucks for just about everyone involved that isn't a suit. I'm really sorry to everyone involved, especially the cities of Pullman and Corvallis. Come on, Colorado. I JUST made this video. Can't you guys have let it matriculate for just a few weeks? Sigh. Anyways-welcome back, Buffaloes. We left the light on for you.

@captainspartan04 Год назад

Which corner school do you think joins them first?

@lukeontheplains Год назад

@@captainspartan04 out of the corners, my guess is Arizona, since there's a lot of smoke there, but their AD or president (can't remember which) has said some things recently that make me think they're trying to stay. Utah and ASU have been as close to adamant about staying as you can be, but money talks, and the PAC now has less. I know there's a lot of smoke on Oregon or Washington, but I'll maintain the same stance I have since USCLA-I'll believe a move happens when the schools themselves announce it. At the end of the day, I hate that this is all happening.

@captainspartan04 Год назад

@@lukeontheplains I hate it too. Louisville fan, so I had to deal with the fall of the big east. It ruins all the rivalry and there is no regionalism anymore. I do agree Arizona could be next. Just wanted to know your thoughts or if it could be the wildcard you mentioned with UConn

@lukeontheplains Год назад

UConn is an interesting one IMO. Yormark has made it clear he puts a high value on basketball, and UConn certainly is the most attractive option on that front. But I also think that there are suddenly 3 or 4 or maybe more options that are realistically obtainable now that weren't 48 hours ago that might also bring more to the table than UConn does. We'll see.

@nateg4582 Год назад

Shocking, and I guess uconn's next to join the big 12.

@robertpeacock894 Год назад

Watching this video after the PAC-12 became the PAC-5 is awesome. Thanks for these videos.

@Hund0368 Год назад

Pac-4 now

@jaredstivers 11 месяцев назад

Sad truth. ACC just sent an invite to Cal, Stanford, and SMU. Pac 2 now.

@Collegefootballproductions 11 месяцев назад

@@jaredstivers 2PAC

@NeverlandSystemAngel 10 месяцев назад

More like PAC dead.

@TheAlmightyClipse 9 месяцев назад

Makaveli

@kevinhill6854 Год назад

Love this. I have been begging for ESPN to do docs for the history of each conference. Ya know before they all disappear. Great work

@nerinamak3298 Год назад

R.I.P. Pac-12

@andrewsever98 Год назад

I love that you decided to make this a series

@johnnordstrom9698 Год назад

Oh man I’m a KState grad too and have been watching this play out in sadness. Seeing OSU and WSU be in the exact position we were really really close to being in twice is heartbreaking. Nobody actually wants this

@zachdavis7004 10 месяцев назад

This aged well. It’s so sad to watch how the PAC fell apart. Greed and pride ruined what was once an amazing conference with regionality and a true identity. Now it feels like we’re slipping into the NFL. I’m not sure if I can watch college football after this season. It’s gonna be too weird

@ECG3485 10 месяцев назад

We're literally in the Twilight Zone of American college sports at this point, where anything can get weird

@sausagearmseDDie Год назад

Quality like this deserves many, many more subscribers. Keep making these vids bro, you're delivering at a level that channels with six figure sub numbers don't get close to.

@lahainaboy761 Год назад

A video on the old WAC would be cool too. I think the first real super conference back in the late 90s.

@docknox3320 Год назад

Man you have to do this for every conference, love the content, keep it up my guy👍

@voiceofreason2674 Год назад

PAC after dark man so many times I'd get done watching LSU around 10pm and I'd flip over and see some good game between like Arizona State and Oregon state. And I'd be like shoot this is a good game let me crack another beer and watch this and next thing you know I'm nodding off. I don't think I ever made it to the end of a PAC after dark game it's like making it to the end of an old SNL episode that music telling you get yo azz to sleep you got church in the morning

@Montfortracing Год назад

UW's 1991 national championship is still considered legitimate. Not sure why it was mentioned it's disputed.

@waltjisneychannel74 Год назад

They would have crushed the hurricanes too had they played. Most dominant defense in college football history. With the most dominant football player of all time, Steve emtman.

@terminatorx6230 10 месяцев назад

Steve Emtman would be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame if it wasn’t for astroturf.

@tjbuzard5316 Год назад

So glad you made another video on a different power 5 conference, these vids are great, cant wait for ACC and SEC

@JamesKelleyJr 8 месяцев назад

The 91' UW national championship is NOT disputed. The 84' and the 90' are.

@lukajames3554 11 месяцев назад

I know this was used to describe the Big East, but the PAC12 is truly college sport`s Ozymandias

@iamza. Год назад

RIP Coach Pirate. We all loved you.

@terminatorx6230 10 месяцев назад

The damage Larry Scott did to the Pac 12 could never be overstated.

@nickflinn9816 Год назад

Regarding the B12-P12 merger, I think one of the reasons of declining was because the PAC wanted the B12 to kick out the 4 new additions and West vrigina before merging. B12 refused to do that and, therefore, no dice. But that may be just a rumor.

@troybaxter Год назад

I mean, that makes sense why the B12 would turn them down. They hold the cards, so why should they be giving up assets? West Coast elitism at its finest.

@mick_muffin Год назад

incredibly sad. Rich history, historic schools and rivalries. Long live the PAC

@Nobody-kg8md Год назад

I think if the PAC-12 wants to survive conference realignment in the future, they need to ditch the night cap games. Nobody in the Midwest or the east coast wants to stay up until 2 am to watch a football game.

@agent_JorDi Год назад

A follow up to this video today would be gold. The 4 pillar brands are in the B1G and the 4 schools left behind

@captainspartan04 11 месяцев назад

2 now

@DDub04 Год назад

As a South Carolina fan I consider myself lucky that our athletic department hitched a ride to the SEC train in the 90s. Long ago enough that we aren’t outcasts like Mizzou and to get situated before this major realignment era. As an outsider to the other conferences dealing with losing their premier football powerhouses, I’m not a fan of this treatment of the conference structure. Going the way of the NFL with only two leagues seems stupid. But monetarily, this makes the most sense. I’m glad we already got on the boat decades ago but this is just not fun to watch.

@logo115 Год назад

Well to be frank, you’re actually in the South East unlike Mizzou. Schools like Clemson probably wouldn’t be outcasts if they joined today

@ericthomas917 Год назад

Is South Carolina going to try to block Clemson from joining the SEC?

@DDub04 Год назад

@@ericthomas917 let me go ask our athletic director.

@ohwaitchristian Год назад

had to subscribe. I know you are mainly covering FBS conferences but i cant wait for you to make a doc on the big east

@zackhartley4718 11 месяцев назад

It’s sucks to see these conferences go away

@LordsWarrior44 Год назад

How do you have less than 1000 subscribers. This video is very high quality

@chasmeinecke4322 Год назад

Here’s my humble take with all this conference realignment ridiculousness. It’s gotten so out of hand to the point it doesn’t make sense anymore. Because football is the driving force behind this mess, college football needs to become its own semi-pro league and let the other sports reset and rejoin their original conferences. Players now get paid, colleges get their TV money, and can still use their brands and resources. It’s beyond ridiculous to drag other sports into conferences to play teams all over the country that don’t have the same amount of revenue and resources. Give football its own league to divide up however they see fit, and let the other sports continue to compete within their traditional more regional based conferences.

@GrizrazRex 10 месяцев назад

This is the precise direction that things are heading in. Give it 2 TV contract cycles, and we'll be back to regional conferences. We'll probably have an over-arching football-only governing body with a figurehead who can actually wield power and make decisions. That governing body will count the B1G and SEC schools as members, along with the bigger names from the rest of what was the Power 5. Several have begun to speak of a system of elevation/relegation, which could also be quite interesting. Meanwhile, enjoy the last season of CFB as we know it.

@mcbrownson4860 Год назад

This video is great! I didn’t even realize you were a new channel and I’ve been waiting for more conference videos since your last one. Keep it up

@gijakob Год назад

Great video. However I think the Big XII is more likely to survive than the PAC. The Big XII has been through a lot, but has done so without dying. The PAC loses two schools and all of a sudden can’t get a media deal.

@shawa666 Год назад

Lol at the Canadian National Railways logo in the bunch of possible diffusers at 16:15

@dwaynecoy1871 Год назад

"oh the band is out on the field!" - probably the most iconic play in college football history. That play kept John Elway from appearing in a bowl game at the end of his senior season. Elway didn't play in a bowl game during his time at Stanford. He was a great QB, obviously, but back then they didn't have nearly as many bowl games as they do now and his teams were always around the middle of the pack and they never got the invite for a bowl game.

@aidanross2179 Год назад

Looking like they’re won’t be a PAC 12 anymore bc as of rn there are only 4 teams left

@mistervancleef Год назад

These conference history videos are awesome. Great job!

@bn0113 Год назад

13:37 Oregon was a 2 seed, not 4.

@wadecockrill3646 Год назад

I very much enjoyed this! Thanks for the content. Best of luck to Oregon State and Washington State going forward. I hope you both find your way back into the power five status somehow. My Oklahoma State Cowboys were inches away from your same boat. Go Pokes!

@yoo909 11 месяцев назад

rip mike leach. ttu goat coach

@terranceramirez4816 11 месяцев назад

18:05 that take aged like fine milk

@therealfanmaster7097 Год назад

Now I am a fan of a big time school who doesn't have to worry about how this will affect me personally (Michigan in case you're wondering), but I feel for you guys out in the Pac-12 and Big XII regions. You guys are being hung by the balls for TV moves that the majority of us fans of the big schools don't want. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm pretty sure most B1G and SEC schools would rather see conferences not get split up and destroyed by greedy TV executives. I personally believed that the system was already too imbalanced and unfair, hopefully we don't see everything get ruined.

@UserName-ts3sp Год назад

as an ohio state fan im glad we don’t have to worry about conference realignment but USC and UCLA? that feels wrong

@GC-ps9mn Год назад

As a Michigan fan who just moved to SoCal, I like the addition for purely selfish reasons. I'm still in "B1G country" now and I get to go see UM play out here. However if I stayed in the Midwest I realize I would probably hate all this conference realignment.

@ntnsty 10 месяцев назад

It all goes back to Texas and their selfish LHN - One could make a great case how they are the modern conference wrecker.

@broncobilly4029 Год назад

Your video was accurate at the time you made it, but things are changing fast. The future of the P12 looks far more uncertain as I type.

@un1verse596 Год назад

Can we get ACC next?

@Ram-2112 Год назад

I appreciate all the hard work and research this took to get right. Great job you got a new subscriber!

@goblue5176 7 месяцев назад

That is actually crazy that Whittier college was apart of the original schools lol I live down the street from the school pretty small private school that recently even got rid of their football program a few years ago

@captainspartan04 Год назад

And Colorado just left for the big 12

@mattbrichacek8978 Год назад

I hate that USC and UCLA are joining the Big 10, same with possibly Oregon and Washington. The Big 10 is a midwestern conference and what happens to the Rose Bowl a predominantly Big 10 vs Pac 12 bowl game when there is no Pac 12 to play.

@Simbaforlife Год назад

I mean with the 12 team playoff coming, it's gonna lose its automatic bids lol there's a chance we can see Georgia vs Clemson in the rose bowl

@christophercasey7388 Год назад

Ucla was the southern branch of the University of California. Therefore their fight songs, mascots, even some street names (such as Gayley) were the same. They switched to Bruins and powder blue and gold, instead of Golden Bears and blue and gold, once they were established as their own university, and competing in sports.

@LeftTurnorBust Год назад

Great video man. Can’t wait for the SEC video!

@jackdaddyslim3895 Год назад

As a Big 12 fan (AKA: Truck Stop league) & TCU Alumni I don't want the PAC 12 to Fail. I want them to Land some type of TV Deal. SEC & B1G are so far ahead of The other 2 & the ACC is $h!+ show all it's own I feel like the PAC screwed up majorly when they didn't Decide to work with The Big 12

@MariaScreamapova 10 месяцев назад

You will need to make a part 2 😂

@northdakotagamer Год назад

I think the chance to play for a national football title every year with the new playoff format should keep Oregon and Washington where they are, but what do I know

@davidmealy1499 Год назад

Well an additional video on the death of the Pac might be a good idea now that Colorado left a week after this was made.

@ianprchlik3956 Год назад

Lucas you are a master in this craft my friend

@stanleychiu4576 Год назад

Pac-12 also tried selling its media rights overseas and traveling to China to play basketball games every year. Scott tried selling the rights to media holders in APAC and China but ultimately couldn't find a buyer. After 5 years of this experiment, the most memorable part was LiAngelo Ball stealing LV shades and belts in Hangzhou, China.

@Skiller71Studios Год назад

Keep making videos please!!! These are great.

@LymetimeProductions Год назад

Can we get a big ten video down the line please? That would be awesome

@oldreliablerc Год назад

I didn't know most of that, nice summary. Also great production value!

@leafman4428 Год назад

please make a SWC history vid

@MetalGod999 Год назад

Another excellent video by you, Lucas. Keep up the good work! 👍👍

@JamesKelleyJr 8 месяцев назад

And I know its rowing but UW was so dominant in the sport the team was sent to the Olympics as the USA team.

@stanfordite1 9 месяцев назад

I can confirm someone with access to time travel that the Pac 10 will be restored to its 80s/90s self thanks to Congress breaking up and outlawing super conferences, turning college football back into a regional game. Everyone will be told literally to "go back where you came from." Cries of lost revenue will fall on deaf ears and so will university presidents and TV execs echoing the last words of Waternoose to Sulley in Monsters, Inc of "You've destroyed this sport! College football is dead! Where will we get TV revenue from now?!" But the Make College Football Great Again movement will succeed and it'll be like a game of Jumanji ended and everything will go back to the way it was. There will be no more national championship games, either. Back to polls and bowls.

@kingsledge Год назад

Another great video! Good job covering the, almost, move of the big12 south to the PAC.

@nelsonhernandez4722 Год назад

Well this has aged well…4 members left

@JohnTaylor-xg4jn 9 месяцев назад

I was today years old when I learned that I was so interested in the history of athletic conferences.

@trout_tf2 Год назад

This man needs subs

@FyrFytr998 10 месяцев назад

Loving all these videos despite the mispronunciations here and there. Pepperdeen? Keep up the good work.

@Dominco302 Год назад

Great videos man, hope you channel blows up in subs and views!

@jibbygaming Год назад

Andddd Colorado’s gone

@just11n_43 Год назад

great video! can't wait to see your take on the ACC

@stout8807 11 месяцев назад

Let’s call it the Lincoln Riley realignment. It’s ironic that Riley leaves Oklahoma and then USC heads to the B1G and then everyone jumps around.

@duvaldojo6122 Год назад

Great video hope you do big ten next

@johnslyfield5096 Год назад

It was a nice ride pac 8/10/12. Will the last team to leave turn the lights out

@rustyshackleford8819 Год назад

Editor’s note: they did not survive

@theroman2130 10 месяцев назад

This deserves so many more views.

@DWat01 Год назад

Two great videos. Keep it up

@davidstewart9545 Год назад

This series is fire bro

@Humbucker75 Год назад

Awesome stuff! Love these conference videos

@nateg4582 Год назад

Great video, and think you should do the big ten next.

@srikothur2845 Год назад

Please please please strongly consider doing the ACC.

@tobystastings2723 11 месяцев назад

Good work. Would love follow ups on these quality videos

@gregoryevans8179 Год назад

I remember listening to a sports call in show years ago, and a caller said TV would ruin sports, and I’ll be damned if that’s not the case.

@Malice1111 Год назад

RIP PAC 12

@audrisampson 9 месяцев назад

I actually watched PAC 12 after dark most weeks. Made me really like the teams and the conference.

@robert5755 Месяц назад

pac 12 had 100 more national championships than any other conference .

@Joshua-uw7wm Год назад

Awesome I loved your big 12 video and I'm sure this one rocks too

@atlsooner85 Год назад

No one talks about this but SEC wanted OU and Texas, not aTm and Mizzou in 2010.

@alarger972 Год назад

This aged spectacularly. Like a fine milk.

@ynp1978 Год назад

Title should be THE PAC 12 IS HISTORY!

@nickbooze9766 Год назад

Damn dude, the timing on this.

@jaysonmullin6423 Год назад

Cant wait for the WAC video

@carlosnuckols8470 Год назад

ESPN told the PAC-12 leadership to merge with the Big-12 and it was the PAC-12 who said no!

@lukeontheplains Год назад

The first time. It actually happened twice-one right after OUT and once right after USCLA.

@RJsModernLife Год назад

Watching this on the day Colorado bolted for the big 12

@GridironGuru123 Год назад

Keep these up their great

@Sam-ps8zz Год назад

As a BYU fan, im honestly glad to see the pac 12 die. Years of being rejected and attack by utah fans for not being p5 developed a hatred to the pac12

@WaltSpence 10 месяцев назад

Waiting on the ACC video which feels like it could be so complex that it could take months

@NeverlandSystemAngel 10 месяцев назад

"I can't help but think the PAC will stay afloat as a power conference"... oof, that aged poorly.

@patrickb33339 Год назад

Only two weeks after this upload, the Pac 12 is officially dead. Amazing how fast it collapsed.

@lancelittrell369 Год назад

Two weeks to early. Let's find out the fates if the 4 remaining PAC schools before the update

@rflores51 Год назад

Redo an update please!!! B12 baby!!!

@thema1998 27 дней назад

Today was the *1* year anniversary of when "The History of the Pac-12 Conference: College Sports' West Coast Nerds" was uploaded! The Pac-12 Conference will pretty much become the Pac-2 Conference on August 2. Every college except for Oregon State and Washington State are leaving for the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC. 🤓➡️😅