CHICAGO, IL - The Big Ten and Pac-12 have scrapped their plan to schedule games against each other in all sports.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany says the league recently learned
from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott that coordinating a
non-conference football schedule for 24 teams across two leagues
was too complicated to pull off. He noted the Pac-12's nine-game
conference schedule and previous non-conference commitments.
Scott says in a joint statement released Friday that the Pac-12
wants to maintain its nine-game conference schedule while keeping
as much flexibility in out-of-conference scheduling as possible.
Scott says the two leagues will continue a close relationship,
including their long-standing partnership with the Rose Bowl.