The inside story about how the University of Arizona helped push Arizona State to join the Pac-8 in 1978. Arizona Republic
Before Colorado and Utah joined the Pac-10 to form the Pac-12, there was talk of the Pac-12 poaching Oklahoma, Texas and some other Big 12 schools to form a super-conference in what could have been known as the Pac-16.
Well, what if the Big 12 returned the favor and poached some teams from the Pac-12?
The Athletic's Andy Staples discussed the topic on his latest podcast.
He brought up the idea of USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon and Washington joining the Big 12 (which actually only has 10 teams).