When Pac-12 member schools set a meeting for last Friday morning, there was hope the all parties could come together and reach an agreement to save the conference.
Oregon and Washington never gave them the chance.
Justin Williams, Nicole Auerbach, Scott Dochterman and Max Olson of The Athletic reported Oregon and Washington "blindsided" Pac-12 members by informing them of their intention to leave for the Big Ten just "minutes" before the meeting was set to begin.
"We were all expecting, Friday morning, we were showing up together to sign in blood our grant of rights over to the Pac-12 Conference," Arizona president Robert Robbins said.