Are we witnessing the real-time disintegration of the Pac-12? It feels like we might be after Jon Wilner dropped a bombshell this morning, reporting that the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins are “planning to leave” the Pac-12 and defect to the Big Ten, perhaps as early as 2024.
Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.
— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) June 30, 2022
Since Wilner’s tweet, CFB journos went into overdrive, and as information trickled out in the subsequent hour, both Pete Thamel of Yahoo!