ESPN.com: Texas State appears headed to Pac-12

[PonyPride]

From ESPN.com:

Sources: Texas State, Pac-12 expected to finalize move soon

Texas State is in the final steps of accepting an invitation to the Pac-12, as it has initiated the process of calling a board of regents meeting for Monday to complete the move, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Texas State officials began alerting Sun Belt officials of its formal offer to the Pac-12 and plans to accept, sources said. The Pac-12 and Texas State are expected to finalize the process soon, and the move will happen for the 2026-27 school year for all sports, according to sources. An announcement of the move isn't expected before Monday.

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[Water Pony]

I am happy for Texas State Bobcats and as pleased for the PAC12, especially Oregon State Beavers and Washington State Cougars. They got the shaft went most of the original PAC-12 schools bolted for the Big Ten and BigXII.

PAC12 won't be a Power5 conference but will be among the strongest in the Group of Six. Based on last year, Boise State made the CFP and this new conference will be competitive with the American Athletic Conference (think Memphis and Tulane for example) for a guaranteed spot. The PAC12 might actually be a better conference top-to-bottom that the AAC.

Along with the new media deal with CBS, the new PAC-12 founders, OSU and WSU, deserve some credit for creating lemonade from this mess.

Good luck to TSU and their new conference mates.

[peruna81]

So VERY grateful we didn't follow that rabbit hole to the PAC 12.

[ShantyBoy]

Same here. It is the PAC 12 in name only. If their saving grace is TSU, that’s all you need to know.

[Hoofprint]

I admit, I wanted the Pac-12.
Good to see the people involved in these decisions knew more/better than I did.

[Charleston Pony]

I admit, I wanted the Pac-12.
Good to see the people involved in these decisions knew more/better than I did.

As an east coast guy, you don't go west for exposure. I was dreading the PAC-12 after our WAC experience. No thanks to 11:00 pm kickoff/tipoffs for me. I do wonder if the PAC went after UTSA and "settled" for Texas State as they obviously wanted to get into the Texas market somehow