The History of the Pac-12 Conference: College Sports' West Coast Nerds

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There's a lot to say about the Pac-12, and not a lot of it is as simple as it seems on the surface.
It's going to collapse! It's going to survive! It'll beat the Big 12, and be the third best conference! The Big 12 will take schools from it!
So much has been thrown around recently following the impending exits of USC and UCLA to the Big 10 (seriously, what the heck is even going on anymore) that it's almost hard to remember some of the more interesting historical facets of the westernmost power conference in NCAA sports, one that's been around for over a hundred years. Join me as I trot through a handful of online articles to try and piece together what made the Pacific Coast Conference the Pac 12 conference it is today--and hopefully will be for a long time.
Yes, I'm a K-State fan writing this. Regionalism is good for college sports, and I'll die on this hill if I have to.
This video features music, video, and imagery that isn't mine. As always, if any of the information I used is wrong or worded poorly, be sure to let everyone know in the comments!

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  • @aidenlosh9518
    @aidenlosh951810 ай бұрын

    It's insane how much has changed in just the month since this video came out. Utah, Arizona, and Arizona state all moved to the Big 12, Oregon and Washington moved to the Big Ten, and in just the last few days Stanford and Cal were added to the ACC, as well as SMU.

  • @ethanrivera2
    @ethanrivera211 ай бұрын

    The more I learn about the history of these conferences, the more I realize that instability and bickering has been the rule, not the exception, for most of their history.

  • @bobbytommaselli9733

    @bobbytommaselli9733

    8 ай бұрын

    Agreed, I always thought conferences were stable for 30-40 years... but watching these videos has taught me... this is nothing new

  • @Leftlane4passing
    @Leftlane4passing11 ай бұрын

    That SWC conference video going to hit like crack.

  • @jarlwhiterun7478

    @jarlwhiterun7478

    11 ай бұрын

    Do you smoke crack regularly?

  • @jaylenbarnes2.079

    @jaylenbarnes2.079

    11 ай бұрын

    Ikr

  • @bosserman444

    @bosserman444

    10 ай бұрын

    Did it?

  • @Leftlane4passing

    @Leftlane4passing

    10 ай бұрын

    For the most part, yes. @@bosserman444

  • @lukeontheplains
    @lukeontheplains11 ай бұрын

    EDIT #2 - now the conference is fully dead, with Washington and Oregon headed to the B1G. This sucks for just about everyone involved that isn't a suit. I'm really sorry to everyone involved, especially the cities of Pullman and Corvallis. Come on, Colorado. I JUST made this video. Can't you guys have let it matriculate for just a few weeks? Sigh. Anyways-welcome back, Buffaloes. We left the light on for you.

  • @captainspartan04

    @captainspartan04

    11 ай бұрын

    Which corner school do you think joins them first?

  • @lukeontheplains

    @lukeontheplains

    11 ай бұрын

    @@captainspartan04 out of the corners, my guess is Arizona, since there's a lot of smoke there, but their AD or president (can't remember which) has said some things recently that make me think they're trying to stay. Utah and ASU have been as close to adamant about staying as you can be, but money talks, and the PAC now has less. I know there's a lot of smoke on Oregon or Washington, but I'll maintain the same stance I have since USCLA-I'll believe a move happens when the schools themselves announce it. At the end of the day, I hate that this is all happening.

  • @captainspartan04

    @captainspartan04

    11 ай бұрын

    @@lukeontheplains I hate it too. Louisville fan, so I had to deal with the fall of the big east. It ruins all the rivalry and there is no regionalism anymore. I do agree Arizona could be next. Just wanted to know your thoughts or if it could be the wildcard you mentioned with UConn

  • @lukeontheplains

    @lukeontheplains

    11 ай бұрын

    UConn is an interesting one IMO. Yormark has made it clear he puts a high value on basketball, and UConn certainly is the most attractive option on that front. But I also think that there are suddenly 3 or 4 or maybe more options that are realistically obtainable now that weren't 48 hours ago that might also bring more to the table than UConn does. We'll see.

  • @nateg4582

    @nateg4582

    11 ай бұрын

    Shocking, and I guess uconn's next to join the big 12.

  • @robertpeacock894
    @robertpeacock89411 ай бұрын

    Watching this video after the PAC-12 became the PAC-5 is awesome. Thanks for these videos.

  • @Hund0368

    @Hund0368

    11 ай бұрын

    Pac-4 now

  • @jaredstivers

    @jaredstivers

    10 ай бұрын

    Sad truth. ACC just sent an invite to Cal, Stanford, and SMU. Pac 2 now.

  • @Collegefootballproductions

    @Collegefootballproductions

    9 ай бұрын

    @@jaredstivers 2PAC

  • @NeverlandSystemAngel

    @NeverlandSystemAngel

    9 ай бұрын

    More like PAC dead.

  • @TheAlmightyClipse

    @TheAlmightyClipse

    8 ай бұрын

    Makaveli

  • @zachdavis7004
    @zachdavis70049 ай бұрын

    This aged well. It’s so sad to watch how the PAC fell apart. Greed and pride ruined what was once an amazing conference with regionality and a true identity. Now it feels like we’re slipping into the NFL. I’m not sure if I can watch college football after this season. It’s gonna be too weird

  • @ECG3485

    @ECG3485

    8 ай бұрын

    We're literally in the Twilight Zone of American college sports at this point, where anything can get weird

  • @johnnordstrom9698
    @johnnordstrom969811 ай бұрын

    Oh man I’m a KState grad too and have been watching this play out in sadness. Seeing OSU and WSU be in the exact position we were really really close to being in twice is heartbreaking. Nobody actually wants this

  • @voiceofreason2674
    @voiceofreason267411 ай бұрын

    PAC after dark man so many times I'd get done watching LSU around 10pm and I'd flip over and see some good game between like Arizona State and Oregon state. And I'd be like shoot this is a good game let me crack another beer and watch this and next thing you know I'm nodding off. I don't think I ever made it to the end of a PAC after dark game it's like making it to the end of an old SNL episode that music telling you get yo azz to sleep you got church in the morning

  • @kevinhill6854
    @kevinhill685411 ай бұрын

    Love this. I have been begging for ESPN to do docs for the history of each conference. Ya know before they all disappear. Great work

  • @lahainaboy761
    @lahainaboy76111 ай бұрын

    A video on the old WAC would be cool too. I think the first real super conference back in the late 90s.

  • @nerinamak3298
    @nerinamak329811 ай бұрын

    R.I.P. Pac-12

  • @andrewsever98
    @andrewsever9811 ай бұрын

    I love that you decided to make this a series

  • @lukajames3554
    @lukajames35549 ай бұрын

    I know this was used to describe the Big East, but the PAC12 is truly college sport`s Ozymandias

  • @mick_muffin
    @mick_muffin11 ай бұрын

    incredibly sad. Rich history, historic schools and rivalries. Long live the PAC

  • @sausagearmseDDie
    @sausagearmseDDie11 ай бұрын

    Quality like this deserves many, many more subscribers. Keep making these vids bro, you're delivering at a level that channels with six figure sub numbers don't get close to.

  • @gijakob
    @gijakob11 ай бұрын

    Great video. However I think the Big XII is more likely to survive than the PAC. The Big XII has been through a lot, but has done so without dying. The PAC loses two schools and all of a sudden can’t get a media deal.

  • @Montfortracing
    @Montfortracing11 ай бұрын

    UW's 1991 national championship is still considered legitimate. Not sure why it was mentioned it's disputed.

  • @waltjisneychannel74

    @waltjisneychannel74

    11 ай бұрын

    They would have crushed the hurricanes too had they played. Most dominant defense in college football history. With the most dominant football player of all time, Steve emtman.

  • @terminatorx6230

    @terminatorx6230

    8 ай бұрын

    Steve Emtman would be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame if it wasn’t for astroturf.

  • @mistervancleef
    @mistervancleef11 ай бұрын

    These conference history videos are awesome. Great job!

  • @MetalGod999
    @MetalGod99911 ай бұрын

    Another excellent video by you, Lucas. Keep up the good work! 👍👍

  • @Ram-2112
    @Ram-211211 ай бұрын

    I appreciate all the hard work and research this took to get right. Great job you got a new subscriber!

  • @terminatorx6230
    @terminatorx62308 ай бұрын

    The damage Larry Scott did to the Pac 12 could never be overstated.

  • @iamza.
    @iamza.11 ай бұрын

    RIP Coach Pirate. We all loved you.

  • @mcbrownson4860
    @mcbrownson486011 ай бұрын

    This video is great! I didn’t even realize you were a new channel and I’ve been waiting for more conference videos since your last one. Keep it up

  • @docknox3320
    @docknox332011 ай бұрын

    Man you have to do this for every conference, love the content, keep it up my guy👍

  • @oldreliablerc
    @oldreliablerc11 ай бұрын

    I didn't know most of that, nice summary. Also great production value!

  • @chasmeinecke4322
    @chasmeinecke432210 ай бұрын

    Here’s my humble take with all this conference realignment ridiculousness. It’s gotten so out of hand to the point it doesn’t make sense anymore. Because football is the driving force behind this mess, college football needs to become its own semi-pro league and let the other sports reset and rejoin their original conferences. Players now get paid, colleges get their TV money, and can still use their brands and resources. It’s beyond ridiculous to drag other sports into conferences to play teams all over the country that don’t have the same amount of revenue and resources. Give football its own league to divide up however they see fit, and let the other sports continue to compete within their traditional more regional based conferences.

  • @GrizrazRex

    @GrizrazRex

    9 ай бұрын

    This is the precise direction that things are heading in. Give it 2 TV contract cycles, and we'll be back to regional conferences. We'll probably have an over-arching football-only governing body with a figurehead who can actually wield power and make decisions. That governing body will count the B1G and SEC schools as members, along with the bigger names from the rest of what was the Power 5. Several have begun to speak of a system of elevation/relegation, which could also be quite interesting. Meanwhile, enjoy the last season of CFB as we know it.

  • @Skiller71Studios
    @Skiller71Studios11 ай бұрын

    Keep making videos please!!! These are great.

  • @kingsledge
    @kingsledge11 ай бұрын

    Another great video! Good job covering the, almost, move of the big12 south to the PAC.

  • @jackdaddyslim3895
    @jackdaddyslim389511 ай бұрын

    As a Big 12 fan (AKA: Truck Stop league) & TCU Alumni I don't want the PAC 12 to Fail. I want them to Land some type of TV Deal. SEC & B1G are so far ahead of The other 2 & the ACC is $h!+ show all it's own I feel like the PAC screwed up majorly when they didn't Decide to work with The Big 12

  • @LeftTurnorBust
    @LeftTurnorBust11 ай бұрын

    Great video man. Can’t wait for the SEC video!

  • @Nobody-kg8md
    @Nobody-kg8md11 ай бұрын

    I think if the PAC-12 wants to survive conference realignment in the future, they need to ditch the night cap games. Nobody in the Midwest or the east coast wants to stay up until 2 am to watch a football game.

  • @wadecockrill3646
    @wadecockrill364610 ай бұрын

    I very much enjoyed this! Thanks for the content. Best of luck to Oregon State and Washington State going forward. I hope you both find your way back into the power five status somehow. My Oklahoma State Cowboys were inches away from your same boat. Go Pokes!

  • @just11n_43
    @just11n_4311 ай бұрын

    great video! can't wait to see your take on the ACC

  • @Humbucker75
    @Humbucker7511 ай бұрын

    Awesome stuff! Love these conference videos

  • @Dominco302
    @Dominco30211 ай бұрын

    Great videos man, hope you channel blows up in subs and views!

  • @captainspartan04
    @captainspartan0411 ай бұрын

    And Colorado just left for the big 12

  • @zackhartley4718
    @zackhartley47189 ай бұрын

    It’s sucks to see these conferences go away

  • @aidanross2179
    @aidanross217911 ай бұрын

    Looking like they’re won’t be a PAC 12 anymore bc as of rn there are only 4 teams left

  • @tjbuzard5316
    @tjbuzard531611 ай бұрын

    So glad you made another video on a different power 5 conference, these vids are great, cant wait for ACC and SEC

  • @ohwaitchristian
    @ohwaitchristian11 ай бұрын

    had to subscribe. I know you are mainly covering FBS conferences but i cant wait for you to make a doc on the big east

  • @bn0113
    @bn011311 ай бұрын

    13:37 Oregon was a 2 seed, not 4.

  • @ianprchlik3956
    @ianprchlik395611 ай бұрын

    Lucas you are a master in this craft my friend

  • @nickflinn9816
    @nickflinn981611 ай бұрын

    Regarding the B12-P12 merger, I think one of the reasons of declining was because the PAC wanted the B12 to kick out the 4 new additions and West vrigina before merging. B12 refused to do that and, therefore, no dice. But that may be just a rumor.

  • @troybaxter

    @troybaxter

    11 ай бұрын

    I mean, that makes sense why the B12 would turn them down. They hold the cards, so why should they be giving up assets? West Coast elitism at its finest.

  • @DWat01
    @DWat0111 ай бұрын

    Two great videos. Keep it up

  • @Joshua-uw7wm
    @Joshua-uw7wm11 ай бұрын

    Awesome I loved your big 12 video and I'm sure this one rocks too

  • @yoo909
    @yoo90910 ай бұрын

    rip mike leach. ttu goat coach

  • @davidstewart9545
    @davidstewart954511 ай бұрын

    This series is fire bro

  • @FyrFytr998
    @FyrFytr9989 ай бұрын

    Loving all these videos despite the mispronunciations here and there. Pepperdeen? Keep up the good work.

  • @nateg4582
    @nateg458211 ай бұрын

    Great video, and think you should do the big ten next.

  • @DDub04
    @DDub0411 ай бұрын

    As a South Carolina fan I consider myself lucky that our athletic department hitched a ride to the SEC train in the 90s. Long ago enough that we aren’t outcasts like Mizzou and to get situated before this major realignment era. As an outsider to the other conferences dealing with losing their premier football powerhouses, I’m not a fan of this treatment of the conference structure. Going the way of the NFL with only two leagues seems stupid. But monetarily, this makes the most sense. I’m glad we already got on the boat decades ago but this is just not fun to watch.

  • @logo115

    @logo115

    11 ай бұрын

    Well to be frank, you’re actually in the South East unlike Mizzou. Schools like Clemson probably wouldn’t be outcasts if they joined today

  • @ericthomas917

    @ericthomas917

    10 ай бұрын

    Is South Carolina going to try to block Clemson from joining the SEC?

  • @DDub04

    @DDub04

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ericthomas917 let me go ask our athletic director.

  • @JamesKelleyJr
    @JamesKelleyJr6 ай бұрын

    The 91' UW national championship is NOT disputed. The 84' and the 90' are.

  • @therealfanmaster7097
    @therealfanmaster709711 ай бұрын

    Now I am a fan of a big time school who doesn't have to worry about how this will affect me personally (Michigan in case you're wondering), but I feel for you guys out in the Pac-12 and Big XII regions. You guys are being hung by the balls for TV moves that the majority of us fans of the big schools don't want. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm pretty sure most B1G and SEC schools would rather see conferences not get split up and destroyed by greedy TV executives. I personally believed that the system was already too imbalanced and unfair, hopefully we don't see everything get ruined.

  • @UserName-ts3sp

    @UserName-ts3sp

    11 ай бұрын

    as an ohio state fan im glad we don’t have to worry about conference realignment but USC and UCLA? that feels wrong

  • @GC-ps9mn

    @GC-ps9mn

    11 ай бұрын

    As a Michigan fan who just moved to SoCal, I like the addition for purely selfish reasons. I'm still in "B1G country" now and I get to go see UM play out here. However if I stayed in the Midwest I realize I would probably hate all this conference realignment.

  • @ntnsty

    @ntnsty

    9 ай бұрын

    It all goes back to Texas and their selfish LHN - One could make a great case how they are the modern conference wrecker.

  • @duvaldojo6122
    @duvaldojo612211 ай бұрын

    Great video hope you do big ten next

  • @theroman2130
    @theroman21308 ай бұрын

    This deserves so many more views.

  • @un1verse596
    @un1verse59611 ай бұрын

    Can we get ACC next?

  • @LordsWarrior44
    @LordsWarrior4411 ай бұрын

    How do you have less than 1000 subscribers. This video is very high quality

  • @agent_JorDi
    @agent_JorDi10 ай бұрын

    A follow up to this video today would be gold. The 4 pillar brands are in the B1G and the 4 schools left behind

  • @captainspartan04

    @captainspartan04

    10 ай бұрын

    2 now

  • @tobystastings2723
    @tobystastings272310 ай бұрын

    Good work. Would love follow ups on these quality videos

  • @shawa666
    @shawa66611 ай бұрын

    Lol at the Canadian National Railways logo in the bunch of possible diffusers at 16:15

  • @bb3764
    @bb376411 ай бұрын

    Keep these up their great

  • @broncobilly4029
    @broncobilly402911 ай бұрын

    Your video was accurate at the time you made it, but things are changing fast. The future of the P12 looks far more uncertain as I type.

  • @mattbrichacek8978
    @mattbrichacek897811 ай бұрын

    I hate that USC and UCLA are joining the Big 10, same with possibly Oregon and Washington. The Big 10 is a midwestern conference and what happens to the Rose Bowl a predominantly Big 10 vs Pac 12 bowl game when there is no Pac 12 to play.

  • @Simbaforlife

    @Simbaforlife

    11 ай бұрын

    I mean with the 12 team playoff coming, it's gonna lose its automatic bids lol there's a chance we can see Georgia vs Clemson in the rose bowl

  • @davidmealy1499
    @davidmealy149911 ай бұрын

    Well an additional video on the death of the Pac might be a good idea now that Colorado left a week after this was made.

  • @leafman4428
    @leafman442811 ай бұрын

    please make a SWC history vid

  • @trout_tf2
    @trout_tf211 ай бұрын

    This man needs subs

  • @northdakotagamer
    @northdakotagamer11 ай бұрын

    I think the chance to play for a national football title every year with the new playoff format should keep Oregon and Washington where they are, but what do I know

  • @christophercasey7388
    @christophercasey738810 ай бұрын

    Ucla was the southern branch of the University of California. Therefore their fight songs, mascots, even some street names (such as Gayley) were the same. They switched to Bruins and powder blue and gold, instead of Golden Bears and blue and gold, once they were established as their own university, and competing in sports.

  • @goblue5176
    @goblue51765 ай бұрын

    That is actually crazy that Whittier college was apart of the original schools lol I live down the street from the school pretty small private school that recently even got rid of their football program a few years ago

  • @MariaScreamapova
    @MariaScreamapova9 ай бұрын

    You will need to make a part 2 😂

  • @nelsonhernandez4722
    @nelsonhernandez472211 ай бұрын

    Well this has aged well…4 members left

  • @jaylenbarnes2.079
    @jaylenbarnes2.07911 ай бұрын

    Solid Videos

  • @dwaynecoy1871
    @dwaynecoy187111 ай бұрын

    "oh the band is out on the field!" - probably the most iconic play in college football history. That play kept John Elway from appearing in a bowl game at the end of his senior season. Elway didn't play in a bowl game during his time at Stanford. He was a great QB, obviously, but back then they didn't have nearly as many bowl games as they do now and his teams were always around the middle of the pack and they never got the invite for a bowl game.

  • @LymetimeProductions
    @LymetimeProductions11 ай бұрын

    Can we get a big ten video down the line please? That would be awesome

  • @rustyshackleford8819
    @rustyshackleford881911 ай бұрын

    Editor’s note: they did not survive

  • @nickbooze9766
    @nickbooze976611 ай бұрын

    Damn dude, the timing on this.

  • @jaysonmullin6423
    @jaysonmullin642311 ай бұрын

    Cant wait for the WAC video

  • @jibbygaming
    @jibbygaming11 ай бұрын

    Andddd Colorado’s gone

  • @JohnTaylor-xg4jn
    @JohnTaylor-xg4jn8 ай бұрын

    I was today years old when I learned that I was so interested in the history of athletic conferences.

  • @nicangerstein4789
    @nicangerstein478911 ай бұрын

    Keep ‘em comin

  • @JamesKelleyJr
    @JamesKelleyJr6 ай бұрын

    And I know its rowing but UW was so dominant in the sport the team was sent to the Olympics as the USA team.

  • @stanleychiu4576
    @stanleychiu457611 ай бұрын

    Pac-12 also tried selling its media rights overseas and traveling to China to play basketball games every year. Scott tried selling the rights to media holders in APAC and China but ultimately couldn't find a buyer. After 5 years of this experiment, the most memorable part was LiAngelo Ball stealing LV shades and belts in Hangzhou, China.

  • @alexanderhamilton2717
    @alexanderhamilton271711 ай бұрын

    great video

  • @luissamayoa8144
    @luissamayoa81448 ай бұрын

    This was beautiful

  • @johnslyfield5096
    @johnslyfield509611 ай бұрын

    It was a nice ride pac 8/10/12. Will the last team to leave turn the lights out

  • @srikothur2845
    @srikothur284511 ай бұрын

    Please please please strongly consider doing the ACC.

  • @WaltSpence
    @WaltSpence8 ай бұрын

    Waiting on the ACC video which feels like it could be so complex that it could take months

  • @stout8807
    @stout880710 ай бұрын

    Let’s call it the Lincoln Riley realignment. It’s ironic that Riley leaves Oklahoma and then USC heads to the B1G and then everyone jumps around.

  • @lazarbro
    @lazarbro5 ай бұрын

    Whats the vaporwave song in the intro?!

  • @audrisampson
    @audrisampson8 ай бұрын

    I actually watched PAC 12 after dark most weeks. Made me really like the teams and the conference.

  • @robert5755

    @robert5755

    7 күн бұрын

    pac 12 had 100 more national championships than any other conference .

  • @alarger972
    @alarger97211 ай бұрын

    This aged spectacularly. Like a fine milk.

  • @ynp1978
    @ynp197811 ай бұрын

    Title should be THE PAC 12 IS HISTORY!

  • @ecbucky
    @ecbucky11 ай бұрын

    THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

  • @atlsooner85
    @atlsooner8511 ай бұрын

    No one talks about this but SEC wanted OU and Texas, not aTm and Mizzou in 2010.

  • @Malice1111
    @Malice111111 ай бұрын

    RIP PAC 12

  • @terranceramirez4816
    @terranceramirez481610 ай бұрын

    18:05 that take aged like fine milk

  • @RJsModernLife
    @RJsModernLife11 ай бұрын

    Watching this on the day Colorado bolted for the big 12

  • @gregoryevans8179
    @gregoryevans817911 ай бұрын

    I remember listening to a sports call in show years ago, and a caller said TV would ruin sports, and I’ll be damned if that’s not the case.

  • @griffinhegwer2497
    @griffinhegwer249711 ай бұрын

    Who is here after Colorado left for the big 12

  • @antoniokauley9171
    @antoniokauley917111 ай бұрын

    Might need to make a video about what is happening to the pac12

  • @carlosnuckols8470
    @carlosnuckols847011 ай бұрын

    ESPN told the PAC-12 leadership to merge with the Big-12 and it was the PAC-12 who said no!

  • @lukeontheplains

    @lukeontheplains

    11 ай бұрын

    The first time. It actually happened twice-one right after OUT and once right after USCLA.

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