could pay them Big12 money (looking at you Oregon & Washington) by making a strong bid for the Big12+PAC best contract? Meanwhile, ESPN is left holding the bag with the remaining PAC schools, who now have to compete with Fox in the Pacific time zone (who would not only have LA with the B1G, but the best of the rest of the PAC in the Big12). Might Fox have pulled out of the PAC negotiation because they're positioning for the Big12 deal? It's like a game of hot potato....who wants to be left holding the moldy potato of the PAC leftover conference?