[...] But fans of opposing teams came to Salt Lake City in far greater numbers this year, more than doubling from 546 per game on average to 1,272, injecting a few million additional dollars into the local economy.

Leaders of the Pac-12 Conference agreed in principle Saturday to try to end college football's Bowl Championship Series, proposing its replacement with a playoff system that would allow only conference winners to play for college football's national title.

So it appears that the Big Ten is open to a four team playoff. Included in the discussion, higher seeds host the games. Couple this with the new Pac-12/Big-10 agreement and you could say... Someone's been talking to Larry.

Jon Wilner has an update on Pac-12 business affairs. IMO, Wilner is a must read for all Pac-12 fans.

"We are creating seven networks with an aggressive digital plan, something that has never been done before..." - Leon Schweir, the new Senior Vice President of Production and Operations for the Pac-12 Network.

Can I tell you as a Gen-X'er how excited I am to hear that.

just some quick thoughts about Utah going to the Pac-12. This is my first blog post in a while; they will get better and more interesting. I also talk some Utah hoops for those fans who may not know much about us.

I am writing a series about the history of the Pac-12 stadiums. This is the over view, and it includes some really old pictures of Pac-12 stadiums. Feel free to guess which stadium is which. And read the series to find out the correct answers!

SI.com vault article on conference alignment during the early 1990s and its implications. So much deja vu