Let’s be adults here, folks. Let’s be grownups. Let’s be mature individuals and admit the simple truth. It’s okay. It’s not a sign of weakness to admit what we can all see in the room: The Pac-12 very clearly catered to the University of Oregon in crafting and approving of its 2023 conference football schedule. The conference was just as clear and transparent in not catering to the University of Southern California.
We can simply admit this as mature adults, or we can look off to the side and pretend this didn’t happen. It’s your choice.
We don’t have to pretend. We can be honest with ourselves and each other and see this schedule for what it is.
Let’s be very clear: USC was catered to and given a soft, cushiony ride last year in the 2022 schedule release. The Pac-12 rolled out the red carpet for the Trojans. We never refused to admit that, too.
Then came the move to the Big Ten. Suddenly, USC was no longer valued by George Kliavkoff. Oregon was.
We can just admit this or pretend these considerations are irrelevant. Come on now. Let’s go through the details and simply admit the truth: