The Big Ten expanded again to make a pod of four teams on the West Coast. Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington will begin play in 2024, so developments are moving fast and we are left to figure out what it all means.
For Ohio State and Big Ten fans, there’s plenty of reasons to get excited about these additions. Of course, there are also reservations because of tradition being shucked aside and all that comes with such a change at breakneck speed.
We have colleagues who used to call the now defunct Pac-12 home, and we thought it would be good to check in with them to see how this news is being ingested.
We’re starting with our friends at Ducks Wire to see what the temperature is up in the Pacific Northwest. What’s the excitement level over joining the Big Ten? What do Ducks’ fans think of Ohio State? And what are some things OSU fans should know about Oregon?
Ducks Wire publisher/editor Zachary Neel sat down with us to answer some questions that may interest you on those topics and more and we are sharing his comments with you.
And, if you missed it, we did the same for Oregon fans to let them know a little bit more about life in the Big Ten, some things about Ohio State and what Buckeye fans think of Nike U.