Conferences, Bottom Lines Expand as Relevance, Rivalries Contract

by David WhitleyFiled under: Big 12, Pac 10Let's see if we have this straight. Texas is going to join the Pac 10 if Nebraska bolts for the Big Ten, which would cause the Big 12 to move to Chicago unless LeBron James re-signs with Cleveland. If you're confused now, just wait until Arizona joins the SEC and 5,000 cowbell-clanging Mississippi State fans show up in Tucson looking for the Grand Canyon. But let's not point them all toward Mexico yet. "What direction the process takes still could go in different directions," Pac 10 commissioner Larry Scott said after getting the go-ahead Sunday to flirt with Longhorns and Aggies. "Everything from remaining as we are as a Pac 10 that has some very bright days ahead of it, to a bigger conference foot print." Wherever we get in this New World Order, the people who'll get walked all over are the fans. Really, have you heard anyone not wearing a suit clamoring for all these conferences to go on an expa...