Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff takes shot at Big 12

The conference realignment rumors between the two conferences are causing some tension

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With Pac-12 Media Day upon us, we all knew what a majority of the questions and curiosity would be about, which is of course USC and UCLA departing from the conference to join the Big Ten.

This naturally led to Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff addressing the rumors of what will happen, and what the conference's plans are in general. One of the solutions that many people assumed was a likely match was the Pac-12 and Big 12 pairing up and merging in some fashion, but those talks broke down. However, what didn't break down after those talks were the Big 12's efforts of attempting to poach teams from the Pac-12 and being public about it mind you.

Something that Commissioner Kliavkoff was not too fond of, and let the world know when he was being questioned by reporters. 

It. Is. On.
Pac-12 commish George Kliavkoff about Big 12’s Brett Yormark’s comment about Big 12 is open for business. “I appreciate that. We haven’t decided if we’re going shopping there or not”

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 29, 2022

While the Big 12 currently has a contingency plan in place for life post-Texas and Oklahoma, the Pac-12's teams still will bring in more viewers with the conference's new additions. 

Kliavkoff didn't hold back either as he even went as far as to call the Big 12 scared in regards to what the Pac-12 could potentially due, which is pull the ultimate uno reverse and poach their teams. 

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff said, "I've been spending four weeks watching grenades being lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12... I get why they're scared, I get why they're trying to destabilize us."

— John Canzano (@johncanzanobft) July 29, 2022

This is definitely one of the more spicy media days in recent memory, and it also gives Pac-12 fans some hope that there is a commissioner who will actually try to better the conference.