Pac-12 Expected To Move On From Commissioner George Kliavkoff Following Collapse

The Pac-12 is now looking to start fresh after what was a disastrous year in realignment and media rights negotiations

On Tuesday, the move that everyone in college football knew was coming was finally put into place.

The Pac-12 began its process of going their separate ways with commissioner George Kliavkoff according to insider Jon Wilner. The news comes after the commissioner not only failed to secure a media rights deal for the conference this past year, but after 10 of the 12 programs left for the ACC, Big Ten, or Big 12. It leaves just Oregon State and Washington State in control of the conference, which now has two years to get up to eight members in order to remain as an FBS conference. 

"The Pac-12 Conference Board has given the departing 10 schools notice of a proposed leadership transition with an invitation to provide comment," the Pac-12 said in a Tuesday statement. "We expect to provide more information following a decision in the coming days."

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According to YahooSports' Ross Dellenger, Pac-12 deputy commissioner Teresa Gould is now being targeted as his replacement. There was also noise surrounding former XFL commissioner Oliver Luck at one point as well, as he was a consultant for the Pac-12 when they were looking at expansion candidates when the conference was down to just four schools prior to the ACC adding Stanford and Cal.

In terms of who they would add to get the conference to eight, teams like San Diego State, Fresno State, UNLV, and Boise State are among the ones that stand out.