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Bill Plaschke: Face it, USC and UCLA belong in Big Ten after outgrowing the decaying Pac-12

LOS ANGELES — Every football Saturday could feel like a Rose Bowl. USC visits Michigan one week, Ohio State comes to UCLA the next week, are you kidding me? Every basketball weekend could feel like March Madness. Indiana and Michigan State play UCLA at packed Pauley Pavilion in the middle of February on national television, are you serious? The move by USC and UCLA from the Pac-12 conference ...
Sportscaster and former NBA player Bill Walton broadcasts the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference basketball tournament between the Oregon State Beavers and the Colorado Buffaloes at T-Mobile Arena on March 13, 2021 in Las Vegas.

LOS ANGELES — Every football Saturday could feel like a Rose Bowl.

USC visits Michigan one week, Ohio State comes to UCLA the next week, are you kidding me?

Every basketball weekend could feel like March Madness.

Indiana and Michigan State play UCLA at packed Pauley Pavilion in the middle of February on national television, are you serious?

The move by USC and UCLA from the Pac-12 conference to the Big Ten, which was announced Thursday and will take place beginning in 2024, is a bold and brilliant one worthy of the city of champions.

Face it, USC had

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