UPDATE: Oregon and Washington will join the Big Ten starting in the 2024-25 academic year.
Uh, it’s certainly been a chaotic Friday in college sports, and as of publishing this, it might get nuttier.
There was uncertainty about what could happen to the Pac-12 — at first, there was talk that Oregon and Washington (and perhaps others?) might leave for the Big Ten. Then? Maybe that wasn’t happening.
But now there’s a report that the Ducks and Huskies will join the Big Ten, and that could lead to the Pac-12 (er, 10?) crumbling.
Which brings us to important business: What the heck are they going to call the Big Ten when there will be a lot more than 10 teams in it?
Twitter had thoughts:
1
The Big Conference
Just take out the “ten.”
The Big Conference
— Blake Walker (@Blake_Walker8) August 4, 2023
rename it the Big Conference, put everyone in it, and get back to baseball tweets
thanks,
🇺🇸— Courtney Mattison (@CourtMattison) August 4, 2023
2
The Really Big Conference
Big 10 + 10.
Big 10*2
B1010
Big 10 (Page 1 of 2)
Big 10 and Big 10(1)
Big Double 10
The Really Big Conference https://t.co/SGlnMSr04L— Mike Prada. (PRAY-duh) (@MikePradaNBA) August 4, 2023
At at some point they'll eventually have to change the name to The Really Big Conference. With all the changes it'll just be The Big However many, SEC, ACC, and whatever the Big 12 morphs into. I love the prospect of terrific inter-conference games, title games and championships https://t.co/vdt32O25Sg
— ZenDawg (@crbeachbum) August 2, 2023
3
The Continental Conference
@bigten change your name to the Continental Athletic Conference please.
— Connor (@Connor_Husen) August 4, 2023
The continental conference
— Jacob Mauren (@jacob_mauren) August 4, 2023
4
The National Football Conference
LOLOLOL!
alright but hear me out. The big ten can’t operate with 20 teams under that name. it’s more of a national conference now. so they should rename it after that
The National Football Conference.
— maxwell (@maxwellklitzke) August 4, 2023
5
The Big 18
what's the new hashtag gonna be for the Big 18? @AlbertBreer
— Chris Brockman🎙️ (@chrisbrockman) August 4, 2023
Well on the bright side, they can kinda make the “G” in B1G look like an 8. The Big 18
— Shohei’s Last Dance (@TheAngelsBlow) August 4, 2023
So the Big 18… As if College Football needed another reason why it sucks. https://t.co/ypvCm57HVL
— Shane Presley (@shanedp30) August 4, 2023
6
The Bigger Ten
Bigger Ten
— Josh Mullin (@Josh_Mullin2) August 4, 2023
Bigger Ten.
— CFBSelect.com (@CfbSelect) August 4, 2023