adminColorado returns to the Massive 12 Convention subsequent summer time, and Oregon head soccer coach Dan Lanning seems unfazed by the transfer.
Lanning took a really clear, but correct, shot on the Buffalo on Monday.
“Not a fantastic response,” Lanning stated when requested about Colorado’s plans to return to the Massive 12.
“I am attempting to recollect what they received to affect this conference and I do not bear in mind. Do you bear in mind them successful something? I do not bear in mind them successful something.”
Though that is harsh, he isn’t mistaken.
Colorado has had just one successful season since becoming a member of the Pac-12 in 2011. Other than their 10-4 end in 2016, through which they received the Pac-12 South Division title, the Buffaloes have by no means received greater than three convention video games in a single sport. season. They went 0-9 in convention play in 2014, and have 4 seasons through which they solely received one Pac-12 sport. Deion Sanders is Colorado’s fifth head coach since shifting to the Pac-12.
Primarily based on that, it is easy to see why Lanning and Oregon did not care a lot in regards to the Buffalo’s plans.
Colorado formally voted again to the Massive 12 final week. The Buffaloes’ determination to depart got here after USC and UCLA chosen to affix the Massive Ten subsequent season. This would depart the Pac-12 with solely 9 groups. The Pac-12 has but to announce plans for a brand new media rights settlement — reportedly coming later this week — one thing Colorado athletic director Rick George stated performed a task of their determination to depart.
The Pac-12 is clearly not in a great place, and it seems to be prefer it might collapse at any second. Arizona is rumored to be contemplating a soar to the Massive 12, which might complicate issues much more for Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkov.
However for now, no less than publicly, Lanning and Oregon are okay with Colorado leaving the convention.
