[NU Sports] Two words for the Oklahoma State boosters

[Peter C. Warner]

After a pay-for-play scandal in the 1950s, the Pacific Coast Conference was
disbanded and, In 1959, the Big Five was formed (Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC,
and Washington).  In 1962, Washington State was added to make it the Big
Six.   Oregon & Oregon State were added in 1964 and it was renamed the
Pac-8.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at tssi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:55 PM
To: Peter C. Warner
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Two words for the Oklahoma State boosters

> The Rose, of course, was special because of the tradition the Rose, 
> Big 10 and the Pac-12 (previously, Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, 
> Pacific-10) built together for over half a century.  Even outside Big 
> 10 and Pac-12 country, people had Rose Bowl parties to watch the game.

Wasn't the Big Six a midwest conference?

It was previously the Missouri Valley Conference, a name subsequently used
by another conference (with several teams that were part of the the old
MVCC).  It later became the Big Seven, then the Big Eight, then the Big
T(exas)welve.
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Mike Nolan