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Original Title: B1G Commissioner Tony Petitti indicates Colorado’s move to the Big-12 prompted Oregon/Washington to reach out and move to the B1G. “The Colorado move to the Big 12 increased some inbound conversations”
Asked this week what changed between that comment and the decision to add Oregon and Washington, Petitti pointed to Colorado’s departure from the Pac-12, a move that became official the evening after his media days appearance.
“The Colorado move to the Big 12 increased some inbound conversations,” Petitti said. “We then spent time talking about that with the group of our presidents, then involved the full group of presidents and the athletic directors just to sort of pursue what a structure would look like and (to discuss) whether it was real interest from Oregon and Washington. Those conversations all took place early during the week. What obviously changed was just the circumstances around it. It created a different timeframe.”