Why? Don't like the money? Or just have a travel crush on Cali?
I think the fantasy of Pac 10 travel spots exceed the reality of the situation.
Arizona can be hot, hot, hot. Who wants to sit in 95+ degree weather to watch football?
SoCal is, in this case, LA. Once you've been to LA and done the whole Disneyland thing, it loses it's luster pretty quick.
NoCal. Oakland is a pit. We'll have more to say about Cal in a few more months. Stanford will be wonderful in a "they are richer than you are" kind of way.
Oregon = no beach trip. Is anyone really looking forward to flying into Portland and making the drive south to Corvallis? What does Eugene have that B10 campuses don't, better weather?
Seattle is one big traffic jam. Sure tailgating on a yacht is cool. But how many of us are going to be able to do that?
Wazzu - Pullman? Puh'lease.
The B10 locations of MadCity WI, Columbus OH, Ann Arbor MI, State College PA are legendary.
Chicago is a great town, even when it's cold. The bars inside the L are great.
Sure Minnesota, Illini, Bloomington, Indiana, Iowa City and East Lansing are blah. But for an extra $10M in revenue, that's worth it.