Twitter reaction to Utah joining Big 12 as the Pac-12 turns out the lights
“Turn out the lights. The party’s over. They say that all good things must end. Call it a night. The party’s over. And tomorrow starts the same old thing again.”
If you’re old enough to recognize those lyrics, chances are you heard them on Monday Night Football, when Don Meredith pronounced a game as being done and dusted on ABC television.
The Pac-12 is turning out the lights. The party is over. The Conference of Champions is effectively done. The conference is down to four schools: Stanford, Cal, Oregon State and Washington State, after five schools jumped ship on an historic Friday. Utah followed Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, and Washington out the door. While Oregon and Washington moved to the Big Ten, Utah joined Arizona and ASU in going to the Big 12 to form a 16-school conference. The Utes, Wildcats and Sun Devils quickly reunited with Colorado days after the Buffaloes began this domino effect.
Social media reaction was explosive, as you could well imagine. Emotions ran high. Here is a sampling of what went down on a landmark day in college sports:
SINKING SHIP
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 4, 2023
UTAH FAN TWEET
Do I even want to continue watching the sport at this point
— ᴳᴿᴱᴳ🌹 (@bananamorphs) August 4, 2023
SCRAMBLED REALITY
Washington at Rutgers at 11 am on a perfectly good Saturday in October. Whatever, man. Just give me a point spread.
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) August 4, 2023
LOL
Pac-12 = Blockbuster
SEC = Netflix
Big Ten = Disney+
Big 12 = Amazon Prime
ACC = Paramount+
Notre Dame = Peacock
AAC = VuDu https://t.co/QzcPyGfkVt— Kerry Miller (@kerrancejames) August 4, 2023
OUCH
So the Pac 12 is Blockbuster and everyone else is Netflix?
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) August 4, 2023
HOLY WAR!
I’m in my feelings about all the dying rivalries in college sports but at least the Big 12 is accidentally bringing back Holy War https://t.co/yv13ymGE0J
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) August 4, 2023
LIKE A CHICAGO CUB WORLD SERIES DROUGHT
108 years of the PAC-12 gone in a weeks time… crazy https://t.co/OCH81V8MW6
— Aztec Analytics (@AztecAnalytics) August 4, 2023
MOUNTAIN MADNESS
Looks like 2/3 of the former Pac-12 South division will now be in the Big 12. That bitter CU-Utah rivalry created by the Pac-12 can continue! https://t.co/3m7cgiX6c9
— Brian Howell (@BrianHowell33) August 4, 2023
MEMORIAL VIGIL
Thoughts and prayers to the PAC-12. https://t.co/0gpYgyxs7F
— Sean Paul (@SeanPaulCBB) August 4, 2023
IT WILL BE FUN
Utah and BYU finally ending up in the same conference in the midst of all this stuff that is probably very bad for non-rev and women's sports (and college football itself, if we're honest) in the long run does have some real "broken clock is right twice a day" energy to it. https://t.co/gLTnWS5jgy
— Alan Cole (@Alan__Cole) August 4, 2023
ARIZONA LED THIS LATE MOVEMENT
You're welcome, Utah and Arizona State. https://t.co/tOgCOtnS5t pic.twitter.com/bIuks1Et5a
— Cats Man (@CatsMan15) August 4, 2023
RAPID
Good lord this moving quick. The Big 12 has gone from having 12 teams next year to 16 in a couple of weeks https://t.co/CV15lMxwQg
— Jarrod Thurman (@jarrod_thurman) August 4, 2023
WHAT A DAY
It's happening now! Utah and ASU to the B 12 https://t.co/5wpvDjUszk
— Jim Williams (@JWMediaDC) August 4, 2023
THE END
Every Pac-12 team, eventually… https://t.co/1loaMPwjcG pic.twitter.com/PK3sH4gpio
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) August 4, 2023
YORMARK ON THE MARK
Almost certain Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah will be Big 12 schools soon. Brett Yormark played this beautifully. Beat the PAC 12 to the media deal and then take 4 of their members. Savage.
— Anand Nanduri (@NanduriNFL) August 4, 2023
PAIN
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) August 4, 2023
OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL
It’s official, Utah Athletics will join the @Big12Conference in 2024!https://t.co/t03Wp0mqqE#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/TyMKMwYs78
— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) August 5, 2023
