'This is truly a startup': How the 'new' Pac-12 is taking shape

FOR OVER THREE years, the Pac-12 has existed in various states of transition. That is how long it has been since USC and UCLA announced they were leaving the conference for the Big Ten, knocking over conference realignment dominoes on the West Coast that only recently came to rest -- at least for now. For months, perhaps longer, survival was in question. Now, the future is beginning to take shape. With Texas State officially on board as the ninth member -- and, critically, an eighth football-playing member -- a cornerstone...