Michigan Vs. Stanford in the first Rose Bowl in 1902.

When it comes to rivals, the first pairing you think of might not be the Pac-12 and the 12-team Big Ten.  The two 12-conference college sports conferences have nothing in common:  think California cool versus Midwestern grit.  They have two competing sports networks, and the two conferences do not share states.  Still, something must work out, as the Big Ten and Pac-12 have announced plans to become rivals via a new shared schedule pitting the 24 teams of the two conferences against one another yearly.

The idea of two college conferences setting up a permanent rivalry isn’t a new one in college sports, but it is something new in college football.  Every year, there are college hoops rivalry weeks like the proposed one for the Pac-12 and Big Ten (like the ACC/Big Ten Challenge) but for two college conferences to create an interconference rivalry is a new, fun step.  Still, the Pac-12 and Big Ten are natural rivals; just ask the Rose Bowl, where the two conferences have classed for over a century.

“From my perspective this improves the scheduling and creates more high-profile matchups,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott.  “It gets us exposure into the Midwest and East Coast on the Big Ten media platforms, the Big Ten Network and ESPN.  And we hope it brings some rivalries that are rooted in a 100-year tradition of the Rose Bowl.”

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