I am relieved Utah got a landing spot but I do not like what has happened to the PAC. I am not a fan of the conferences being so big. When you play half or less than half of the other teams it just doesn't seem appealing. After this coming season will Utah ever play any of the Oregon, Washington or California schools again? Are any of them interested in playing the Utes again? Who knows.
I have no problem with the Utes in the Big 12. Before they joined the PAC the PAC and the Big 12 were the "power conferences" I rooted for. I am also looking forward to playing BYU yearly again and possibly having something at stake from the result. I am also interested in playing the Big 12 teams, always have been.
I wish the last four PAC teams could find a comparable situation but at the same time don't want the newly expanded conferences to grow any more. I think they are already unwieldy enough in their new configurations.