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Old 04-20-2012, 08:14 PM
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B1G, Pac-12 pact could start staggered
April, 20, 2012
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced their partnership in December, they targeted 2017 as the first season of head-to-head play in football.

But the nature of nonconference scheduling and the needs of 24 different schools could result in a staggered start. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told Brian Bennett that some Pac-12 schools are "dragging their feet a little bit" in relation to football scheduling, citing the difficulty of a slate featuring nine league games, a Big Ten opponent and, for some teams, another major-conference opponent.

There are also obstacles in the Big Ten. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told ESPN.com that the Buckeyes aren't scheduled to begin the Pac-12 partnership in football until the 2018 season.

The reason: Ohio State already has nonconference games scheduled against Oklahoma (home) and North Carolina (road) in 2017.

"I'm not taking [a Pac-12 game]," Smith said. "We can't start in '17, so we will start in '18."

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany on Thursday issued a statement to ESPN.com that reads in part: "Both conferences reaffirmed plans to play an annual 12 interconference game football schedule beginning in 2017, subject to previously contracted non-conference games." The key line there is subject to previously contracted nonconference games. The way scheduling works, many schools have contracts out to 2017 and beyond.

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