The Arizona State University leadership isn't exactly making a good first impression in the Big 12.on Saturday.“I promise I’m not going to Morgantown,” Anderson said in reference to the home of the West Virginia Mountaineers, who are a current member of the Big 12. “I’m going to sign that to Jean Boyd . He can go to Morgantown. But send me to Texas and the rivalry with Arizona and starting a new one with BYU and Utah and Colorado.
Anderson's comments were based on the new travel costs and logistics that his school would face in having to travel to West Virginia and other new Big 12 schools. Morgantown is more than 2,000 miles from Tempe.Arizona State AD Ray Anderson discussing move to Big 12:"I promise I'm not going to Morgantown. I'm going to sign that to Jean Boyd. He can go to Morgantown.
“We’re going to try to in the Olympic sports go to divisions and we’ll probably do that in football as well. For travel, regionalization makes sense. But it really makes sense in the Olympic sports,” Anderson also told the media as part of his comments.Arizona State leaving rich Pac-12 history behind in Big 12 expansion moveJust to Clarify, I really don’t care what the ASU AD has to say or thinks. I am, however, Surprised by the lack of Class displayed in his remarks.