I don't think this will have any effect on the Big West but this may well be the first of more changes to come if teams like Oregon and Washington also leave the PAC12.
I wonder who else they might add? My guess would be Brigham Young. That would mean the Pac-12 South would be Arizona, ASU, BYU,SDSU, Colorado and Utah. That seems pretty odd.
Still hoping that the Regents stop UCLA from moving to the Big Ten. I do NOT believe it is in the best interest of the UC's to have UCLA move to the Big Ten. Terrible travel for the student athletes of UCLA's teams. However I could see the Big Ten teams liking the thought of traveling to SO-CAL once a year or every other year.
Looks like the meeting of Jan 15-17th will decide what the Regents allow.
The thing about schools like Boise State and UNLV and even San Diego State is that they do not match the academic standards that the Pac-12 has had. BYU would be a match, but I'm hard pressed to think of any other western schools outside of Texas and Big-12 territory that would fit. BYU might want to rethink the Big-12 because they have a natural rivalry with Utah.
Do the regents have the authority to stop UCLA from moving? I thought that the Chancellors had absolute power to do what they wanted with respect to all things NOT academically related. But then the whole travel and classes mess this would create might give them a way to step in. I wonder if the Governor/legislature might step in as well.
What is going to happen to non-revenue sports? I imagine flying a softball, soccer or gymnastics team from Los Angeles to College Park, MD or New Brunswick, NJ isn't cheap.