The real reason was the PAC's flag ship was getting screwed both financially by the conference and by the conference scheduling and officiating and lets not forget how the conference schools all rushed to USC's aid when the NCAA vendetta started you know how they mimicked the Big 10 and the SEC when the NCAA went after one of their members (sarcasm). Of course you can also look at how the PAC was governed into being a worthless conference by total mismanagement.
By the way....USC is getting about $100M a year sitting in the Big no matter when the game gets more than televised...over 3x more than the PAC tried to get.....
The real reason was the PAC's flag ship was getting screwed both financially by the conference and by the conference scheduling and officiating and lets not forget how the conference schools all rushed to USC's aid when the NCAA vendetta started you know how they mimicked the Big 10 and the SEC when the NCAA went after one of their members (sarcasm). Of course you can also look at how the PAC was governed into being a worthless conference by total mismanagement.
By the way....USC is getting about $100M a year sitting in the Big no matter when the game gets more than televised...over 3x more than the PAC tried to get.....