Legendary college coach Dennis Erickson says collapse of Pac-12 ‘really, really sad to see’

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Legendary college football coach Dennis Erickson weighed in on the collapse of the Pac-12 after five teams announced their intention to leave the conference last week. 

Erickson, who was the head coach of three different Pac-10 programs, blamed greed for the demise of the Pac-12.  

Arizona State Sun Devils head coach Dennis Erickson checks a video replay during the game with the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl on Nov. 5, 2011 in Pasadena, California.  UCLA won 29-28. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

"It's really, really sad to see," Erickson told the Palm Beach Post from his home in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. "The thing that upsets me the most, besides the conference falling apart, the reasons for it. You got all these presidents that talk about academics and talk about loyalty and the bottom line is they move because of one thing … money.

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"It had nothing to do with education. It had nothing to do with players. It had nothing to do with the school. It had to do with money."

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders, who will help take the Buffaloes to the Big 12 in 2024, also mentioned money when discussing conference realignment in college athletics.  

CU football head coach Deion Sanders is in the press conference at UCHealth Champions Center In Boulder, Colorado, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

"All this is about money, you know that. It’s about a bag," Sanders said Friday at a press conference. "Everybody is chasing a bag. Then you get mad at the players when they chase it. How’s that? How do the grown-ups get mad at the players when they’re