The Pac-12 acted with the urgency of a slug in the last couple of weeks.

The Governors in California and Oregon took turns throwing pinches of salt on conference commissioner Larry Scott on Wednesday.

Gavin Newsom in California shot down Scott and said he wasn’t standing in the way of the resumption of Pac-12 football and called any claim otherwise, “a misrepresentation of the facts.”.

There apparently wasn’t a pressing desire to play football until the Pac-12 realized it had been left alone by the Big Ten3

Conference coaches immediately began speculating that they might test athletes prior to morning meetings, then have a result before the meeting broke.

The breakthrough should have logically been followed by immediate written requests in Oregon and California to clear the deck for a possible return to play.

Anyone listening knew that without football the Pac-12 athletic departments were about to land $60 million short?

The presidents of that conference held an emergency meeting over the weekend.

Because Scott and his conference looked unaware, unprepared, and they collectively lacked any semblance of alacrity.

The Pac-12 presidents and chancellors will meet on Friday.

He went on ESPN’s SportsCenter late in the day where the commissioner pointed out that Pac-12 athletes, coaches and administrators all wanted to play.

“We still need approval from the local health officials in the counties in California and Oregon,” Scott said.

I don’t know where you stand on Pac-12 athletes returning to play.

But if the Pac-12 Conference wanted to play football the silliest reason possible to rush back on the field is simply because everyone else was doing it.

It’s disappointing that the Pac-12 felt like it could safely play weeks ago, but didn’t apparently fight as hard for Oregon and its other candidates to be considered for the playoff.

The governors in Oregon and California say they won’t stand in the way of a return?

Now, the best chance the Pac-12 Conference has to make the playoff is not just to have a team worthy of it, but also to hope the playoff will reset the entire calendar.