AAC Commissioner Clears Stance on PAC 12 Threat After Mountain West Loses 5 Schools in Major $90M Move AAC commissioner Tim Pernetti breaks his silence on the Pac-12 threat, doubling down on strategy

In September, there were rumblings of five programs leaving the Mountain West Conference for good. And on June 1, it’s confirmed that Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State have placed their formal exit notice. And just like that, out went with it, some of league’s storied rivalries and traditions. Collectively, the realignment will owe MWC a $90M total from the schools, but the PAC-12 raid is far from done. They still need one more program in a full-member capacity.

Names like Memphis, Tulane, and USF of the American Athletic Conference made the rounds. But for their commissioner Tim Pernetti, there’s no need to press the panic button just yet.

Only a year into his tenure, Pernetti is already getting his hands busy. When he joined Jon Gruden’s show