What began as an optimistic morning for the future of the Pac-12 has left the conference back to the same place it was earlier this week: Waiting on Oregon, and possibly Washington, to make a decision.

The Pac-12 couldn’t close a Grant of Rights deal during a meeting of university leaders on Friday morning, and the “fate of league likely rests on if Oregon can make a deal with the Big Ten. There is hesitancy among many in Big Ten about logistics of 18 team league, travel to Eugene,” Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports reported.

Meanwhile, Brett McMurphy of Action Network reported that a source said, “nothing has changed” as far as Oregon and Washington joining the B1G. The Ducks and Huskies are still expected to be B1G bound when finances are worked out. One of the sticking points coming out of the meeting was that minutes before the Pac-12 presidents meeting was scheduled to begin, Oregon officials expressed further concerns about Apple deal, Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reported. That proposal was in “low $20 million” figure per school annually, but can fluctuate and increase based on membership size and subscription incentives, and it will expire by the end of the week.

Earlier Friday, there was optimism from reports ahead of the meeting that Arizona President Robert Robbins appeared fully committed to Pac-12 so much that one participant said: “If Arizona leaves, he should win an Oscar.”

Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated clarified the situation this way: “Combination of factors here: true reluctance to kill one of the pillar conferences in college sports; some Big Ten pushback on what is to be gained by adding more schools; and perhaps an assisting role by the ACC in helping the Pac-12 improve its media-rights options.”