A detailed history of NCAA conference realignment beginning with the first college athletic event in 1852 all the way to the new Pac-12 and everything in between.
Explores how the Supreme Court, the television, the US military, and ESPN helped shape college football as we know it today.
Who led us to the jumbled mess of a map? Was it Oklahoma with their lawsuit and move to the SEC? Was it UCLA/USC and their move to the Big Ten? Was it the advancement of television technology?
0:00 Intro
0:39 Early History
2:47 TV Takes Over
7:26 Rights Arms Race
10:29 2010s Expansion
13:11 2020s Realignment
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