This is the move that is being called “The Dam Breaker”. If you were holding on to any memory of conference alignment that made sense on a map, this shattered that. Oklahoma and Texas at least connected to the other SEC States when they jumped from The Big 12. You have to literally jump mountains to connect USC/UCLA to the nearest Big10 school. It is a new day, just like when we start NIL and free transfers in the portal, and I’m sure we have more moves coming. Stay tuned. – Jim Dunaway

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  • PETE SAMPSON: ($$) Will Notre Dame join a conference? Did things change? READ
  • DENNIS DODD: Thoughts on The Seismic Shift in College Landscape READ
  • CHRIS LOW: How Tennessee football coaches feel about direction of program READ
  • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: 30 Years Later…Marla Hooch can still Hit WATCH
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