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USC, UCLA Big Ten Defections Lead NCAA Down Desolation Row
Jayhawks and Trojans and Bruins, oh my. Forget the Lions and Tigers. In fact, with the headlines screaming about USC and UCLA leaving for the Big Ten, and with…
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NCAA’s Southern Comfort: Judge Geography Affects Legal Outcomes
Today’s guest columnist is Chris Corr of Troy University. When the Board of Regents at the University of Oklahoma and University of Georgia initially filed an antitrust…
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The SEC Wins Titles, Recruiting Wars While Black Coaches Lose
Today’s guest columnists are Chris Corr and Christopher Atwater of Troy University. The arrival of another National Signing Day will bring yet more commentary on the…
Alabama? Georgia? The SEC Has Already Won the College Football Playoff
Regardless of how Monday night’s national championship game plays out, there’s already one clear winner: the Southeastern Conference. Two SEC titans, Alabama and…
Transformers? NCAA’s Optimus Committee Is Hardly Prime
I read with great interest a while ago that the NCAA had created a Transformation Committee. Made me think of the Transformers toys our son used to enjoy. Remember them…
SEC Revenue Closes in on NCAA Thanks to TV, Overhead: Data Viz
If money is power in college sports, then the Southeastern Conference was making its case for intercollegiate supremacy long before its recent poaching of Texas and…
Alabama QB Bryce Young to Host Podcast for Cowherd’s The Volume
On Saturdays this fall, University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young will lead the Crimson Tide as they vie for yet another national title. But on Tuesdays this season…
UCLA to Pay HBCUs Over $500K, But ‘Guarantee Games’ May Dwindle
UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond is reaching back to his roots, scheduling the Bruins football team to play two historically black universities in the next two…
Texas, Oklahoma Will Officially Join the SEC—But When?
It is now just a matter of time before the SEC becomes the richest and most powerful conference in college sports. Regents at the Universities of Texas and Oklahoma…
Big 12 to ESPN: Stop Interfering With Our Conference’s Future
The Big 12 Conference has sent a cease and desist letter to ESPN, one of its own broadcast partners, asking the sports media giant to stop interfering with its…
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ESPN Powers SEC Shakeup as Realignment 2.0 Appears on Horizon
While the lawyers will be doing much of the talking as Oklahoma and Texas plot their defection from the Big 12, the loudest voice in the virtual room belongs to…
Texas, Oklahoma SEC Move Would Concentrate College Sports Wealth
A tectonic shift of money and power may be underway in college sports. Big 12 powers Texas and Oklahoma, two of the richest and most popular athletic departments in the…
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