He made the Southeastern Conference a pioneer in college football by putting the league in unchartered waters in 1992 with a conference championship game.
People thought Roy Kramer was crazy as the SEC Commissioner from 1990 to 2002, but he made the league the most exciting one in the sport and created the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system. Every conference in college football wanted to be like the SEC after seeing what Kramer did. Conference title games meant something because it added to pageantry, entertainment, competition, and ultimately, fans got an extra game of football before the bowl matchup or national championship game.