Welcome to the Thunderdome!
Want to know a secret to the SEC and Big 10’s power? They’ve been remarkably lockstep for almost a century, presenting a united front in their demands, long-term strategic thinking, and mimizming grumblings and grousings — or at least reserving them for annual Destin bitchfest.
Not so for leagues like the Big 8, the Big East, the SWC, then the Big 12...and now the P12 and ACC. Everyone has been acting like crabs in the bucket, pushing climb over the heads of their peers to reach the top. It utterly tore apart those other leagues, and it is about to do so again with a venerable staple on the college landscape: Tobacco Road.