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Gene Smith Says Addition of USC, UCLA is "What's Best" For the Big Ten, Kristina Johnson Says "It's Gonna Be Big"

Ohio State's administrators had plenty to address on Friday morning.

The Big Ten announced Thursday that USC and UCLA will join the conference in 2024, and that is no small development in the landscape of college football and collegiate athletics as a whole.

Buckeye athletic director Gene Smith and president Kristina Johnson held a press conference Friday to discuss the implications of the Big Ten's expansion and talked about why the move was made and what might come next as the Power 5 conferences continue to restructure.

Here's a bullet-point breakdown of everything Smith and Johnson said at the Friday press conference.