When Rutgers and Maryland were invited to join the Big Ten in 2014, the majority of Scarlet-clad fans, outside of those looking to revive the annual Princeton US 1 rematch, exhaled a huge sigh of relief. Many of us also realized expansion across the college football landscape was far from over.
As conferences race to secure new members far and wide in markets with large viewership and the prized subsequent media revenue, the B1G and SEC have emerged from the junk pile as the true powers. I was tempted to use the word “Kings” but there’s nothing very regal about the process of cannibalizing other conferences to benefit one’s self.