The Big Ten is On The Clock: Amid Massive Change the Conference Can Lead Again
In the next few years, big-time college sports will settle into a far more stable environment than the NCAA is allowing right now. Players will participate in revenue sharing, transfer rules will settle, NIL will fall under agreed-upon uniform rules nationwide and skyrocketing spending on coaching salaries, and facilities will moderate as the reality of a new financial model takes hold. Privately across the country, many ADs and coaches readily admit this. But many fans are n
Manifest Destiny: The REALLY Big Ten
The REALLY Big Ten has now fulfilled a true "Manifest Destiny"; a TV empire reaching from Coast to Coast. From New Jersey (Rutgers) to Southern California (USC & UCLA) "This is Big Ten Country." Now that initial seismic earthquake activity of the USC and UCLA announcement has settled into a series of rolling minor aftershocks, it is time to survey the altered college football landscape. And just like earthquakes no one can be completely sure when the next one comes. We know t
