According to Joe Zucker in Bleacher Report (just one of several news stories out there).

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The next big domino in college football realignment might be about to fall.

Jon Wilner of the Mercury News reported Thursday that USC and UCLA are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten as early as 2024. The schools have yet to finalize their departures.

The Athletic's Bruce Feldman confirmed Wilner's report and added USC and UCLA appear to have broached the idea with the Big Ten and not the other way around. Brett McMurphy of Action Network spoke to someone who put it at "90 percent" likely that the schools would join the Big Ten.

College football has always featured a gap between the haves and have-nots. The stratification has widened in recent years to the point where a "super league" made up of the elite programs feels inevitable.

I don’t have the capability of linking a BR news story, but here’s CBS Sports on the move.

CBS Sports on USC & UCLA

Wow!!! Big Ten becoming bi-coastal with this expansion.

I'll be honest, I was hoping expansion would be from:

Yoder Dame and the Fighting Amish. Tons of rivalries already and geographically makes sense.

Stealing from the midwestern schools in the Big 12 - IA St, KS, K St, OK St. Geographically makes sense and already existing rivalries. Also, big improvement in basketball.

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Yeah, sports travel between the Eastern Time Zone schools and California. Spanning the time zones of the US makes tv broadcasting interesting too.

I’ll add, I would rather have seen ND and the old Big 8 schools too, but the logic of geography already went out the window.

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Yoder Dame and the Fighting Amish. Tons of rivalries already and geographically makes sense

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Joining the ACC for everything except hockey and football made sense. It is about the money and tradition. Many of the older alums alums have had it with Swarbrick and the Shamrock series. ND used to play Purdue every year. No more. Same with other teams. Having to play a certain number of ACC teams every year is bad enough. With the exception of Clemson and a few others there is not much competition.

I was under the impression that the "super league" already exists. It goes by the name "Southeastern Conference."

But I guess when you think elites, you don't typically jump to thoughts of Vanderbilt, Mizzou and Mississippi State, do ya now?

This is part of an alliance with the Big10, Pac12 and SEC, conference realignment.

Texas and Oklahoma are leaving the Big 10 for the SEC, so the Big 10 needs to add two teams to the conference to be a viable conference, the Big 8 doesn't sound great.

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Originally posted by HRK:
This is part of an alliance with the Big10, Pac12 and SEC, conference

Some articles I’ve read say the move means that the “alliance” is/was short-lived.

Well that kinda leaves U of Utah holding its dick.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Well that kinda leaves U of Utah holding its dick.

And a trophy.

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Originally posted by HRK:
This is part of an alliance with the Big10, Pac12 and SEC, conference realignment.

Texas and Oklahoma are leaving the Big 10 for the SEC, so the Big 10 needs to add two teams to the conference to be a viable conference, the Big 8 doesn't sound great.

Texas and oklahomo are Big 12 not Big Ten. This is Big Ten expansion not recovery of losses.

That is going to suck for Eastern time zone fans with the 7pm west coast evening games starting at 10pm.

So these two will make a 16 team Big 10.

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Texas and oklahomo are Big 12 not Big Ten. This is Big Ten expansion not recovery of losses.

Yeah I got those conferences mixed up... Either way, SEC....

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Texas and oklahomo are Big 12 not Big Ten. This is Big Ten expansion not recovery of losses.

Someone doesn't watch much college football, do they?

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Texas and oklahomo are Big 12 not Big Ten. This is Big Ten expansion not recovery of losses.

Someone doesn't watch much college football, do they?

Well, don't watch Big 8 or Little 12, considering it's not really big time college ball, for that we watch SEC...

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Texas and oklahomo are Big 12 not Big Ten. This is Big Ten expansion not recovery of losses.

Someone doesn't watch much college football, do they?

Well, don't watch Big 8 or Little 12, considering it's not really big time college ball, for that we watch SEC...

Cute. The “Big 8” was dissolved in 1996. Some of us remember the SEC getting spanked deep and frequently back then.

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Originally posted by TMats:

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Texas and oklahomo are Big 12 not Big Ten. This is Big Ten expansion not recovery of losses.

Someone doesn't watch much college football, do they?

Well, don't watch Big 8 or Little 12, considering it's not really big time college ball, for that we watch SEC...

Cute. The “Big 8” was dissolved in 1996. Some of us remember the SEC getting spanked deep and frequently back then.

Tide has turned though, get it, Tide, Turned

As a graduate of two Big 10 universities with a son heading off to a third this fall (all original "real" B10 schools!), this is just sick and wrong!

As a graduate of a Big 10 Univ myself, it just seems wrong.

I read it earlier and thought whatever...
I watch more SEC anyways, (always did) except when it came to Texas, Texas AM, OK State.
I have followed them since I was little because that is where i tried to play ball.

Coming soon is a 24-36 team super league that stretches coast to coast. It will license the schools names and rent the stadiums for games but will otherwise be unconnected. No athletes playing at being students. No need for classes. Just paid employees in a developmental league for the NFL. Unless the money becomes big enough to make it a competitor. With no eligibility concerns why not keep paying a great player to stick around? Why should the Alabama boosters footing the bill watch their guys move on?

The college teams left behind will proceed as they operate now but free from the arms race. Or maybe there will be a relegation system like euro soccer. In any event the money has won and the quaint Saturday afternoons at old State U are lost. Unmitigated greed won. Time will tell if those in charge have killed the golden goose.

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I doubt it. You have to have fans to support the games. Some of these kids actually want a four year degree. The majority of college football athletes will never play in the National Felon League.