Have you been to Los Angeles in the Fall?

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hope Sankey doesn’t knee jerk and add Clemson, FSU or Miami or North Carolina.

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This is a reaction to the SEC adding two new schools in addition to UT and OU. They had no choice but to join big 10.

SEC Network is in North Carolina. I bet that’s the target.

USC and UCLA are both still top brands in college football. That’s all that matters

None of this has anything to do with how your team has been lately. The SEC didn’t add Texas because of their stellar on the field playing the last few years. It’s about how big your brand is. USC and UCLA, hell Michigan and Tennessee for that matter too, are both top 25 college football brands

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If you have, then you know college football is an afterthought. USC /UCLA fans will regret abandoning their traditional rivals and peers.

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As a USC graduate, born and raised here, I agree with you on this point.

Out here, college football is just another tourist attraction. However, USC is the lone exception to the sport of football and its attitude that's so prevalent here in the West. USC's fanaticism and following is just as intense and serious as it is in the SEC.

When it comes to the long distance travel to rival games, that is going to be a hurdle, no doubt. USC's alumni base is very wealthy and so are its supporters so they'll have no problem traveling. But, for the average Joe Student/Fan, it's a problem.

USC didn't want to have to leave the Pac-12; however, the Pac-12 Conference did NOTHING to support its members, especially the one school the pulls the entire conference -- USC.

USC has seriously considered going independent. But, FOX Sports helped push USC toward the Big 10, instead, and they are the main catalyst behind this move. USC is responsible for UCLA being included in the move and insisted on them getting an invite from the Big 10, too.

USC had to do this for its own benefit. The Pac-12 was doing NOTHING and you can pin this on Larry Scott, the Commissioner.

This move by USC/UCLA is potentially bigger than OU & Texas coming into the SEC and the move has absolutely energized the Trojan faithful and football program. It's GUNG HO all the way, now.

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USC and UCLA are both still top brands in college football. That’s all that matters

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Absolutely!!

Sorry Jetdog. I’ve spent quite a bit of time in LA over the last few years. Once the NCAA vacated the USC’s national championship, the USC caps and jerseys started disappearing. I’ve been to USC games vs Stanford and Texas: nothing near the emotional engagement of SEC games.

There is a ton of talent in California still. I’m guessing that people,like football out there. The pac ten was just a crap league

Plus they won’t only teams from the west coast in the big ten

No one has given a shite about UCLA football in many decades

Except ESPN. They always act like they are relevant

B1G - Where good teams go to die

See also ....

Michigan State, 2 MNC's as IND, join B1G and nada since
Penn State, 2 MNC's as IND, joins B1G and nana since
Nebraska, 5 MNC's as Big 8 and Big 12, joins B1G and football falls offf face of the earth

USC, now in the B1G boneyard like the others