Dec 29, 2024
11:24:17am
11:24:17am
There was an imbalance back then & there also was the "perception"
that the WAC, SWC & Big 8 were on "some equal footing" with the PAC Ten, SEC, Big Ten, ACC & the Big East.
As you're well aware it was the SEC & Big Ten who started conference expansion in the early 90's (Penn State & South Carolina) & they created the Bowl Alliance in 1996 (screwed the 96 squad over) which was the forerunner to the BCS.
But back in the 80's & early 90's there was some "perception" of the conferences being equal. The "gulf" wasn't that wide back then.
As you're well aware it was the SEC & Big Ten who started conference expansion in the early 90's (Penn State & South Carolina) & they created the Bowl Alliance in 1996 (screwed the 96 squad over) which was the forerunner to the BCS.
But back in the 80's & early 90's there was some "perception" of the conferences being equal. The "gulf" wasn't that wide back then.
Originally posted on Dec 29, 2024 at 11:24:17am
Message modified by gopman on Dec 29, 2024 at 11:25:22am
Message modified by gopman on Dec 29, 2024 at 11:26:32am
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Let's have a semantic argument about what the power conferences were called and miss the point altogether
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