With apologies to Bob Dylan, the times, they are a-changin’. Especially in college football. And not for the better. The seismic news last week was the announcement that Oklahoma and Texas plan to bolt the Big 12 to join the Southeastern Conference, a move that would create a 16-team super-conference. The SEC already is the best and most powerful football conference in the country, having won 11 of the last 15 national championships, so the rich would get richer. It also would likely mean the end of the Big 12, leaving its eight remaining members scrambling to find new homes.…
Published July 26, 2021