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speaking of UCLA....sounds like there is trouble in paradise with their true frosh 5* QB Dante Moore from Detroit....according to insiders over at UCLA's 247 site dude is upset over his NIL and could be peace out and to the portal- they are suggesting he's gone next year unless something changes.

yes, because the SEC & B1G own college football and want more spots in the playoffs

an undefeated B12 or PAC team or G5 is OK, one-loss? sure

TCU had one loss

after that 2, 3, maybe a 4 loss team??  not

I didn't find my answer on this thread. I found an answer here: How media rights packages accelerated the Pac-12's collapse (msn.com)
The Big 12's media contracts incentivized them to expand, granting $31.7M for each P-5 team that is added. My conclusion from reading this article is that the Big 12's media contracts were devised in such a way the PAC-12 would be raided, and would collapse, saving the networks some money. The Big Ten had no similar incentive in its television contracts. It appears from this article the Big Ten is simply dividing up revenues from its existing media contracts and extending Washington and Oregon $30M per year through 2029 and then the Big Ten's media contracts, end.
Unless media contracts are renegotiated I would conclude the Big Ten will not expand further until after 2029, whereas the Big 12 could take on more P-5 schools.
This leaves Cal & Stanford in precarious positions. Stanford is not interested in joining the Big 12, because perhaps rightfully so, they are snooty. But, marriages these days are mostly temporary.

Worth noting, that JP Morgan thing could very well be saber rattling BS meant to assuage a bananas fanbase.

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Regarding Joel Klatt-- he does, what he does, because of his network affiliation.  He's either been asked to be, or has chosen to be, the anti-SEC voice in a pro-SEC world.

Sure it leads him to say some dumb things in the spirit of being provocative, but overall I'm okay with it.  Lord knows we need SOMEONE calling out the SEC when the mediots' circle of stoopidity is doing nothing but slobbing SEC knob.

Finebaum is consistently very hard on the SEC...