Paul Finebaum explains why USC & UCLA to the Big Ten is 'such a significant move' | KJM 

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Big 10 already got who they wanted.

Get Oregon as well. Love to see the highlighters whip the TTUN

I don’t disagree with your statement. I don’t think they WILL buuut I certainly wouldn’t mind if they DID.

The B1G would take 9 of 12. Arizona St, Oregon St and Washington State are out because of AAU status.

If UCLA figures out how to operate its football program, it should become a consistent and very solid B/B+ program that spends most of its time in the top 20-25. Soon, USC should be back as a consistent top 15 team, that frequently is in the top 10. Look for USC to be a legitimate national championship contender about once every three years. But both schools need to take action to improve themselves. They can't just sit around and wait for lightening to strike. Lots of potential at SC and UCLA.

Tradition doesn't win games or championships and it doesn't sell tickets.

@@marcusjones5287 They sell basketball tickets just fine. Championships? Ucla alone joining the Big10 DOUBLES the championship total for men's basketball.

Who in the Big Ten Comes Remotely Close To UCLA; Answer NO ONE

and the girls softball program at ucla is the number 1 juggernaut in the nation .

Sub-zero wind chills will toughen their resolve...!

A yankee speaking about southern hubris is rich

you're uneducated it's actually embarrassing, AFC West teams are comprised of players from many different colleges/regions USC and UCLA are compromise 95% or more from California/SoCal high school student athletes, them playing in the cold definitely is a factor. do your research bro it's free

People act like it doesn’t snow in Utah, Colorado and Washington State

West coast kids are not used to playing 9am pacific time games. On Saturday morning.

crazy what the CFB world would look like now had he Pac-12 been able to poach the Big XII before the SEC.

It didn't have the NIL deal back then. Half a dozen years ago, the SEC was going to be King of the Big Boys.

or got Nebraska too

Lol, yeah- Paul is entertaining but I never take anything he says seriously…I mean, the guy literally wrote a book about the SEC saying “my conference is better than your conference”. He is the epitome of a “homer”.

As long as Nick Sabin blah blah blah blah😂

I mean they have pretty much dominated college football since 2005. Clemson, Florida state, and Ohio State are the only non SEC teams to win the championship since then. Are they obnoxious? Yep. Is it earned? Absolutely!

@@littlerockdoc3183 What does Alabama have to do with the transfer of USC/UCLA to the big 10? This dickhead w/ glasses is not about college football as a whole. Duh!

Anyone who takes Paul Finebaum seriously should have their he'd examined. Finebaum is never wrong....because he changes his opinion weekly, and sometimes daily.

🤣🤣🤣

El Paso is a nice city. Would not be surprised if they used it as a stop to get the players ready for the time change

Stop. People in Texas think its so great. Sc not gonna trade sunshine and palm trees for. El paso

No thanks - I’ll take the palm trees and close vicinity to the beach in So Cal over anything in TX.

😂😂😂😂😂

More than a little. They’ve been second best team behind only OSU in B1G since 2015! Regardless of division! If there were no divisions for all those crying in eastern division wisc still would have played osu every year but one. 😆🤣

Living here in Wisconsin agree with you. But I’m not so excited about this season or next unless we get a better quarterback. Mertz is not gonna cut it.

You are 100% correct; Badgers are UNDERRATED! (Gophers Dad here + USC Alum)

@@billdoty6438 mertz is trash

you’re about to find out about lincoln riley

1000% FACTS

@@shutup5407 come on up, I'll buy you a beer

Waiting for the big conference matchup - UCLA at Rutgers in the 9 a.m. time slot.

@@orangehoof 🤣 Good basketball games though

very true thye all brak them its big money alwys calling the shots. its not college for education or pride. its all about greed and fixed sports gambling and the tv corporations. sports is a joke

Punish USC, and the PAC-12 but turn a blind eye to eastern teams. Thanks, NCAA, you suck. IMO.

It's about media markets and money more than winning. I think the SEC will still dominate in football, but that's not what the BIG TEN seems to care about as much.

Half the teams in the B1G are far from powerhouses in football. IL, IA, Iowa State, Rutgers, Maryland, IU, MN and Northwestern don’t cause sleepless. If BTS for any opposing team.

@@theogeo14 Iowa st in Big 12

If you say so.... but I think you've lost me..

What the point of calling them student athletes anymore if they are gonna miss 70% of classes with their travel schedule?

I'm surprised usc wanted out. I didn't think the pac 12 was a bad conference. This came out of left field

ya dude I had just started following college 🏈 & got the Athlon magazine with Reggie Bush featured. Him & Leinart had to literally have bodyguards following em around campus!

theyre a los angeles failire

Bye Bye cry baby 😭

Calm down bro.

100 spot on. I personally hope Colorado and Utah leave, and it;s back to the real old PAC 8! Just play football.

It’s not the end of the world bro get a grip 😂

You do realize this is great for the Olympic sports & other sports at USC/UCLA besides just football haha. UCLA & USC's Olympic sports are some of the best in the nation & they were in debt & this new deal with the BIG 10 is amazing for them and the athletes that aren't in major sports like football 💯💯💯💯💯💯

yep sports is becoming not appealing anymore to lot of people

Means nothing with Texas in the SEC. Gotta win ona field. Nit get your azz kicked LIKE OSU AND MICHIGAN DID WHEN THEY PLAY THE SEC CHAMP

@@ke-wayLA6060 Lol, they're still going to get over a billion dollars for their tv deal so...

@@ke-wayLA6060 big ten just got better than SEC

​@@alexnowicki286 no lmao look at the last 20 championships and tell me how many are sec winners

@@ke-wayLA6060 Only in the YT comments section does $100M mean nothing. SMDH. I bet if that money was going to your bank account, it would mean something then.

Pretty sure UCLA/USC won't be playing any noon game times unless they're home games and against the likes of NE, IA orMinnesota.

Also forget about student athletes, they’ll be missing all their classes with this travel schedule

Greed will destroy college football and sports.

I agree there’s no chance FSU & Miami get left behind (there’s also no world we ever have or ever will live in whereby UNC is “a better pick” than the previously mentioned)…but I think the ACC is already dead, it just hasn’t become fully evident yet. There is ZERO chance however that the BIG or SEC looks around and says “you know what, let’s take this UNC team that’s been decent 3 times in its entire history instead of 2 of the most electric & dominant programs in CFB history…we don’t want to bother with the enormous, national, global fan base those 2 teams have…we’ll just take N. Carolina & make money off of its 26 fans”. Paul has always had a VERY OPEN bIas & distain for UM/FSU, and he’s a windup artist…so I tend to take anything he says with an enormous heap of salt. Even as an fsu fan who haaaaates Miami I have no problem whatsoever saying that they’re one of the most historically exciting programs in all of CFB…and what they’ve accomplished (and what they most definitely will accomplish in the future) is undeniable.

@@seminoldschool7032 They are talking about markets. The Charlotte/Raleigh market is 2.5 million viewers and in college football it dominated by UNC. The Miami/Fort Lauderdale market is 1.6 million and in college football it is shared by Miami Hurricanes, Florida Gators and FSU. Plus all the teams that the northern retirees follow. The Charlotte/Raleigh market is much more valuable to a football Confrence than Miami is.

@@3plecrown Charlotte and Raleigh are entirely different markets and the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area is bigger than each one of them.

@@marcus813 It’s about SEC CFB viewership with tv deals. UNC Football owns the Charlotte and Raleigh markets so you combine them. The Entire Florida markets already has an SEC team (UF) in that market. The UNC market is more valuable to the SEC than what little pull Miami football would have. You have to look at it as an SEC executive would.

SEC putting that pressure on us

they finna ger this work for many years 😈

Well yeah that's true, but also they got east coast teams in the Midwest too Pennsylvania(Penn State), Maryland(Un.Maryland), & New Jersey(Rutgers)..

@@49ersrocketsrider2 yeah you right Maryland and Rutger are definitely equal to USC and UCLA in every way they both perform the same every year and suck

No! No! No and No!

I think Colorado State would be a better fit. Boise State would only be accepted if the PAC lowers their academic standards.

oof. Wyoming? Utah State? Boy...that Pac-12 money is dwindling.

lol what are you talking about neither of these teams made it past sweet sixteen. They all suck in football cause your going watch michigan and its one hit wonder season take a nose dive

Will probably never happen but would be AWESOME if it did

using euro football as a lens, I can see a Champions League and Europa League type of system, not a reg and promo system. Still, maybe the 2 super conferences (SEC big 10)have a champ and everyone else has one and perhaps they play a super cup championship?

Relegation will/can NOT happen. And frankly it is even stupid to bring it up. A) how do you recruit? Players are there 2-5 years, not long term professional contracts. B) how do you sell season tickets? At what prices? What donations?

Lol no, thats fine for soccer but not for college football.

The NFL will set up a minor league system where they draft and develop players from 18-24. NCAA football will be dead in 5 years. Football players don’t care about “eDucAtiOn”, they want money and an NFL career.

yep and this day was coming

I agree except for the hubris part.

You should have respected what they have traditionally brought to the table. Though they've been down they were still the Pac12 flagship football program. Instead, petty thinking like yours compelled the Pac12 to choose conference parity rather than national relevance. Well , now you don't have worry about it.Have all the mediocre parity you want.

@@remc11rm what? The conference will dissolve soon. I won’t have to worry about parity

@@scottrichardson3800 well, the haters can form their own conference.

@@remc11rm your argument is irrelevant. Usc has been inconsistent for years. This will set them back.

@@scottrichardson3800 well, the hiring of Lincoln Riley who's a proven winner will remedy the inconsistency. His recruiting is going very well. USC is aware of what they're getting into in the Big 10. Plus, they've got two years to replenish their talent level. They'll be fine

Guess you’ve just forgotten all about Kirby Smart at Georgia, the only thing that’s stopped him from winning multiple titles already is Saban at Bama.

@@williamwhitfield6225 Did you not read my whole comment? Literally nothing I said contradicts what you're saying.

@@Jon.A.Scholt Your talking about Bama carrying the SEC which it is not. When Saban steps down Kirby will take his place. The dominance of the SEC will continue with the other programs popping up to win titles like they’ve been doing. Last 3 years 3 different SEC teams have won titles, I agree with everything that else stated about Saban upping the competitive level in the league. But that has been established and won’t unravel when he leaves.

@@williamwhitfield6225 To say Kirby will take his place is also saying that he will equal the achievements of Saban which are unprecedented. You're comfortable with saying Kirby Smart will win 5 more titles? Or 6 if you count his at LSU? And also be runner up 3 other times? And all in the next 13 years? I admire your confidence but I think most would say that's not happening. But what you are I think doesn't matter much but it'll be fun to see what happens. College football is like the wild west now!

That's true, once Saban is retired the SEC will come down to earth. Look at what happened in the SEC when Bear Bryant retired from coaching Alabama.

Yeah I'm interested to see how they try and set up divisions or what they do. I'm honestly losing a bit of passion for it overall. Paying students for the name and image is one thing. Giving a dude over 3 million to leave Pitt to join USC stuff like that. We will see where this is all at in a year or two but the trajectory it's on has a reckoning coming at some point

Iowa just dosent have that star name power, but whatever college football sucks now

That’s right Iowa clobbered SC in the holiday bowl a few years ago

Iowa is one of the worst academic schools in the B1G. Depending upon how everything comes down, Iowa could be left on the outside looking in.

Maybe Iowa goes to the Mountain West

Big ten only has Ohio Stats and maybe Michigan running for a shot at cfp.

@@joseamaya4445 USC and PSU will also be there eventually. The Big Ten is about to become the highest revenue conference on top of already being one of the most profitable. That money will translate to titles eventually, along with the fact that all their schools have rich alumni networks to pay players.

@@scratchpenny UT and USC have very deep pockets, haven’t done much, but you are right, it should eventually translate but I am tired of hearing Texas is back for more than years to watch them go 5-7 with top 3 recruiting class along with USC 5-7 record with a top 10 recruiting class. I can see Penn State coming up eventually, but Michigan State and Wisconsin will probably just be consistent 9-3 win schools

@@joseamaya4445 Probably, right. Although, what's going to happen in the future, is that no team not in the premier conferences will be able to compete due to the nature of NIL deals. So even a lesser school in the Big Ten or SEC will still be a relatively top-tier talented team with a slight chance. But everyone else won't have any shot. That's somewhat true today but will be even more true in the future with the drastic difference in revenue for the top conferences. For example, USC and UCLA just doubled their yearly TV revenue by joining the Big Ten. On another note, I don't think the Big Ten cares about winning as much as the SEC. They are operating with different strategies, IMO. The Big Ten seems to care more about revenue, prestige, media markets, and even academics than about winning. And this is paying off in a weird way, where they consistently earn more than almost every other conference.

@@joseamaya4445 Michigan State and Penn State also

As a UCLA fan I hope USC becomes a top team in basketball too. But gonna be honest. Thinking Im not gonna hate sc as much anymore. Kind of look at it as USC /UCLA vs the big 10. I can't root for an Indiana or Wisconsin team over an LA team. Only LA team I would never root for are the clippers

All the advantages they have had and now you inject that kind of money? I can easily see UCLA being a consistent 8/9 win team at the very least similar to Wisconsin. That is if they get rid of Chip Kelly.

@@biozio186 travel will be a b for those California schools

@@gregpettis1113 same for the other teams as well.

lol big mistake

You need to do some research, Northwestern is one of the richest schools in the country.

That’s what i was thinking. Why not push out the smaller football programs and replace them with clemson, fsu, notre dame, etc.

Your logic is silly...what constitutes an "academic school" when talking about schools like Penn State, Purdue, Michigan?

Their speed always screamed SEC football

Especially in October / November mid western weather

@Who Dat OSU has some of the best O-line and D-line players in the country bro, only bad game they had was against Hutchinson. Also Minnesota had a bigger line last season than the Vikings, if USC thinks they can last an entire season against lines like that they’re smoking crack.

If the B1G adds Notre Dame, I think the league would pick Stanford over Washington to keep the Stanford/Notre Dame football rivalry intact.

ND was denied lol

@@cartersports1 I don't think ND was ever denied admission to the B1G. Some years back, ND was lukewarm about joining the B1G, and it did not come in. A lot has happened since then. ND, in my opinion, needs to now join a powerhouse conference, or end up playing Tulsa every week.

@@williammann2088 no...I meant and...when I put ND..Oregon n Washington was told 2 sit pat until notre dame made a decision 🤣🤣🤣

As a B1G fan. I really want to get UNC in.

I think that it's possible UNC and Duke join the big ten, maybe even Virginia and Virginia Tech, but the rest of the ACC would definitely join the SEC

@@kidcuidi1 UNC and Virginia are the targets in the ACC

@@penguinplayz3582 nah not happening North Carolina is in SEC territory plus the SEC already has South Carolina

@@kidcuidi1 not happening Virginia and Virginia Tech is what is most likely possible

It's sad for me too.

I love how you just mention Ohio State when Michigan has the most NIL money in the B1G 🤣👍🏻

And all that will amount to nothing as the SEC will continue to win the national championship every year lol your so delusional both USC and UCLA won’t win anything

The B1G have the 4 biggest media markets in America ( NY, LA, Chicago, Philly) The SEC should be talking with UNC, Duke, Virginia, VT like right now. If the B1G decides to get those 4 programs and Georgia Tech, they have initially locked up the southern markets, midwest markets and the Big 4 which the SEC will never surpass financially.

@@AaronCaldwell. He never said anything about winning?

Stay in your pac 12!!!

Lmao.....on my I can't wait.

@@jeffreylboardsr2577 Can you ask your son to explain what you mean in your post? Thanks.

He hasn't won at SC and everyone is putting him next to Pete Carroll. He better win or Riley, AD and Chancellor will be looking for a new job!

@@byronhector1339 Just stop dude. Your jealousy is showing. SC is simply a bigger blueblood. That is all.

Oh, UCLA will be JUST fine. I’m not a fan, not even a follower…but I’ve been a CFB fan my entire life (plus I’m old now sooo I’ve seen a lot lol) & I know that UCLA is perpetually ONE good move away from returning to elite status (just like Miami or FSU or UF or any blue blood program located in prime recruiting country)

Lol yeah Right!

…nice take

UCLA has always been able to recruit the problem is chip Kelly doesn’t want to.

Once UT and OU join they will

SEC has Dallas they number 3 in media

Those are professional markets. Not CFB markets

Sec will be fine. Winning championships keeps the money down south

SEC & BIG10 will both be just fine…I only hope that within the next 5-10 years my Seminoles are playing in one of these conferences…at which time i will change my statement to explain how the other one is complete garbage lol

@@dreeco1762 The Metroplex is the No. 5 DMA/TV market (NYC/Newark, LA/Long Beach/Anaheim, Chicagoland and Philly are the top 4 TV markets in that order).

Stop it...*Michigan" warm is not the same as "Southern California " warm.

I'm a Pac-12 guy but you can't claw back to fkn short shorts basketball 70 years ago on this thread bro . .

Now many football championships do UCLA have?

@@harrysurtees8710 there are zero ncaa FBS football championships, you casual

@AIPDogg we’ll see; I think ACC is done. There is gotta be a way out of this grant of rights contract until 2036.

Clemson going to the B1G is a non-starter with the conference's presidents due to not being an AAU member. Clemson would be far more likely to land in the SEC once the ACC's grant of rights runs its course.

Why would the BIG want Clemson,...because they've had a half dozen good years in football? NC, Virginia or FSU & Miami would be better gets than the upstart football program, of Clemson.

You had me at FSU to SEC

Clemson would go to the SEC too, no way they’re staying

Where do you live in the B1G territories?

@@derrick4544 NJ/NY. I’ve also lived in Chicago and Detroit.

@@jakeMontejo3272Here in Philadelphia, I've seen temperatures hover near 90° in September and even mid 80's in October, but it's not the norm and I would never compare the overall climate (weather-wise) here, to where most of these guys are from. They may play a evening game in State College, Pa (in October) where the ambient air temperature is 65°, but a small wind makes it feel like lower 50's...how often does it reach 50-55° in Los Angeles? *Plus Happy Valley is surrounded by mountains and the wind is very body "unfriendly". The weather will make a difference.

@@derrick4544 valid. But. When you choose to be a pro, and you realize- you don’t choose where you want to work - should you get used to working in Green Bay, Chicago, Buffalo, Philly, (all the other Northern states) that are not apart of the SEC and never will be…choosing a college based on climate is not advantageous

@@jakeMontejo3272 Agreed, but if the schools recruit regionally then your scenario becomes reality by default. Does USC really come North to recruit...not really. If there is a player with national hype, then they, like every other P5 will throw their hat into the ring to try to land the prospect - the vast majority of their recruits are the best-of the-best regionally. They know that they can compete (athletically) because all of these kids attend national camps...where they compete against kids just like them. These camps however, don't operate in October, November, December, etc in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States - but they do in the Southwest, Southeast and of course Western Pacific...where it is what: WARM.

That’ll happen twice every 30 years with the size of the new conference lol

no different from AFC west teams

@@jeffreylboardsr2577 Stop equating professional players with 19-20 year olds who probably haven't been in many different weather situations...

Keyshawn knew it when he said it. He's just trolling. Wisconsin has more ten win seasons than USC in the past 10 years and more in the past 20 (which includes the Pete Carroll era).

Actually Pac 10 will be better as you watch those idiot schools get their barndoor burnt

As a Michigan State fan, let’s create a rivalry - MSU vs USC: Battle of the Spartans and Trojans⚔️

Blah. It'll be exciting for a couple of seasons. But when it just becomes normal it will then become annoying.

Come on up to the Big House, Shoe, Camp Randell or Happy Valley in January and we'll see how that shakes out.

I live in the Deep South and I really think the southern teams need to go up north and play, if you want to be the best you need to take on anyone anywhere. If Boise St wants you then to play them, if Michigan wants you then go play them.

Gonzaga doesn't have any national championships. Clemson has 3. Big difference.

@@ld4974 you missed my point completely. I was comparing the relationship with the conference not the actual schools themselves

@@PoshWalrus Ok, but even so, Clemson is in a conference with Miami, Florida State and Virginia Tech, all of which have either won or played in national championships. I live in ACC country so a comparison of Clemson to Gonzaga or the ACC to whatever conference Gonzaga is in doesn't fly. Ohio State and Alabama dominate their conferences also.

@@ld4974 how about the Patriots in the AFC East for years

@@PoshWalrus It's a professional team. They all have access to draft and develop talent. Not the Patriot's fault that they are one of the better run organizations.

16 team playoff would be great. It's way past due.

@@Buckeye_4_Life_ facts

The problem with the ACC is that, on average, each program makes roughly $50-$80M less EVERY YEAR than every school in the SEC (yes, Vanderbilt makes ~$80M MORE a year in FOOTBALL than Clemson)…and the BIG isn’t far behind the SEC (they get enough money to stay competitive)…so the ACC literally cannot afford to compete at the highest level anymore, certainly not now that we’re officially in the NIL era

B12 only had OU and UT was irrelevant since 2004 and has made 2 NY6 runs since 2004 and it’s only because OU has been in the playoffs. ACC only has Clemson making noise, if Clemson doesn’t perform the whole conference sucks that year.

@@seminoldschool7032 Yep. I actually think the Big Ten will have the highest average total earnings now with their new media deal. And if I'm not mistaken, they already were the most profitable conference. They are playing a different strategy by expanding into large media markets, despite not winning championships as much.

@@seminoldschool7032 the big ten schools actually make more money than the SEC right now

@@sum1udontnoe149 - is that true? Huh, I had no idea…but that’s because my school’s in the ACC & we’re super poor lol

That takes money. If they are out being out spent $125.00 (SEC BIG) to $40.00 (ACC) ; they are doomed. Superior head coaches and assistants will bolt for the money.

@@jobe8764 I'm an NC State and ACC fan. With that said I'm not confident about the future of the ACC. I've watched ACC games for over 50 years and the ACC was a master of TV all the way back to the early 1960's. With those midweek games in hoops and the doubleheaders on Saturdays. You're right , the world has changed I'm just hoping the ACC hangs on and it would be nice to see ESPN step in a pay the ACC a fair market rate. I live in the real world, ESPN is quietly sitting back and watching, most likely hoping the the ACC implodes and their plan unfolds to prefection. If the ACC breaks up. I'll sure miss it and like millions of other fans that will be watching a lot less college sports.