06-27-2014, 03:34 PM
The 3 Biggest changes that IMO changed College Football in this current era:
Notre Dame leaves CFA for NBC (1990)
Just two weeks after the College Football Association reached a $210 million deal with ABC for its 63 schools, Notre Dame bolted from the CFA to go solo with NBC for $38 million over five years. The landmark deal caused ABC to scale back its contract with the CFA by about $25 million and gave new meaning to Notre Dame's independent status. Notre Dame was criticized for pursuing its own agenda to the detriment of other members of the CFA, which Fighting Irish administrators helped create. Most schools couldn't pull off a deal like this, but it offered a blueprint for conferences.
Conference realignment (1990s)
In the early 1990s, the era of independents came to an end as the CFA neared its demise to negotiate TV money for a group of about 60 schools. Penn State joined the Big Ten after the Big East fatefully passed on the Nittany Lions. Miami went to the Big East. Florida State went to the ACC. Arkansas joined the SEC, signaling the end of the Southwest Conference.
First SEC Championship Game (1992)
Alabama entered the 1992 SEC Championship Game with an 11-0 record and a No. 2 national ranking and faced Florida, which had a disappointing 8-3 season. At the time, opinions were sharply divided on whether conference championship games would be good for conferences. SEC commissioner Roy Kramer rolled the dice.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...since-1984
Notre Dame leaves CFA for NBC (1990)
Just two weeks after the College Football Association reached a $210 million deal with ABC for its 63 schools, Notre Dame bolted from the CFA to go solo with NBC for $38 million over five years. The landmark deal caused ABC to scale back its contract with the CFA by about $25 million and gave new meaning to Notre Dame's independent status. Notre Dame was criticized for pursuing its own agenda to the detriment of other members of the CFA, which Fighting Irish administrators helped create. Most schools couldn't pull off a deal like this, but it offered a blueprint for conferences.
Conference realignment (1990s)
In the early 1990s, the era of independents came to an end as the CFA neared its demise to negotiate TV money for a group of about 60 schools. Penn State joined the Big Ten after the Big East fatefully passed on the Nittany Lions. Miami went to the Big East. Florida State went to the ACC. Arkansas joined the SEC, signaling the end of the Southwest Conference.
First SEC Championship Game (1992)
Alabama entered the 1992 SEC Championship Game with an 11-0 record and a No. 2 national ranking and faced Florida, which had a disappointing 8-3 season. At the time, opinions were sharply divided on whether conference championship games would be good for conferences. SEC commissioner Roy Kramer rolled the dice.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...since-1984