I've been wondering about this for quite some time. Maybe someone who was around back then or is quite knowledgeable on the subject. I understand the split revolved around schools having to "choose" either the University division (1-A) or college division (1-AA) depending on size of school. Though I don't believe it was quite so voluntary was it? I know it was a different era, long before massive TV contracts/exposure, but conferences did exist and lots of big name Independents as well. What was the sentiment? It appears this split happened once there were well over 150 teams all in Division 1. I'm curious what everyone's feelings were at the time (and later), and what would happen if that split were to occur again (we are up to 130 teams now and still growing). The ramifications today would be huge, I'm guessing in the mid-late 70s they didn't see this as a problem or did they?

I'd love to hear everyone's take on the subject and maybe help bring to light WHY it happened? Should it have happened (if we were to go back in time)? And could it happen again?