(07-09-2019 08:10 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  The 2010-2013 expansion seems so pedestrian when compared to the early-mid 90s. You had schools like Penn St, Florida St, Miami, Arkansas, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, and ND (Olympic Sports) making big moves. The last round fell short of that level of drama.

.... but the 1990s moves attracted a lot less attention and controversy, because for the most part they didn't involve many prominent oxes being gored.

E.g., Penn State, Miami, South Carolina and FSU were all independent, so when they joined their conferences, no other conferences were hurt. And when the biggest event happened - the Big 8 merging with the SWC - the only schools hurt were low-value brands like Houston that not many cared about.

Nothing that happened in the 1990s really threatened the stability or existence of major conferences.