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www.zatkoff.com Customized Supply Solutions & Inventory Management 24 Hour Emergency Service: (248) 473-6820 Largest Midwest Stocking Distributor for Hydraulic & Pneumatic Seals & Packings VOLUME 6 ISSUE #21 APRIL, 2017 CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT & EXPANSION By Jim Gumm Owner / Editor of THE BLITZ If I were the czar of college football there aren t a lot of things that I would change about the sport. I love the regular season in college football. No other sport has a better regular season. I would prefer to have an 8 team playoff but I can live with 4. I would like to see the clock continue to run after first downs. Stopping the clock after first downs does not need to happen. I would also like to see college football go to the narrow NFL hash marks. There is, however, one major change that I would make that some will not agree with. I would limit conferences to have a maximum of 12 teams. I believe that limiting conference affiliation to 12 would allow there to be 6 Power Conference instead of 5 that we currently have. 14 teams in a conference is just too many, in my opinion. I would like every conference to have the same number of teams and every school would be required to play at least 5 true road games every season to try to force schools to play more road non-conference games than what is currently the case. As for the 12 team conferences? I would keep most conferences intact but I would make some changes. Geography is big in my opinion for the health of the sport. I would want conference schools to be as close as possible. A perfect example of this would be Notre Dame. I would require all schools to be a member of a conference and eliminate being Independent as an option. Notre Dame is located in northwestern Indiana right in the heart of the Big Ten and I believe they would be a perfect fit in that league. I would want Nebraska to stay in the Big Ten as well so obviously there would be some changes in that league. I would move former SEC member Georgia Tech back to the SEC and move Kentucky to the ACC along with Maryland. I would move Colorado, Texas A&M and Missouri back to the Big 12. The American Athletic Conference would get traditional football power Penn State along with Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Rutgers, West Virginia and Boston College. I d bring Brigham Young into the Pac-12 as a rival for Utah. I realize that this is not going to happen and the fans of some of the schools leaving the Big Ten and SEC would be furious at the thought of leaving those powerful leagues but the way the conferences are set up right now just seems forced on us. The state of Missouri never has and never will be in the southeastern region of the United States. Mizzou still doesn t seem comfortable in the SEC. Missouri would be a better fit in the Big Ten than the SEC but they are a natural in the Big 12. I can remember when the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves were in the NL Western Division from 1969 until the mid- 90 s while the Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals were in the Eastern Division. It made no sense. Dallas is not an eastern city but the Dallas Cowboys, for some reason, remain in the NFC East Division along with New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. I didn t understood it 40 years ago and I don t understand it now. Rivalries are great and in collegiate sports, geography helps to grow those rivalries. When Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993, they really didn t have a rivalry in that league but over the span of 25 years they have built a great rivalry with Ohio State and pretty strong strong rivalries with Michigan and Michigan State as well. However, their long standing rivalry was and always will be with Pittsburgh. It was one of the greatest rivalries in all of college football and I think they should be in the same conference to help rekindle that rivalry. Louisville and Kentucky should be in the same conference too. Maryland just feels like an ACC school and they belong there just like Missouri feels like a Big 12 school. They could get their rivalry with Kansas back. Texas and Texas A&M should always be in the same conference for obvious reasons. Can we reclaim all of the rivalries? No but I believe the wave of conference expansion the past 10-15 years hurt college football more than it helped it. Would I like to see Oklahoma vs Nebraska every year? You bet but Nebraska just seems like a better fit in the Big Ten than they did in the Big 12, so some of the moves that were made, were good for the schools and conferences but in my opinion, there was more damage done to the sport than good. I believe some of this has contributed to falling attendance in college football. Below is a look at how I would like to see some of the conferences. SIX POWER CONFERENCES (MAXIMUM OF 12 TEAMS PER-CONFERENCE) Boston College Eagles Cincinnati Bearcats Connecticut Huskies Houston Cougars Memphis Tigers Penn State Nittany Lions AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Pittsburgh Panthers Rutgers Scarlet Knights South Florida Bulls Syracuse Orange UCF Knights West Virginia Mountaineers Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers BIG TEN CONFERENCE Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Notre Dame Fighting Irish Ohio State Buckeyes Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin Badgers Clemson Tigers Duke Blue Devils Florida State Seminoles Kentucky Wildcats Louisville Cardinals Maryland Terrapins ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Miami (FL) Hurricanes North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina State Wolfpack Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Deamon Deacons Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils Brigham Young Cougars California Golden Bears Oregon Ducks Oregon State Beavers PAC-12 CONFERENCE Stanford Cardinal UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Utah Utes Washington Huskies Washington State Cougars Baylor Bears Colorado Buffaloes Iowa State Cyclones Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State Wildcats Missouri Tigers BIG 12 CONFERENCE Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma State Cowboys TCU Horned Frogs Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies Texas Tech Red Raiders Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE LSU Tigers Ole Miss Rebels Mississippi State Bulldogs South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Vanderbilt Commodores 2017. 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It includes the timeline that each conference has sponsored football, then we show the number of football seasons each conference will celebrate in 2017. Next are all of the current football members and how many seasons this will make as far as football competition goes, during the upcoming 2017 season. Finally, we list all of the former football members, with the seasons they competed in each conference. The American Athletic Conference was known as the Big East Conference through 2012 when it was renamed. A new charter was not drawn up, thus the American is not a new league, just renamed. As a point of interest, seven schools (Michigan from the Big Ten, Northern Illinois from the MAC, Marshall from the MAC, Temple from the American, Idaho from the Sun Belt, New Mexico State from the Sun Belt and UAB from Conference USA) actually have two stints of membership in those particular conferences. There will be 6 Independents this season. Army, Brigham Young, Idaho, New Mexico State, Navy and Notre Dame. FYI, the NCAA Division I FBS will have 130 members in 2017. Idaho will drop down to the FCS level in 2018 but Liberty will move up to FBS. HOW TO READ THIS LIST. We list all 2017 conference members by the their timeline and the total number of seasons they will have fielded a team by the time the 2017 season rolls around. Current Conference Members... (BOLD CAPS) Former Conference Members... (Italics) Future Conference Members... (PLAIN CAPS) AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (1991-2017) 2017: AMERICAN S 27TH FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME AMERICAN MEMBERSHIP: 1991-04; 12-2017 TEMPLE... 20th 2004-2017 CONNECTICUT... 14th 2005-2017 CINCINNATI... 13th 2005-2017 SOUTH FLORIDA... 13th 2013-2017 CENTRAL FLORIDA... 5th 2013-2017 HOUSTON... 5th 2013-2017 MEMPHIS... 5th 2013-2017 SMU... 5th 2014-2017 EAST CAROLINA... 4th 2014-2017 TULANE... 4th 2014-2017 TULSA... 4th 2015-2017 NAVY... 3rd 1991-2013 Rutgers... 23 1991-2012 Pittsburgh... 22 1991-2012 Syracuse... 22 1991-2011 West Virginia... 21 1991-2004 Boston College... 14 1991-2003 Miami (FL)... 13 1991-2003 Virginia Tech... 13 2005-2013 Louisville... 9 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE (1953-2017) 2017: ACC S 65TH FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME ACC MEMBERSHIP: 1953-2017 CLEMSON... 65th 1953-2017 DUKE... 65th 1953-2017 NORTH CAROLINA... 65th 1953-2017 NORTH CAROLINA STATE... 65th 1953-2017 WAKE FOREST... 65th 1954-2017 VIRGINIA... 64th 1983-2017 GEORGIA TECH... 35th 1992-2017 FLORIDA STATE... 26th 2004-2017 MIAMI (FL)... 14th 2004-2017 VIRGINIA TECH... 14th 2005-2017 BOSTON COLLEGE... 13th 2013-2017 PITTSBURGH... 5th 2013-2017 SYRACUSE... 5th 2014-2017 LOUISVILLE... 4th 1953-2013 Maryland... 61 1953-1970 South Carolina... 18 BIG 12 CONFERENCE (1996-2017) 2017: BIG 12 S 22ND FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME BIG 12 MEMBERSHIP: 1996-2017 BAYLOR... 22nd 1996-2017 IOWA STATE... 22nd 1996-2017 KANSAS... 22nd 1996-2017 KANSAS STATE... 22nd 1996-2017 OKLAHOMA... 22nd 1996-2017 OKLAHOMA STATE... 22nd 1996-2017 TEXAS... 22nd 1996-2017 TEXAS TECH... 22nd 2012-2017 TCU... 6th 2012-2017 WEST VIRGINIA... 6th 1996-2011 Missouri... 16 1996-2011 Texas A&M... 16 1996-2010 Colorado... 15 1996-2010 Nebraska... 15 BIG TEN CONFERENCE (1896-2017) 2017: BIG TEN S 122ND FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME BIG TEN MEMBERSHIP: 1896-2017 ILLINOIS... 122nd 1896-2017 MINNESOTA... 122nd 1896-2017 NORTHWESTERN... 122nd 1896-2017 PURDUE... 122nd 1896-2017 WISCONSIN... 122nd 1900-2017 INDIANA... 118th 1900-2017 IOWA... 118th 1896-06; 1917-2017 MICHIGAN... 112th 1913-2017 OHIO STATE... 105th 1953-2017 MICHIGAN STATE... 65th 1993-2017 PENN STATE... 25th 2011-2017 NEBRASKA... 7th 2014-2017 MARYLAND... 4th 2014-2017 RUTGERS... 4th 1896-1939 Chicago... 44 CONFERENCE USA (1996-2017) 2017: C-USA S 22ND FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME C-USA MEMBERSHIP: 1996-2017 SOUTHERN MISS... 22nd 1999-2014; 2017 UAB... 17th 2005-2017 MARSHALL... 13th 2005-2017 RICE... 13th 2005-2017 UTEP... 13th 2013-2017 FLORIDA ATLANTIC... 5th 2013-2017 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL... 5th 2013-2017 LOUISIANA TECH... 5th 2013-2017 MIDDLE TENNESSEE... 5th 2013-2017 NORTH TEXAS... 5th 2013-2017 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO... 5th 2014-2017 OLD DOMINION... 4th 2014-2017 WESTERN KENTUCKY... 4th 2015-2017 CHARLOTTE... 3rd 1996-2013 Tulane... 18 1997-2013 East Carolina... 17 1996-2012 Houston... 17 1996-2012 Memphis... 17 1996-2004 Cincinnati... 9 1996-2004 Louisville... 9 2005-2013 Tulsa... 9 2005-2012 Central Florida... 8 2005-2012 SMU... 8 1998-2004 Army... 7 2001-2004 TCU... 4 2003-2004 South Florida... 2 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE (1947-2017) 2017: MAC S 71ST FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME MAC MEMBERSHIP: 1947-2017 OHIO... 71st 1948-2017 MIAMI (OH)... 70th 1948-2017 WESTERN MICHIGAN... 70th 1951-2017 KENT STATE... 67th 1952-2017 BOWLING GREEN... 66th 1952-2017 TOLEDO... 66th 1975-2017 CENTRAL MICHIGAN... 43rd 1975-2017 BALL STATE... 43rd 1976-2017 EASTERN MICHIGAN... 42nd 1975-85; 1997-2017 NORTHERN ILLINOIS... 32nd 1992-2017 AKRON... 26th 1999-2017 BUFFALO... 19th 1954-68; 1997-2004 Marshall... 23 1947-1954 Western Reserve... 8 1947-1952 Cincinnati... 6 2012-2016 Massachusetts... 5 2007-2011 Temple... 5 1947-1950 Butler... 4 2002-2004 Central Florida... 3 2 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE (1999-2017) 2017: MWC 19TH FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME MWC MEMBERSHIP: 1999-2017 AIR FORCE... 19th 1999-2017 COLORADO STATE... 19th 1999-2017 NEW MEXICO... 19th 1999-2017 SAN DIEGO STATE... 19th 1999-2017 UNLV... 19th 1999-2017 WYOMING... 19th 2011-2017 BOISE STATE... 7th 2012-2017 FRESNO STATE... 6th 2012-2017 HAWAI I... 6th 2012-2017 NEVADA... 6th 2013-2017 SAN JOSE STATE... 5th 2013-2017 UTAH STATE... 5th 1999-2010 Brigham Young... 12 1999-2010 Utah... 12 2005-2011 TCU... 7 PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE (1959-2017) 2017: PAC-12 S 59TH FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME PAC-12 MEMBERSHIP: 1959-2017 CALIFORNIA... 59th 1959-2017 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... 59th 1959-2017 STANFORD... 59th 1959-2017 UCLA... 59th 1959-2017 WASHINGTON... 59th 1962-2017 WASHINGTON STATE... 56th 1964-2017 OREGON... 54th 1964-2017 OREGON STATE... 54th 1978-2017 ARIZONA... 40th 1978-2017 ARIZONA STATE... 40th 2011-2017 COLORADO... 7th 2011-2017 UTAH... 7th SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (1933-2017) 2017: SEC S 85TH FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME SEC MEMBERSHIP: 1933-2017 GEORGIA... 85th 1933-2017 LSU... 85th 1933-2017 VANDERBILT... 85th 1933-2017 *ALABAMA...*84th 1933-2017 *AUBURN...*84th 1933-2017 *FLORIDA...*84th 1933-2017 *KENTUCKY...*84th 1933-2017 *OLE MISS...*84th 1933-2017 *MISSISSIPPI STATE...*84th 1933-2017 *TENNESSEE...*84th 1992-2017 ARKANSAS... 26th 1992-2017 SOUTH CAROLINA... 26th 2012-2017 MISSOURI... 6th 2012-2017 TEXAS A&M... 6th 1933-1965 Tulane... 33 1933-1963 Georgia Tech... 31 1933-1940 Sewanee... 8 *Denotes that these schools suspended play in 1943 due to WWII travel restrictions. SUN BELT CONFERENCE (2001-2017) 2017: SUN BELT S 17TH FOOTBALL SEASON ALL-TIME SUN BELT MEMBERSHIP: 2001-2017 ARKANSAS STATE... 17th 2001-2017 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE... 17th 2001-2017 LOUISIANA-MONROE... 17th 2004-2017 TROY... 14th 2012-2017 SOUTH ALABAMA... 6th 2013-2017 GEORGIA STATE... 5th 2013-2017 TEXAS STATE... 5th 2014-2017 APPALACHIAN STATE... 4th 2014-2017 GEORGIA SOUTHERN... 4th 2017 COASTAL CAROLINA... 1st 2001-2012 Middle Tennessee... 12 2001-2012 North Texas... 12 2005-2012 Florida Atlantic... 8 2005-2012 Florida International... 8 2001-04; 2014-2016 Idaho... 8 2001-04; 2014-2016 New Mexico State... 8 2009-2013 Western Kentucky... 5 2003-2004 Utah State... 2

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Several conferences have changed their official name through-out the years and that can cause some confusion. We have decided to use the more modern and most popular name for this list. An example of this would be Fresno State which is listed as having competed in the Big West from 1969-1991. Originally the Big West was named the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) but the league officially changed their name in 1988. So instead of listing Fresno State has having played in the PCAA 1969-1987 and the Big West 1988-1991, we show that they were in one league from 1969-1991. We have placed an asterisk (*) in front of any conference that has changed it s name at some time. AIR FORCE 1956-1979 Independent 1980-1998 Western Athletic Conference AKRON 1891-1914 Independent 1915-1935 Ohio Athletic Conference 1936-1947 Independent 1948-1965 Ohio Athletic Conference 1966-1977 Independent 1978-1979 *Gateway Conference 1980-1986 Ohio Valley Conference 1987-1991 Independent 1992-2017 Mid-American Conference ALABAMA 1892-1894 Independent APPALACHIAN STATE 1928-1929 Independent 1930-1962 North State Conference 1963-1967 Carolinas Conference 1968-1971 Independent 1972-2013 Southern Conference 2014-2017 Sun Belt Conference ARIZONA 1899-1930 Independent 1931-1960 Border Conference 1961 Independent 1962-1977 Western Athletic Conference 1978-2017 *Pac-12 Conference ARIZONA STATE 1897-1930 Independent 1931-1961 Border Conference 1962-1977 Western Athletic Conference 1978-2017 *Pac-12 Conference ARKANSAS 1894-1914 Independent 1915-1991 Southwest Conference 1992-2017 Southeastern Conference ARKANSAS STATE 1911-1963 Independent 1964-1986 Southland Conference 1987-1992 Independent 1993-1995 *Big West Conference 1996-1998 Independent 1999-2000 *Big West Conference 2001-2017 Sun Belt Conference ARMY 1890-1997 Independent 1998-2004 Conference USA 2005-2017 Independent AUBURN 1892-1894 Independent BALL STATE 1924-1949 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1950-1968 Indiana Collegiate Conference 1969-1974 Midwest Conference 1975-2017 Mid-American Conference BAYLOR 1899-1914 Independent 1915-1995 Southwest Conference BOISE STATE 1968-1969 Independent 1970-1995 Big Sky Conference 1996-2000 *Big West Conference 2001-2010 Western Athletic Conference 2011-2017 Mountain West Conference BOSTON COLLEGE 1893-1990 Independent 1991-2004 Big East Conference 2005-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference BOWLING GREEN 1919-1932 Independent 1933-1941 Ohio Athletic Conference 1942-1951 Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1952-2017 Mid-American Conference BRIGHAM YOUNG 1922-1937 Rocky Mountain Conference 1938-1961 Mountain States Conference 1962-1998 Western Athletic Conference 1999-2010 Mountain West Conference 2011-2017 Independent BUFFALO 1894-1998 Independent 1999-2017 Mid-American Conference CALIFORNIA 1882-1915 Independent CENTRAL FLORIDA 1979-2001 Independent 2002-2004 Mid-American Conference 2005-2012 Conference USA 2013-2017 *American Athletic Conference CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1896-1926 Independent 1927-1930 Michigan Collegiate Conference 1931-1949 Independent 1950-1969 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1970-1974 Independent 1975-2017 Mid-American Conference CHARLOTTE 2013-2014 Independent 2015-2017 Conference USA CINCINNATI 1885-1909 Independent 1910-1927 Ohio Athletic Conference 1925-1935 Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1936-1946 Independent 1947-1952 Mid-American Conference 1953-1956 Independent 1957-1969 Missouri Valley Conference 1970-1995 Independent 1996-2004 Conference USA 2005-2017 *American Athletic Conference CLEMSON 1896-1898 Independent 1899-1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1907-1910 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1922-1951 Southern Conference 1952 Independent COASTAL CAROLINA 2003-2015 Big South Conference 2016 Independent 2017 Sun Belt Conference COLORADO 1890-1892 Independent 1893-1904 Colorado Football Association 1905 Independent 1906-1908 Colorado Football Association 1909 Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference 1910-1937 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 1938-1947 Mountain States Athletic Conference 1948-1995 *Big 8 Conference 1996-2010 Big 12 Conference 2011-2017 *Pac-12 Conference COLORADO STATE 1893-1908 Colorado Football Association 1909-1937 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 1938-1961 Mountain States Athletic Conference 1962-1967 Independent 1968-1998 Western Athletic Conference CONNECTICUT 1896-1946 Independent 1947-1999 *Atlantic-10 Conference 2000-2003 Independent 2004-2017 *American Athletic Conference DUKE 1888-1928 Independent 1929-1952 Southern Conference EAST CAROLINA 1932-1946 Independent 1946-1960 North State Conference 1961 Carolinas Conference 1962-1964 Independent 1965-1976 Southern Conference 1977-1996 Independent 1997-2013 Conference USA 2014-2017 *American Athletic Conference EASTERN MICHIGAN 1891-1893 Independent 1894-1901 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1902-1919 Independent 1920-1926 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1927-1930 Michigan Collegiate Conference 1931-1949 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1950-1961 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1962-1963 Independent 1964-1965 Presidents Athletic Conference 1966-1975 Independent 1976-2017 Mid-American Conference FLORIDA 1906-1911 Independent 1912-1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2001-2004 Independent 2005-2012 Sun Belt FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 2002-2004 Independent 2005-2012 Sun Belt FLORIDA STATE 1947 Independent 1948-1951 Dixie Conference 1952-1991 Independent 1992-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference 3

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MATERIALS: FOAM RUBBER PAPER CORK FELT TEFLON PLASTICS NYLON MYLAR URETHANE ALL-TIME CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS OF CURRENT FBS SCHOOLS FRESNO STATE 1921 Independent 1922-1924 California Coast Conference 1925-1940 Northern California Athletic Association 1939-1950 California Collegiate Athletic Association 1951-1952 Independent 1953-1968 California Collegiate Athletic Association 1969-1991 *Big West Conference 1992-2011 Western Athletic Conference 2012-2017 Mountain West Conference GEORGIA 1892-1894 Independent GEORGIA SOUTHERN 1924-1941 Independent 1981-1990 Independent 1991-2013 Southern Conference 2014-2017 Sun Belt Conference GEORGIA STATE 2010-2011 Independent 2012 Colonial Athletic Association 2013-2017 Sun Belt Conference GEORGIA TECH 1892-1894 Independent 1933-1963 Southeastern Conference 1964-1982 Independent 1983-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference HAWAI I 1909-1978 Independent 1979-2011 Western Athletic Conference 2012-2017 Mountain West Conference HOUSTON 1946-1948 Lone Star Conference 1949 Gulf Coast Conference 1950 Independent 1951-1959 Missouri Valley Conference 1960-1975 Independent 1976-1995 Southwest Conference 1996-2012 Conference USA 2013-2017 *American Athletic Conference IDAHO 1894-1904 Independent 1905 Northwest Conference 1906-1921 Independent 1922-1958 Pacific Coast Conference 1959-1964 Independent 1965-1995 Big Sky Conference 1996-2000 *Big West Conference 2001-2004 Sun Belt Conference 2005-2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013 Independent 2014-2016 Sun Belt Conference 2017 Independent ILLINOIS 1890 Independent 1891-1895 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association INDIANA 1887-1890 Independent 1891-1895 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1896-1899 Independent 1900-2017 *Big Ten Conference IOWA 1888-1899 Independent 1907-1910 *Big 8 Conference 1900-2017 *Big Ten Conference IOWA STATE 1892-1907 Independent 1908-1995 *Big 8 Conference KANSAS 1890-1906 Independent 1907-1995 *Big 8 Conference KANSAS STATE 1896-1912 Independent 1913-1995 *Big 8 Conference KENT STATE 1920-1929 Independent 1930-1950 Ohio Athletic Conference 1951-2017 Mid-American Conference KENTUCKY 1881-1895 Independent LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 1901-1947 Independent 1948-1970 Gulf States Conference 1971-1981 Southland Conference 1982-1992 Independent 1993-1995 *Big West Conference 1996-2000 Independent 2001-2017 Sun Belt Conference LOUISIANA-MONROE 1951-1952 Independent 1953-1970 Gulf States Conference 1971-1981 Independent 1982-1993 Southland Conference 1994-2000 Independent 2001-2017 Sun Belt Conference LOUISIANA TECH 1901-1924 Independent 1925-1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1939-1947 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference 1948-1970 Gulf States Conference 1971-1986 Southland Conference 1987-1992 Independent 1993-1995 *Big West Conference 1996-2000 Independent 2001-2012 Western Athletic Conference LOUISVILLE 1912-1926 Independent 1927-1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1942-1945 Independent 1946-1948 Ohio Valley Conference 1949-1962 Independent 1963-1974 Missouri Valley Conference 1975-1995 Independent 1996-2004 Conference USA 2005-2013 *American Athletic Conference 2014-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference LSU 1893-1895 Independent MARSHALL 1895-1912 Independent 1913-1932 West Virginia Athletic Conference 1933-1938 Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1939-1947 Independent 1948-1952 Ohio Valley Conference 1953-1968 Mid-American Conference 1969-1976 Independent 1977-1996 Southern Conference 1997-2004 Mid-American Conference 2005-2017 Conference USA MARYLAND 1892-1906 Independent 1922-1951 Southern Conference 1952 Independent 1953-2013 Atlantic Coast Conference 2014-2017 *Big Ten Conference MASSACHUSETTS 1879-1946 Independent 1947-1996 Yankee Conference 1997-2006 Atlantic-10 Conference 2007-2011 Colonial Athletic Association 2012-2015 Mid-American Conference 2016-2017 Independent MEMPHIS 1912-1927 Independent 1928-1934 Mississippi Valley Conference 1935-1942 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1943-1967 Independent 1968-1972 Missouri Valley Conference 1973-1995 Independent 1996-2012 Conference USA 2013-2017 American Athletic Conference MIAMI (FL) 1926-1928 Independent 1929-1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1942-1990 Independent 1991-2003 Big East Conference 2004-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference MIAMI (OH) 1888-1909 Independent 1910-1927 Ohio Athletic Conference 1925-1938 Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1939-1946 Independent 1947-2017 Mid-American Conference MICHIGAN 1879-1895 Independent 1896-1906 *Big Ten Conference 1907-1916 Independent 1917-2017 *Big Ten Conference MICHIGAN STATE 1895-1952 Independent 1953-2017 *Big Ten Conference MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 1913-1930 Independent 1931-1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1940-1946 Independent 1947-1951 Volunteer State Athletic Conference 1952-1998 Ohio Valley Conference 1999-2000 Independent 2001-2012 Sun Belt Conference MINNESOTA 1882-1895 Independent OLE MISS 1892-1895 Independent MISSISSIPPI STATE 1895-1895 Independent MISSOURI 1890-1906 Independent 1907-1995 *Big 8 Conference 1996-2011 Big 12 Conference 2012-2017 Southeastern Conference NAVY 1879-2014 Independent 2015-2017 *American Athletic Conference 4

Permabond ALL-TIME CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS OF CURRENT FBS SCHOOLS NEBRASKA 1890-1891 Independent 1892-1897 Western Interstate University Football Association 1898-1906 Independent 1907-1917 *Big 8 Conference 1918-1920 Independent 1921-1995 *Big 8 Conference 1996-2010 Big 12 Conference 2011-2017 *Big Ten Conference NEVADA 1896-1924 Independent 1925-1939 Far Western Conference 1940-1953 Independent 1954-1968 Far Western Conference 1969-1978 Independent 1979-1991 Big Sky Conference 1992-1999 *Big West Conference 2000-2011 Western Athletic Conference 2012-2017 Mountain West Conference NEW MEXICO 1892-1930 Independent 1931-1950 Border Conference 1951-1961 Mountain States Athletic Conference 1962-1998 Western Athletic Conference NEW MEXICO STATE 1894-1931 Independent 1932-1961 Border Conference 1962-1970 Independent 1971-1982 Missouri Valley Conference 1983 Independent 1984-2000 *Big West Conference 2001-2004 Sun Belt Conference 2005-2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013 Independent 2014-2016 Sun Belt Conference 2017 Independent NORTH CAROLINA 1888-1894 Independent 1895-1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1922-1952 Southern Conference NORTH CAROLINA STATE 1892-1897 Independent 1898-1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1922-1952 Southern Conference NORTH TEXAS 1913-1921 Independent 1922-1931 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1932-1948 Lone Star Conference 1949-1956 Gulf Coast Conference 1957-1974 Missouri Valley Conference 1975-1982 Independent 1983-1994 Southland Conference 1995 Independent 1996-2000 *Big West Conference 2001-2012 Sun Belt Conference NORTHERN ILLINOIS 1899-1921 Independent 1922-1925 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1926-1927 Independent 1928-1946 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1947-1965 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1966-1974 Independent 1975-1985 Mid-American Conference 1986-1992 Independent 1993-1995 *Big West Conference 1996 Independent 1997-2017 Mid-American Conference NORTHWESTERN 1882-1895 Independent NOTRE DAME 1887-2017 Independent OHIO 1894-1909 Independent 1910-1927 Ohio Athletic Conference 1925-1938 Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1939-1946 Independent 1947-2017 Mid-American Conference OHIO STATE 1890-1901 Independent 1902-1921 Ohio Athletic Conference 1913-2017 *Big Ten Conference OKLAHOMA 1895-1913 Independent 1914-1919 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference 1915-1919 Southwest Conference 1920-1995 *Big 8 Conference OKLAHOMA STATE 1901-1914 Independent 1915-1924 Southwest Conference 1925-1927 *Big 8 Conference 1928-1956 Missouri Valley Conference 1957-1959 Independent 1960-1995 *Big 8 Conference OLD DOMINION 1930-1941 Independent 2009-2010 Independent 2011-2012 Colonial Athletic Association 2013 Independent 2014-2017 Conference USA OREGON 1894-1915 Independent 1959-1963 Independent 1964-2017 *Pac-12 Conference OREGON STATE 1893-1915 Independent 1959-1963 Independent 1964-2017 *Pac-12 Conference PENN STATE 1987-1890 Independent 1891 Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Assoc. 1992-1992 Independent 1993-2017 *Big Ten Conference PITTSBURGH 1890-1990 Independent 1991-2012 Big East Conference 2013-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference PURDUE 1887-1890 Independent 1891-1894 Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1895 Independent RICE 1912-1914 Independent 1915 Southwest Conference 1916-1917 Independent 1918-1995 Southwest Conference 1996-2004 Western Athletic Conference 2005-2017 Conference USA RUTGERS 1869-1892 Independent 1893-1894 Middle States Intercollegiate Football League 1895-1945 Independent 1946-1951 Middle Three Conference 1952-1957 Independent 1958-1961 Middle Atlantic Conference 1962-1990 Independent 1991-2013 *American Athletic Conference 2014-2017 *Big Ten Conference SAN DIEGO STATE 1921-1924 Southern California Junior College Conference 1925 Independent 1926-1938 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1939-1967 California Coast Athletic Association 1968 Independent 1969-1975 *Big West Conference 1976-1977 Independent 1978-1998 Western Athletic Conference SAN JOSE STATE 1893-1968 Independent 1969-1995 *Big West Conference 1996-2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013-2017 Mountain West Conference SMU 1915-1917 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1918-1995 Southwest Conference 1996-2004 Western Athletic Conference 2005-2012 Conference USA 2013-2017 *American Athletic Conference SOUTH ALABAMA 2009-2011 Independent 2012-2017 Sun Belt Conference SOUTH CAROLINA 1892-1899 Independent 1900-1901 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1902-1910 Independent 1911-1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1922-1952 Southern Conference 1953-1970 Atlantic Coast Conference 1971-1991 Independent 1992-2017 Southeastern Conference SOUTH FLORIDA 1997-2002 Independent 2003-2004 Conference USA 2005-2017 *American Athletic Conference SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1888-1921 Independent 1922-1958 Pacific Coast Conference SOUTHERN MISS 1912-1931 Independent 1932-1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1942-1947 Independent 1948-1951 Gulf States Conference 1952-1995 Independent 1996-2017 Conference USA STANFORD 1891-1915 Independent SYRACUSE 1889-1990 Independent 1991-2012 Big East Conference 2013-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference TEMPLE 1894-1959 Independent 1960-1969 Middle Atlantic Conference 1970-1990 Independent 1991-2004 Big East Conference 2005-2006 Independent 2007-2011 Mid-American Conference 2012-2017 *American Athletic Conference TENNESSEE 1891-1895 Independent TEXAS 1893-1914 Independent 1915-1995 Southwest Conference 5

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ALL-TIME CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS OF CURRENT FBS SCHOOLS TEXAS A&M 1894-1898 Independent 1899-1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1915-1995 Southwest Conference 1996-2011 Big 12 Conference 2012-2017 Southeastern Conference TCU 1896-1908 Independent 1909-1922 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1923-1995 Southwest Conference 1996-2000 Western Athletic Conference 2001-2004 Conference USA 2005-2011 Mountain West Conference 2012-2017 Big 12 Conference TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 2011 Independent 2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013-2014 Conference USA 2011 Independent 2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013-2017 Sun Belt Conference TEXAS STATE 1904-1920 Independent 1921-1931 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1932-1983 Lone Star Conference 1984-1986 Gulf Star Conference 1987-2010 Southland Conference 2011 Independent 2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013-2017 Sun Belt Conference TEXAS TECH 1925-1931 Independent 1932-1955 Border Conference 1956-1959 Independent 1960-1995 Southwest Conference TOLEDO 1917-1920 Independent 1921-1930 Northwest Ohio League 1932-1947 Ohio Athletic Conference 1948-1951 Independent 1952-2017 Mid-American Conference TROY 1909-1937 Independent 1938-1959 Alabama Intercollegiate Conference 1960-1969 Alabama Collegiate Conference 1970-1990 Gulf South Conference 1991-1995 Independent 1996-2000 Southland Conference 2001-2003 Independent 2004-2017 Sun Belt Conference TULANE 1893-1895 Independent 1933-1965 Southeastern Conference 1966-1995 Independent 1996-2013 Conference USA 2014-2017 *American Athletic Conference TULSA 1895-1913 Independent 1914-1928 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference 1929-1932 Big Four Conference 1933-1934 Independent 1935-1985 Missouri Valley Conference 1986-1995 Independent 1996-2004 Western Athletic Conference 2005-2013 Conference USA 2014-2017 *American Athletic Conference UAB 1991-1998 Independent 1999-2017 Conference USA UCLA 1919-1927 Independent 1928-1958 Pacific Coast Conference UNLV 1968-1981 Independent 1982-1995 *Big West Conference 1996-1998 Western Athletic Conference UTAH 1892-1909 Independent 1910-1937 Rocky Mountain Conference 1938-1947 Big Seven Conference 1948-1961 Mountain States Athletic Conference 1962-1998 Western Athletic Conference 1999-2010 Mountain West Conference 2011-2017 Pac-12 Conference UTAH STATE 1892-1915 Independent 1916-1937 Rocky Mountain Conference 1938-1961 Mountain States Athletic Conference 1962-1977 Independent 1978-2000 *Big West Conference 2001-2002 Independent 2003-2004 Sun Belt Conference 2005-2012 Western Athletic Conference 2013-2017 Mountain West Conference UTEP 1914-1934 Independent 1935-1961 Border Conference 1962-1967 Independent 1968-2004 Western Athletic Conference 2005-2017 Conference USA VANDERBILT 1890-1894 Independent VIRGINIA 1888-1906 Independent 1922-1935 Southern Conference 1936-1953 Independent 1954-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference 6 VIRGINIA TECH 1892-1897 Independent 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1899-1906 Independent 1922-1964 Southern Conference 1965-1990 Independent 1991-2003 Big East Conference 2004-2017 Atlantic Coast Conference WAKE FOREST 1888-1935 Independent 1936-1952 Southern Conference WASHINGTON 1889-1915 Independent WASHINGTON STATE 1894-1916 Independent 1917 Pacific Coast Conference 1918 Independent 1919-1958 Pacific Coast Conference 1959-1961 Independent 1962-2017 *Pac-12 Conference WEST VIRGINIA 1891-1949 Independent 1950-1967 Southern Conference 1968-1990 Independent 1991-2011 Big East Conference 2012-2017 Big 12 Conference WESTERN KENTUCKY 1913-1926 Independent 1927-1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1942-1945 Independent 1946-1947 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1948-1981 Ohio Valley Conference 1982-1998 Independent 1999-2000 Ohio Valley Conference 2001-2006 *Missouri Valley Football Conference 2007-2008 Independent 2009-2013 Sun Belt Conference 2014-2017 Conference USA WESTERN MICHIGAN 1906-1926 Independent 1927-1930 Michigan Collegiate Conference 1931-1946 Independent 1948-2017 Mid-American Conference WISCONSIN 1889-1895 Independent WYOMING 1893-1920 Independent 1921-1937 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 1938-1961 Mountain States Athletic Conference 1962-1998 Western Athletic Conference *Denotes the current name of a particular conference GREATEST CONFERENCE ADDITIONS FROM 50 OR MORE YEARS AGO SCHOOL CONFERENCE SEASONS YEARS OVERLL RECORD SINCE JOINING SEASONS YEARS CONF RECORD SINCE JOINING IOWA... BIG TEN CONFERENCE... (117).. 1900-2016... 594-521-33.532... (117).. 1900-2016... 320-369-25.466 INDIANA... BIG TEN CONFERENCE... (117).. 1900-2016... 444-639-39.413... (117).. 1900-2016... 205-487-24.303 OHIO STATE... BIG TEN CONFERENCE... (104).. 1913-2016... 772-250-36.747... (104).. 1913-2016... 503-173-24.736 MICHIGAN... BIG TEN CONFERENCE... (100).. 1917-2016... 726-285-24.713... (100).. 1917-2016... 470-196-17.701 SMU... SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE... (99).. 1918-2016... 477-519-49.480... (78).. 1918-1995... 211-241-31.469 TCU... SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE... (94).. 1923-2016... 543-455-38.542... (73).. 1923-1995... 194-259-22.432 MICHIGAN STATE... BIG TEN CONFERENCE... (64).. 1953-2016... 407-297-13.577... (64).. 1953-2016... 269-209-9.562 WASHINGTON STATE... PAC-12 CONFERENCE... (55).. 1962-2016... 262-352-9.428... (55).. 1962-2016... 147-256-6.367 OREGON... PAC-12 CONFERENCE... (53).. 1964-2016... 341-270-8.557... (53).. 1964-2016... 205-194-3.514 OREGON STATE... PAC-12 CONFERENCE... (53).. 1964-2016... 233-365-7.391... (53).. 1964-2016... 133-266-6.336 COLORADO... BIG 8 CONFERENCE... (69).. 1948-2016... 414-356-14.537... (48).. 1948-1995... 173-139-10.553 TEXAS TECH... SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE... (57).. 1960-2016... 357-293-11.548... (36).. 1960-1995... 125-135-6.481 OKLAHOMA STATE... BIG 8 CONFERENCE... (57).. 1960-2016... 337-305-11.525... (36).. 1960-1995... 100-142-9.416

We ve Got Your Number: 8 USA Stocking Locations 186,577 Sq Ft of Operating Space 219,000 Global Part Numbers 57,000 Item Numbers in Stock $25,000,000 in Inventory CONFERENCE NAME CHANGES AND OTHER FACTS The Pacific Coast Conference began playing football in 1916 and included a majority of the current Pac-12 schools. However that particular conference officially dissolved in early 1959 and a new conference (Athletic Association of Western Universities) with a new charter was founded to replace the PCC. It was renamed the Pac-8 in 1968, the Pac-10 in 1978 when Arizona and Arizona State joined and the Pac-12 in 2011 when Colorado and Utah were added. The Pac-12 Conference claims the history of the PCC as it s own, but to be historically correct you must separate these two. There is a real beginning and a real end of the Pacific Coast Conference and an actual starting date (July 1, 1959) for the Pac-12 Conference. The Big Ten Conference was founded in 1896 under the name Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives. Unofficially it was referred to as the Western Conference. It was nicknamed the Big Nine Conference after Indiana and Iowa joined and then nicknamed the Big Ten when Michigan rejoined the league. After the University of Chicago dropped out it was again referred to as the Big Nine. It was again known as the Big Ten when Michigan State joined, but the conference s official name was not formally changed to the Big Ten Conference until 1987 and the conference has retained that name even after the additions of Penn State, Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers that raised membership to 14. The Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) was formed in 1969 and was renamed the Big West Conference in 1988. It ceased sponsoring football following the 2000 season. The Big 12 Conference is not an expanded Big 8 Conference but a totally different conference. It was formed in 1996 with all 8 former Big 8 schools as well as 4 from the defunct Southwest Conference. The American Athletic Conference, known as the Big East Conference until 2012, was founded in 1979 as a basketball league and began sponsoring football in 1991. The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) was formed in 1907. It was unofficially called the Big 6 (1928-1947), Big 7 (1948-1959) and Big 8 (1960-1963). The conference officially changed its name in 1964 to the Big 8 Conference and dissolved following the 1995 season. In 1927 the smaller schools of the MVIAA split off and formed the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). To make things even more confusing, in 2007 the Gateway Football Conference from the NCAA Division I FCS was renamed the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). The Sun Belt was founded in 1976 and began sponsoring football in 2001. The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) was formed in 1962. It ceased sponsoring football following the 2012 season. WON-LOSS RECORDS PRIOR TO AND AFTER Below we show the 12 school that are new additions to Power 5 conferences since 2010. We went back to 2000 to see if their winning percentage has gone up, gone down or stayed fairly consistent. Obviously if a school came from an inferior conference and then ended up in a strong conference, their overall winning percentage would go down. It s the schools that went from one power league to another league that is the most intriguing. Colorado had a fantastic year in 2016 but they still have a way to go to reach their Big 12 record for 11 seasons prior to moving to the Pac-12. Maryland also fall into that same category. The Terps had some success for the previous 14 season that they were in the ACC but it has been more difficult to navigate the Big Ten in the first 3 years of being in that conference. Missouri and Nebraska have pretty much maintained their winning percentage since they switched conferences. However Missouri seems to be trending down while Nebraska seems to be trending up. Probably the most interesting program to examine has been Texas A&M. The Aggies overall winning percentage has vastly improved since moving from the Big 12 to the SEC. To be honest, a lot is the fact that they have feasted on mostly weak non-conference opponents in the regular season. Texas A&M is 20-0 in the regular season vs non-conference opponents in the first 5 years in the SEC. Even with all of that success, Kevin Sumlin is feeling the pressure to do better. He is 21-19 in league play but the past couple of years his teams have faltered down the stretch. Colorado... Big 12... 2000-2010... 63-74.460 Colorado... Pac-12... 2011-2016... 24-52.316 COLORADO... 2000-2016... 87-126.408 Louisville... C-USA... 2000-2004... 47-16.746 Louisville... Big East... 2005-2013... 73-40.646 Louisville... ACC... 2014-2016... 26-13.667 LOUISVILLE... 2000-2016... 146-69.679 Maryland... ACC... 2000-2013... 93-80.538 Maryland... Big Ten... 2014-2016... 16-22.421 MARYLAND... 2000-2016... 109-102.517 Missouri... Big 12... 2000-2011... 88-62.587 Missouri... SEC... 2012-2016... 37-27.578 MISSOURI... 2000-2016... 125-89.584 Nebraska... Big 12... 2000-2010... 94-48.662 Nebraska... Big Ten... 2011-2016... 52-27.658 NEBRASKA... 2000-2016... 146-75.661 Pittsburgh... Big East... 2000-2012... 94-68.580 Pittsburgh... ACC... 2013-2016... 29-23.558 PITTSBURGH... 2000-2016... 123-91.575 Rutgers... Big East... 2000-2013... 86-86.500 Rutgers... Big Ten... 2014-2016... 14-23.378 RUTGERS... 2000-2016... 100-109.478 Syracuse... Big East... 2000-2012... 56-90.384 Syracuse... ACC... 2013-2016... 18-31.367 SYRACUSE... 2000-2016... 74-121.379 Texas A&M... Big 12... 2000-2011... 79-69.534 Texas A&M... SEC... 2012-2016... 44-21.677 TEXAS A&M... 2000-2016... 123-90.577 TCU... WAC... 2000... 10-2.833 TCU... C-USA... 2001-2004... 32-16.667 TCU... Mountain West... 2005-2011... 77-13.856 TCU... Big 12... 2012-2016... 40-24.625 TCU... 2000-2016... 159-55.743 Utah... Mountain West... 2000-2010... 96-39.711 Utah... Pac-12... 2011-2016... 46-30.605 UTAH... 2000-2016... 142-69.673 West Virginia... Big East... 2000-2011... 105-46.695 West Virginia... Big 12... 2012-2016... 36-28.563 WEST VIRGINIA... 2000-2016... 141-74.656 MOVING FROM DIVISION I FCS TO FBS IN 2018 LIBERTY 1973-1975 Independent 1976-1980 NAIA Independent 1981-1988 Division II Independent 1989-2001 FCS Independent 2002-2017 Big South 2018 Independent 7

ZATKOFF KITTING SERVICES...Guaranteed Savings Buying kits reduces costs associated with: Purchasing Receiving Inspection Accounting Inventory Control Parts Requisition THE DECISION TO LEAVE THE SEC: SEWANEE, GEORGIA TECH & TULANE When the Southeastern Conference was founded it had 13 schools. Of those 13 original founding members, ten are still in the conference. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Arkansas and South Carolina joined in 1992 while Missouri and Texas A&M joined in 2012. However, there are three schools that voluntarily left the SEC. Those schools are Sewanee, Georgia Tech and Tulane. Sewanee, also known as The University of the South, left the SEC less than a decade after helping to found the conference. Sewanee s de-emphasizing of football makes it the SEC s version of the University of Chicago of the Big Ten who did the exact same thing. The school s athletic program has been non-scholarship ever since, now participating in Division III. Sewanee does hold a place in top-level college football history: In 1899, the Tigers went 12-0 and allowed just 10 points all season. Sewanee was destined for a move away from big-time athletics, but it s interesting to speculate how Tulane and Georgia Tech s football history would have been different had they remained in the Southeastern Conference. Tulane could have remained similar to Vanderbilt in football while being competitive in all other sports while Georgia Tech could have remained a major football powerhouse due to their location in the hotbed for high school talent of Atlanta. On Jan. 24, 1964, Georgia Tech announced its intent to leave the Southeastern Conference. At the center of Georgia Tech s exit was the so-called 140 Rule. SEC schools were allowed 140 scholarships for football and men s basketball; football programs were allowed to sign as many 45 recruits per season. Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd believed that other teams were over recruiting, pushing aside underperforming players to clear scholarship space for newer ones. Bill Curry, who played under Bobby Dodd and would later coach Georgia Tech said That rule was an obsession with coach Dodd. I didn t play very much my first two seasons. I was one of those he could have run off. Dodd wanted the SEC to allow fewer signees per recruiting class and had an ardent supporter in Georgia Tech president Edwin Harrison. Georgia Tech almost got the 140 Rule changed at the 1963 SEC winter meetings, but Alabama president Frank Rose, breaking with the stated wishes of then Crimson Tide coach and athletic director Bear Bryant, voted to keep it. That summer, the Atlanta Constitution ran a story proclaiming that Georgia Tech was prepared to leave the SEC over the 140 Rule. The 1964 meetings convened at the downtown Atlanta Americana Motor Hotel with some in the SEC believing that Georgia 8 Tech had delivered an ultimatum: Change the rule or we re out. The Yellow Jackets a technical institute among mostly state universities were seen as an outlier in a conference they had helped found. Some suggested that Bobby Dodd was intrigued by the notion of becoming an independent. But Bill Curry, who was a Georgia Tech junior when the Yellow Jackets left the SEC, said: Coach Dodd met with us afterward and told us it was about that rule. It wasn t just a moral thing. Coach Dodd believed he was being put at a competitive disadvantage because others would over sign and Georgia Tech refused. Dodd would keep players on scholarships until they graduated. He said it wasn t a player s fault if he wasn t good enough to make the team, but rather the coaches fault for misjudging the talent. Dodd would only sign 30-32 players a year while other schools were signing the maximum 45 and then running off inferior players so they could meet the roster limit. He thought it was unfair and would not withdraw scholarships from players. Dodd proposed changes to the rule at a 1964 meeting of SEC athletics directors and presidents and had the assurance of Alabama head coach Bear Bryant that he would support the measure. However, when the vote came, Bryant was not in attendance and the Alabama president, Frank Rose, voted against it. The vote was 6-6, meaning Rule 140 would remain. Following the vote, Georgia Tech president Edwin Harrision went to the podium and announced his school was withdrawing from the SEC. Tulane was the last of the charter members to leave the SEC, parting in 1965 with intention to broaden its football schedule making pattern, as the Associated Press reported. University president Dr. Herbert E. Longenecker said in 1966 that Tulane s renowned academic profile attracted students from around the country, and the football schedule needed to reflect that. Essentially, leaving the Southeast and barnstorming as an independent was to raise the profile of Tulane University, and Tulane football. The Green Wave s immediate schedule was indeed impressive, featuring Virginia Tech, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Stanford and a smattering of SEC foes. Tulane planned to continue playing SEC members, making it a precursor to Notre Dame s current partnership with ACC football. But, it didn t last. Rather than become a Southern Notre Dame, Tulane football transformed into a product more comparable to Rice: a great academic institution with limited football success. The Green Wave have had flashes of success in the 50+ years since leaving the SEC, most notably running the table in 1998. The Green Wave have played in just two bowls since then. Georgia Tech didn t suffer the decline Tulane endured after leaving the SEC, obviously. The Yellow Jackets have as many national championships as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference as they won in the SEC, matching their 1952 crown with one in 1990. We will never know what Georgia Tech & Tulane would have been like in football had they remained in the SEC but it s fun to speculate. SHOULD THE NCAA SUBDIVIDE DIVISION I FBS? It has been discussed before. This is not a story to belittle schools and conferences but it is reality. Can a school from the Mid-American Conference or Sun Belt EVER win a national championship in football? Heck, can a school from either one of those leagues even make it into the 4 team playoffs? The answer is probably not. If the answer is no, they why in the world are they competing in the same division? All of these schools have the same number of players on scholarship but the quality of the athletes on those rosters is significant. We acknowledge that there are really good players that come through those leagues but it s the fact that they are far and few between. There simply are not enough of them. There has been some talk of a separate playoff from the Group of 5 conferences. The fact that is even being discussed is because they also understand the pecking order in college football. It s the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Notre Dame and Brigham Young. That s it. I don t like it any more than the fans of schools not included in those conferences listed above but it s been this way for a long time and it simply isn t going to change. That begs the question, Should the NCAA subdivide once more? The NCAA subdivided Division I in 1978. Back then they called them Division I-A and Division I-AA. Almost ten years ago they renamed them Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and Division I Championship Subdivision because they didn t like people referring basketball programs as I-A & I-AA. Basketball isn t subdivided and people were wrong to refer to them as such so they figured including the words football, bowl, and championship would discourage that mistake and it probably has. Any way after all of these years there isn t a single member of the Mid-American Conference, Sun Belt Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference or American Athletic Conference that has won a national championship at the highest level. Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Marshall and other have won the national championship prior to moving up to the FBS level but it will not happen at the FBS level for any of those schools. Financially, it was a smart move to move up but at the sacrifice of winning a national championship. It that the worst thing for those schools? No, because they can still have success on the field, win conference titles, win nice bowl games and reap the financial reward that goes with being an FBS school. Nothing against the GMAC Bowl, Military Bowl or the St Petersburg Bowl but ask any of the fans, coaches or players that were part of those national championship teams for Marshall and they ll tell you that, those national championships were better than winning those bowl games. It just seems that there needs to be an opportunity for everyone to be a champion but in collegiate athletics it just doesn t seem that everyone has a fair chance. It even is the same for basketball. Other that the American Athletic and the Big East in basketball, the other conference really don t have much of a chance to win the national championship. Sure, we have seen nice runs for a George Mason, VCU, Butler and Gonzaga but they didn t win the national championship. Should Division I subdivide into Division I-A, Division I-AA and Division I-AAA? I-A would be all the schools in the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Notre Dame and BYU. Division I-AA would be the MAC, Sun Belt, C-USA, MWC, American, Army, UMass and New Mexico State. Division I-AAA would all of the schools currently at the FCS level. Keep the scholarships where they currently are but allow there to be three champions crowned each year. You could allow each division to decide how many they want in their playoff brackets. They can play on campus or at neutral sites. It s up to them. Allow a player at Western Michigan, Troy, Cincinnati, Colorado State or Rice an opportunity to win a national championship. It s not the worst thing college football could do. The big boys from the other conferences would still continue to play them in non-conference games but at the end of the season each would go in different directions for the post season. The schools not fortunate to make it in the two brackets could even play bowl games against each other like they do now. I know this is a pipe dream but that the things I have listed will ever occur but, I ve always thought it was so unfair that if a guy signs up to play for UTEP, Tulsa or Arkansas State that he has forfeited his chance to win a national championship but if he signs with Alabama, Ohio State, North Dakota State, or Mount Union he can win a national title. It is crazy that the system is set up like that but it is. College football is the best sport that we have in America, in my opinion, mostly because of the allegiances that we have with our schools, conferences and geographical regions and I am not one that wants to make change for the sake of change but when it comes to opportunity, I can t help but wonder if crowning 1 more national champion would be bad for the sport. Right now we crown a national champion in NAIA, NCAA Division III, Division II, Division I FCS and Division I FBS. I don t think 1 more would be too bad. This is not like changing a rule. Heck there are some people still upset that the American League added the Designated Hitter back in 1973, that college football added the 2-point conversion in 1958 or that the ABA added the 3-point line in 1968. This is just tweaking Division I some.