Not all college football realignment stories have happy endings. It appears the Big 12 will recover from the exit wounds from Texas and Oklahoma. In almost the same situation for the Pac12, the exits of Southern Cal and UCLA have been debilitative. The Pac-12 is expected to survive, but with a diminished reputation, it may no longer be a ‘Power’ conference.
The cord-cutting that has led to purges by ESPN does not have a trickle-down effect on college football realignment. It has a direct effect as future media largesse may shrink, or at least cease to blossom in every new conference media deal.