Realignment - Past, Present and Future

Here are some I found interesting.

Iowa, Indiana didn't join the B1G until 1899, Ohio State 1912 and Michigan State 1948.

Florida not wanting to travel isn't anything new. "Thirteen Southern Conference institutions west and south of the Appalachian Mountains reorganized as the SEC in 1932. Florida president Dr. John J. Tigert said the move was necessary because the Southern Conference had grown too large and competitive travel had become too difficult. But some in the media accused the SEC of playing "politics" and forgetting about tradition."

Rivalries like OU/Nebraska, Kansas/Mizzou, etc dying out because of conference realignment ain't nuttin' new. (Never knew Tennessee vs Duke or Tennessee vs North Carolina was a rivalry!
“Just what has been accomplished by this ‘split.’ Tennessee, for instance, has pulled away from Duke, North Carolina, and others. They will still play, to be sure. But things will never be the same. Possibly within a few years rivalry between these schools will cease entirely.” Bob Murphy, The Knoxville Journal, 1932
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And all this time we thought it was Texas's fault. It was those damn Irish.
“I tell people all the time, Notre Dame can’t ever be critical of realignment because we lit the fuse.” Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame AD, 2008-24
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I was alive during this but I never remember Houston being the one partnered with Tech. I always thought it was a fight between SMU, TCU and Baylor and Baylor won because of old Ann and Bob.

"Texas Tech and Houston were the two other public universities in play, but then-Gov. Ann Richards had graduated from Baylor. Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock held degrees from both Baylor and Texas Tech. According to "Bob Bullock: God Bless Texas," by Dave McNeely and Jim Henderson, Bullock met with the presidents of Texas and Texas A&M in early 1994 and told them he would cut off state money if they didn't bring Baylor and Texas Tech with them."
 
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