It has been two full years since USC-UCLA Big Ten move was first reported

What a long and winding road it has been. Does it feel like two years since the news first broke that USC and UCLA were moving to the Big Ten and leaving the Pac-12? We have been writing and talking about the Big Ten for so long that it feels like five or six years, but it has been only two. June 30, 2022, was the day when Jon Wilner broke the story which changed life for us at Trojans Wire and shook college sports to its foundations. We and everyone else in the Pac-12 were left in shock, trying to comprehend what had just happened:

Just stop and think about what this means on so many levels. It’s impossible to wrap the mind around this story and the ripple effects it will have on college sports. It’s also mind-blowing that right after Lincoln Riley joins the Pac-12 Conference, thinking he was going to have an easier time winning a conference championship and making the College Football Playoff, he now might have to deal with Ohio State in a 16-team Big Ten.

The head spins.

Two years later, here we are. The Big Ten era is upon us at USC. Let’s see what this new chapter brings.

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