The Alliance Is Getting Mocked Following USC, UCLA Big Ten News

This “gentleman’s agreement” was formed among the Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 following Oklahoma and Texas moving to the SEC.

In wake of the news of USC and UCLA reportedly preparing to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, there is one party getting blasted on Twitter—The Alliance. 

For those who may not remember, this was formed last summer after the SEC added Oklahoma and Texas. However, it was a “gentleman’s agreement,” as Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger described, among the other three conferences—Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12. The essence was for them to help stabilize college football.

So....what now? A Big Ten source said to Dellenger, “Well, it probably ceases to exist now.”

An interesting aspect of this reported move is that the conference did not approach the teams but rather the other way around. USC was the impetus behind the shift in conferences, according to Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times. Sources told Dellenger that the two programs’ message to the Big Ten boiled down to them planning on leaving the Pac-12 and asking the conference if they wanted them. It was similar to the Texas-Oklahoma move. 

A Big Ten source said to Dellenger, “You have to be a moron to not think about it. They would have gone somewhere else if we said ’no.’”

What did Twitter have to think of The Alliance’s future? 

Alliance of American Football League lasted longer than the Alliance between the Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC

— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) June 30, 2022

And I was so confident "The Alliance" between the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 would solve everything.

— Brent Axe (@BrentAxeMedia) June 30, 2022

Think anyone that was around for the realignment lunacy of 2010-12 knew this "alliance" was all a front for the Big Ten to just do whatever it wanted anyway. https://t.co/EIdRGUHzO4

— John Cassillo (@JohnCassillo) June 30, 2022

August 24, 2021 — The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 today announced an historic alliance that will bring 41 world-class institutions together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) June 30, 2022

Yeah didn't expect the big ten to go into ides of march mode after the alliance but it's definitely funny

— crimson quarry (@crimsonquarry) June 30, 2022

Of the many ripples of this deal, one is "The Alliance" ending like a scene in a horror movie: "This officially put a knife in whatever this fictitious Alliance was," one source told ESPN today.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) June 30, 2022

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