Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde reexamined and reconfigured the college athletics landscape in his “America, Realigned” project. It’s been 10 years since the last major conference realignment, and in light of the lasting impact CoVID-19 is having on collegiate athletics, Forde decided to have some fun by hypothetically realigning the conferences. The Ohio State Buckeyes were placed in the Great Mideast Conference during Forde’s exercise. Some of the current Big Ten schools were grouped in the same league, but many of the schools Ohio State is used to playing are in other conferences. At its core, Forde created ten leagues, each with 12 schools and each arranged to maximize proximity (geographically friendly) and reduce travel demands and costs. There are no more than eight Power 5 programs in a single new conference, and no fewer than four. And there are no independents. BuckeyesNow.com participated in a roundtable discussion with…
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