they? by Dwayne Yancey July 5, 2023 “For one thing, college athletic conferences across the country are in a state of flux: The Southeastern Conference raided the Big 12 for Texas and Oklahoma. The Big 10 just raided the Pac-12 for Southern California and UCLA. San Diego State has told the Mountain West it’s leaving, presumably to join the Pac-12. The schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference are bound together by a legal agreement called a “grant of rights” but some of them aren’t happy about this. They see other conferences — namely, the Big 10 and SEC — raking in a lot more television dollars than they are. Sports Illustrated recently reported that seven ACC schools, including Virginia and Virginia Tech, were evaluating their options.”