Stanford is the most vulnerable school in college athletics because of conference realignment
by Eric Blum from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#6DPY6)
The domino effect of Oklahoma and Texas leaving the Big 12 for the SEC (leading to the dismantling of the Pac-12 two years later) is a turn of events that would've been nearly impossible to predict. The catalyst for the Power Five's west coast entry point being almost no more wasn't UCLA and USC trading in road trips...