Left out? The SEC and Big Ten? That's the kind of talk I'd expect from someone who never saw the old bowl alliances. Georgia and Ohio State are in your list, which are SEC and Big Ten schools, so your own take contradicts itself. This feels like the wishful thinking we used to hear from Augustana fans before the CCIW realignments. The big brands always find a way in, just like they always have. You don't build a decade of dominance and then just vanish when the money gets bigger.