In February 1994 , the Southeastern Conference announced that they would be leaving the CFA and negotiate independently for a television deal that covered SEC schools only . This led '' The Dallas Morning News '' to proclaim that " the College Football Association as a television entity is dead " . In 1995 , the SEC and the Big East broke from the CFA , signing a national deal with CBS . The SEC would earn a staggering $ 95 million from the deal . More significantly , this change in television contracts ultimately would lead to significant realignment of college conferences
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
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