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Why did the Big Ten add UCLA and USC? Takeaways from commissioner's remarks.

In this file photo, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren speaks about the cancellation of the Men's Big 10 Basketball Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12, 2020.

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Tuesday morning made his first public comments since the conference approved the admission of USC and UCLA starting in 2024, putting an end to the schools' near-century-old relationship with what's now the Pac-12.

Here are five takeaways from Warren's 45-minute news conference to kick off Big Ten football media days in Indianapolis:

USC and UCLA will be full members

The Los Angeles Times' UCLA beat reporter Ben Bolch was on the ground at Lucas Oil

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