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A Commentary on those Providing Commentary on Conference Realignment

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If everyone will please, just for a few moments, stop panicking and hyperventilating like a middle school girl experiencing her first breakup. The end of the world is not happening! There is no need to join a UFO cult in preparation for the second coming. Nor is there a need to build a survival camp somewhere up in the mountains, stocked with MRE’s, water and weapons. College football is not dead!

This will be short, but probably not so sweet. I am shocked at the lunacy that is coming out in the media regarding conference realignment. There is no real reason to recap what has happened this past weekend with regards to the expansion of the ACC, the possible expansion of the PAC-12, the possible merging of the Big 12 and the Big East, and so on and so forth.

If you’re not sure what’s going on, then please check it out elsewhere and then come back and read this article.

In the last 48 hours or so, I have read opinion pieces from a number of different contributors on a number of different sites, many of which are not so high on how things are shaping up. I’ve seen arguments ranging from “it’s bad for the game” to “college football as we know if could be gone”.

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Gladiators

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I have long been a student of history. We learn so much about ourselves when we look at our past and the lives of our predecessors. One of my favorite areas of study has always been the Roman empire. Now, if you’ll hang in here with me through the first portion of this article, I promise two things: I will at some point discuss college football, and you will likely learn some fascinating things about Roman history and culture. I also want to state that there is not one clear resource that I am using to bring to you these little tid bits of history. I’ve absorbed a lot of the years, and to be quite honest, I would have a hard time telling you where I learned specific facts. So, don’t expect this to be some academic resource and don’t even think about quoting me as a resource either. With that…it’s time for some learning.
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