Realignment-REALLY??

I know it has been forever since my last blog post, and to be honest I thought I wouldn't be posting too much during the summer as not much happens in college football during this time, but I couldn't help but post something about all of this realignment talk. As of now nothing has happened, thank goodness, but I just don't understand why anybody would want to go to another conference. I know the main reason why so many teams could be realigning is money, and well let's face it, money seems to rule a lot, but it just doesn't make sense. Here is my take behind the real reason people want to go to another conference....

To preface this paragraph, remember that I am extremely biased. Needless to say, I truly believe the reason that these teams want to go to another conference is because they are sick and tired of hearing that their conference is second to the SEC. If Texas and Oklahoma were to enter the PAC-10, then they have an incredibly good argument that they are the toughest conference. Would this then make the SEC try and get other teams, say from the ACC or the Big East? It just seems like a total domino effect for all of these conferences and I just don't see the real advantage to any school. What I DO understand are teams like Boise State or even Notre Dame looking at going into a different conference because this would make getting into the BCS national championship game a lot easier. What I DON'T understand is why Texas and Oklahoma would want to separate from their conference and rivalries like Nebraska and Missouri.

What attracts me to college football more than the NFL is the tradition. When Tebow went to the Broncos, I had to research who the major rivalry was to the Broncos(because now I am a HUGE Broncos fan!). I don't much care for USC as I have expressed before, but I do know there rivalries are with Cal and UCLA. I don't just know this because of the football rivalries, but because of the soccer, water polo, and volleyball rivalries. Why change something that is obviously working? What if the SEC comes after North Carolina(especially after we beat LSU on the first weekend of the season next year) and they don't go after Duke. The SEC doesn't care nearly as much about basketball as the ACC, but they would offer a lot of money to UNC if they really wanted them and it would be a hard offer to turn down. Would this separation of UNC and Duke take away from one of the greatest sports rivalries ever? Probably. Texas versus Nebraska? I won't be as interested. Money does rule a lot in sports, so if this realignment does happen, it will be a sad day for college football and it will be a very sad day for me!