Read the opposing arguments from Bleacher Fan and Loyal Homer.
This summer, as college football stood on the precipice of arguably the most significant conference realignment in its history, many fans wondered what such realignment would do to their favorite rivalries across the nation. Whether you are a fan of a team possibly involved in the shake-up or whether you are a fan of great college football, it is interesting to debate which team belongs in which conference, which part of that conference, and why. Although the realignment fires have cooled for this year, we at TSD would like to rekindle the debate about how a conference should set up its divisional structure to encourage its rivalries.
Loyal Homer believes that the SEC’s model of trying to split big rivalries (such as Georgia-Auburn and Florida-Alabama) across divisions is the optimal way to align a conference. The SEC has been a leader, for better or worse, in many changes throughout college athletics, and Loyal Homer thinks they got it right here as well.
Bleacher Fan, however, believes that the Big XII’s model of putting its big rivals in the same division is the way to go. If playing for championships is exciting, why not add a divisional crown to stoke the flames of rivalry football?
Who captures your vote? Read and decide – before I do!
