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I was looking through some upcoming matchups recently and it hit me how much the landscape of college sports is shifting. It feels like the old "neighborhood" boundaries are just dissolving. You used to know exactly who your rivals were and which conferences felt like closed circles, but now everything feels much more fluid and, honestly, a bit unpredictable.
It’s kind of fun to see these cross-conference clashes, but it also makes me wonder if the traditional identity of certain programs is being diluted. If we keep seeing these non-conference pairings become the new norm every single year, does the concept of a "conference identity" even matter anymore? It’s like the walls are coming down, for better or worse.
Do you guys prefer these big out-of-conference matchups, or do you miss the days when the schedule felt more predictable?
It’s kind of fun to see these cross-conference clashes, but it also makes me wonder if the traditional identity of certain programs is being diluted. If we keep seeing these non-conference pairings become the new norm every single year, does the concept of a "conference identity" even matter anymore? It’s like the walls are coming down, for better or worse.
Do you guys prefer these big out-of-conference matchups, or do you miss the days when the schedule felt more predictable?