It's officially July. That means any number of things. Hot dogs on the grill(e). American flags slapped haphazardly on beach-going attire. For a few of us around these parts, crunch time for the bar exam.
But as sports fans, we know July mostly as one thing: the Dark Ages.
The NBA Finals and draft are things of the past. Football is still a distant speck on the horizon. All that's left is free agency and {shudder} mid-season baseball.
And yet lo! Through the murky dark comes light from a beacon. College and Magnolia, SB Nation's Auburn blog, drew up new college football conferences without the "gerrymandering" of conference alignment.