This series of articles just keeps getting longer and more stretched out, but the accelerating event stream regarding conference realignment is creating a looming problem for many programs. After 2025, where are they going to be, who are they playing, and what are they playing for?
Here are the major event streams that have gotten the college football world of FBS and Power 5 to the point where the entire concept of P5/G5 is about to evaporate like a huge but shallow puddle in a shopping mall parking lot on a hot Summer day.
The PAC 12 Dies
The first major alarms started going off two years ago when we saw the G5 go through major re-alignments, and then hovered into a stasis of activity as poaching opportunities faded.