re: Are college football rivalries still important?

Yea just because I saw the thread late and decided to throw my opinion out there.

I think basically all Power 5 to Group of 5 rivalries have either or will take a huge hit, because of the shifting TV landscape.

Also everyone has seen noticeable changes due to conference realignment, but it can be argued that new ones are budding.

But I think the main one that will start to fade are the inter Power 5 rivalries, especially the ones at the end of the year, when every conference eventually goes to 9 game conference slates. Either they will be moved up to the beginning or dropped, which is a shame, but for instance a number of SEC schools do this and with he changing tone, with a conference championship looming , while