As the line keeps blurring between major college football and the NFL, and de facto free agency (the NCAA transfer portal) persists at the collegiate level, spring games — if not spring practices — have joined walk-ons and wing-T formations on the sport’s endangered list.

Which is why what’s happening in college football is so disturbing. The Big Ten and the SEC are reportedly meeting this week to discuss the future of college football — or, rather, how they can (further) take control of college football and (further) stack the odds in their favor.

While the Pac-12 gears up to add more conference members, Tulane Green Wave football team can shut out noise and focus on a path to the playoffs.