Fall Camp started this week across the country, yet, the conversation on the field has taken a back seat to the rumblings of conference realignment. A few programs out west and one to the south in Florida that is trying to stir the pot with threats and actions that will change the landscape of college athletics as we know it. As big of an issue realignment is, football season is right around the corner, and that alone deserves center stage.

Last week we saw the destruction of the Pac-12 Conference when all but four members bolted for greener pastures in either the Big-12 or the Big-10, leaving the unknown for the remaining teams in the Pac-12. Closed-door meetings have taken place across the country in the ACC to poach the remaining four programs from the dying hands of the Pac-12. From a geography standpoint, joining the ACC makes things difficult for the remaining Pac-12 programs; in a perfect world, the Mountain West would be the ideal fit for those programs. Yet, here we are in a world where nothing makes sense, and the unexpected is the expected in terms of realignment.

However, with all of the craziness in college football, we still have fall camp to talk about; and a season to be excited for. Elsewhere, in the Southeastern Conference, nobody is concerned about what Oregon, Washington, or Colorado are doing. Focusing on sustaining the success of the Southeastern Conference, those programs that make up the SEC have all but turned up the pressure in fall camp to prepare for the upcoming season. Because in the Southeastern Conference, winning is the only thing that matters, not the antics of another conference that is dying.

For some, keeping afloat is the only thing that matters in the arms race of college athletics, yet, the sport itself is in dire need of kicking off week zero. Taking a little advice from the Southeastern Conference and focusing on football might play dividends in calming the choppy waters of realignment. Once game week arrives in two weeks, all the uncertainty will subdue, and college football will take over again.