The Southeastern Conference is getting bigger and, somehow, even stronger.

Three other major conferences have formed an alliance, whatever that means.

And the Big 12 is dead man walking.

After a period of relative stability, college football heads into a new season wobbling from the aftershocks of another major earthquake.

Not even Nostradamus would be willing to venture a guess on how it's all going to shake out.

But this much is clear: the SEC will become a 16-team behemoth with the addition of Big 12 powerhouses Oklahoma and Texas, a move that occurs by 2025 at the latest and probably soone...