Saw Nebraska is dropping six hundred million on their stadium. Good for them, I guess. But it just makes me think about how we used to know every team in our conference, every stadium, every bus ride. Now you need a map and a glossary to figure out who’s playing where. The old NE-10 had soul. You knew what a trip to New Haven meant, or a game against Stonehill. Now it’s all about TV markets and these bloated super-leagues that stretch from coast to coast. They sold the soul of regional football for a few extra bucks, and the kids today will never know what they lost. The rivalries that built this sport are just afterthoughts now.