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LEXINGTON, KY - NOVEMBER 05: Brandon Bolden #34 of the Mississippi Rebels is tackled by Luke McDermott #68, Avery Williamson #40 and Ridge Wilson #48 of the Kentucky Wildcats at Commonwealth Stadium on November 5, 2011 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

College Football Relegation Week: The Case For Cannibalism

Conference realignment has gone completely off the rails. Installing a soccer-style relegation system make both success and failure mean more, but it would also fix much of what's wrong with the current arrangement.

College Football Relegation Week: The Case For Cannibalism

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College Football Relegation In Action: 2012

Let's take a look at how relegation would actually work in college football, with years of simulations ready to go.

Monday: Why CFB needs relegation.
Tuesday: How does relegation work?
Wednesday: The CFB relegation system.
Thursday: CFB after seven years of relegation.

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Relegation Simulation: Rewriting College Football History

Time to put relegation into action with seven years of simulations. Boston College to the Big East? UCLA and Washington to the Mountain West? Which SEC team will be stuck in the Sun Belt in 2012?

Monday: Why CFB needs relegation.
Tuesday: How does relegation work?
Wednesday: The CFB relegation system.

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Realignment Is Dead, Long Live College Football Relegation

Here's every college football conference in the country arranged to preserve geography, rivalries and competition while making it possible for teams to rise and fall as they deserve.

Monday: CFB needs relegation.
Tuesday: How does relegation work?

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College Conference Realignment: What We Can Learn From Soccer Relegation

Conference realignment has gone completely off the rails. Installing a soccer-style relegation system makes both success and failure mean more, but it would also fix much of what's wrong with the current arrangement.

From Monday: Why college football needs relegation.

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Relegation: Why College Football Needs To Embrace Cannibalism

College football's leagues are shaped by pact-making aristocrats, while world soccer is a series of meritocracies. It's time to make college football more American.

(If you don't know what relegation is to start with, you can learn more here.)

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