College football trends are not scientific—they can't be measured in Fahrenheit or Celsius but it seems that a direct correlation quite possibly exists between Notre Dame's fall from the mountain and the rise and strengthening of NCAA football Conferences.

I became aware of this as I was reading Bleacher Report's very own Michael Collins' "Fifteen Questions: A Quiz on Notre Dame's Rivalries."

The esteemed analyst, and Bleacher Report's No. 1 writer of Notre Dame Football, has so brilliantly reminded us of all the rivals in the storied past of Fighting Irish Football.

Something struck me as I was reading "Fifteen Questions";  I asked myself "Where are these rivals, where are these riva...

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